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Yoga and qigong: relationship of chakras to dantians

I’m getting more interested in the similarity of yoga and qigong. It’s interesting that some of the concepts are very similar but don’t quite match up. For example, there are seven chakras that seem to have some relationship to the 3 main dantians.
1. Upper dantian - could be the crown chakra, the third eye chakra, [...]

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Some examples for me to test my 80/20 theory. Entry to inside for judo throws. Cloud hands movement - left hand to inside of other person’s right arm, ward off to rollback to pull down. Right hand is starting its ascent at same time. Turn to do ippon seoi nage. That is so easy to [...]

Wardoff, rollback, press, and pull down

In the spirit of jkd, I wonder what the “essence” of taijiquan I want to absorb would be. I believe it’s wardoff, rollback, press, and pull down in the context of a constant flow of adhere, stick, connect, follow. Not push because it seems non-essential. Not bump or elbow for the same reasons. Not split [...]

JKD and “absorbing”

I am coming back around to a jkd view of the ma world lately after recently reading about fma, self defense and improvised weapons. Of course mma has shown much of the wisdom of this view. Bruce Lee was clearly a genius. The trouble is, to understand an art’s essence, to absorb what is useful [...]

Inosanto demo of JKD Trapping

At the very end of this video where Dan Inosanto is introducing Larry Hartsell, he gives a quick demo of the JKD trapping they used to train.

Dan Inosanto

Very old video training with Bruce Lee:

Training with John Machado. Dan is apparently 71 and a Machado BJJ black belt in this video. Geez! Talk about mastering all ranges. Look at how well he moves at age 71.

Kali demo

More of the same kind of demo. The teacher is a student of Dan Inosanto. These guys look smooth no matter whether they’re working sticks, knives, empty hand or takedowns. I can almost see how the empty hand comes from the weapons. Occasional “spiral energy” thrown in during takedowns. It’s easy to see the jkd [...]

Silat demo

Happens a little too fast for me to analyze:

World Tai Chi and Qigong Day

I don’t know anything about it but today is World Tai Chi and Qigong Day.