Rhen wrote:Like John said- sometimes Taiji is not enough for cardio health. Scientific studies in China indicate that for younger people, cardiographs of the heart did not improve. The athletes needs more cardio to get stronger heart. There was only a specific group that got improvement in the heart: elderly.
Bao wrote:Standing exercises were there in the beginning of tai chi and before tai chi.
wayne hansen wrote:Bit hard to imagine without description or video
I don't have a problem with it
suckinlhbf wrote:I don't have a problem with it
I don't have a problem with it too as long as they don't call it Chinese Martial Arts.
wayne hansen wrote:Are those the ones you mentioned John
Only 11 photos for the 13 postures
suckinlhbf wrote:I don't have a problem with it too as long as they don't call it Chinese Martial Arts.
robert wrote:When I first started martial arts I learned a standing set from a Praying Mantis guy in Taiwan. IIRC there were 8 postures, held on both sides, and the postures were linked into a form. Horse stance, climb the mountain, bow stance, cat stance, empty stance, 7 star, rooster, and mantis. I'm not sure the sequence is correct.
johnwang wrote:Long fist system uses 8 basic stances as ZZ training as well. Again, the purpose is to develop correct stances and not for "heal" or "Chi development".
robert wrote:From my experiences with taiji, xingyi, and bagua (that has standing) it is about correct stances/posture.
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