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January and February 2025 updates

Here is an overview of the new videos that are available for January and February 2025:

  • Sabre form: To compensate for the delay, we make a big jump in the form:
    • 19 Sabre form – Picking a star on the left to Returning horse carrying bell
    • 20 Sabre form – Embracing the moon to Rowing the boat with the current
    • 21 Sabre form – Flying oblique style to Sweeping a thousand soldiers
    • 22 Sabre form – Shooting star chasing the moon to Chop the tiger
  • Sabre Applications – Hanging the golden bell on the left to Retrieving the moon fro mthe sea 01. I show two variations of this technique. One that closely follows the form, the other more adapted to specific circumstances.
  • Q&A 50 – Stilness defeats motion. There are many sayings and proverbs in Tai Chi Chuan. In this video I explain the nuances of “Stillness defeats motion.”

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December 2024 updates

Here is an overview of the new videos that are available for December 2024:

  • 18 Sabre form – Swivel and chop to Sweeping a thousand soldiers. A small step forward in the form, but some detail work might surprise you in how difficult it is to get right (hint: alignment…)
  • Sabre drills: 06 – Swivel hiding sabre – Manipulation details and 07 Retrieving the moon from the sea The first shows some details on how to use the wrist and the second can be done as a fast-paced drill to quickly get many reps in. I show two variations.
  • Q&A 49 – Which hand forms to focus on and why? The question was asked to clear up some confusion as to how our hand forms work, what you should focus on and how.

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October – November 2024 updates

Here is an overview of the new videos that are available for October and November 2024:

  • 16 Sabre form – Coiled dragon to Lying fish style and 17 Sabre form – Cloud sabre and hiding the sabre to Pierce the heart Now we get to a dynamic part of the form. It can look overwhelming at first, but I break things in detail and there is actually a lot of repetition of previously learned techniques.
  • Sabre applications: Searching the Sea 01 and Coiled dragon 01 Two applications that are best learned against a spear, so you immediately see the relation with the form.
  • Q&A 47 – What is “Zhen Chuan”? and Q&A 48 – What is “Song”? An explanation of some more Chinese concepts and terminology.
  • Live training recording October 2024 Eric graciously allowed me to record our session in which I go into detail on some corrections for the long form.

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September 2024 Updates

Here is an overview of the new videos that are available for September 2024:

  • 15 Sabre form – Lying tiger style to Pierce the heart: A shorter segment, but it is important to note that there are similarities with a previous part in the form.
  • Sabre Applications – Swivel and tease the genitals 01: Many students find this technique confusing when they first learn the form. This application makes things immediately clear.
  • Q&A 46 – How to do maintenance on swords and sabres: Especially if you buy a good, but more expensive, sword or sabre, you want to take good care of it. In this video, I explain how to do so.
  • Live Training Recording – September 2024: Eric joined me for the live training and we went over some of his Long Form training.

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July-August 2024 Updates

Lots of problems to overcome in these last two months:

  • The footage I had shot two months ago was unusable due to being out of focus.
  • Then I was stuck with an ankle injury that prevented me from filming.
  • There was a heatwave and it was too hot to film outside when the light was good.
  • Finally, I get all that behind me, record the new videos and then the platform running everything acts up: The videos are all over the place instead of in their folders and uploading doesn’t seem to work. I checked with a few members and it seems to be good again now, but I still have a ticket running with the helpdesk to sort it all out.

So my apologies for the lateness of the videos. I tried to make it up to you by doing a big push for the sabre form and drills you can use to advance more quickly.

  • For the sabre form, there are four new videos, advancing us in a big leap deeper into the form:
    • 11 Sabre form – Lying fish style to Stab the face
    • 12 Sabre form – Turn around and chop to Searching the sea
    • 13 Sabre form – Retrieving the moon from the sea to Opening the window to watch the moon
    • 14 Sabre form – Seven stars style to Stab the face
  • Three new sabre drills to help you get lots of repetitions in and get skilled more quickly.:
    • Sabre Drills – 03 Basic manipulation
    • Sabre Drills – 04 Dodge and display the sabre to Picking a star on the left
    • Sabre Drills 05 – Picking a star on the left to Advance to tease the genitals

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