Chén Fā Kē Pào Chuí – Part 2 None of the audience could believe what they were watching was Tàijíquán太極拳. Some of them had heard there was also a form called Pào Chuí 砲捶 and when Grandmaster Chén Fā Kē had finished his performance, they asked him if he could demonstrate it as well. Since […]

Pào Chuí 砲捶 – Part 7 Zhàn 戰 means fighting, but the kind of fighting that happens in a war, not just one on one combat. It is like two groups, parties or even countries going to war. In Sūn Zi Bīng Fǎ 孫子兵法 – Sūn Zi’s Art of War, it says, “Fighting must be […]

Pào Chuí 砲捶 – Part 5 Bèng 蹦 means bouncing up from the floor or the ground, or jumping up all of a sudden. It is like Double Jumping Kicks 踢二起 in Lǎojià Yīlù 老架—路 where we jump up from a low position. Bèng is powerful and is used when attacking, since jumping up or […]

Pào Chuí 砲捶 – Part 3 The Yìjīng 易經 – Book of Changing says, “無極生太極，太極生兩儀，兩儀生四象，四象生八卦，八卦演萬物.  Wújí 無極 – Nothing creates Tàijí 太極 – Something,  Tàijí creates Liǎng Yí 兩儀 – Two Opposite Energies, Liǎng Yí  create Sì Xiàng 四象 – Four Images, Sì Xiàng  create Bāguà 八卦,  Bagua creates everything.” Tàijíquán 太極拳 follows this principle. […]