This form of practice utilizes the 5 section method integrating also two additional aspects to the player’s training regime. One, the development of posted up strength and balance for the platform leg and two, extending and stretching with power to both extend the range of motion of the kicking and posting leg as well as powering up the joint to prevent injuries from explosive extension of your kicks.
Add to this the additional work with the lead leg variation it is […]
Building a better Side Kick
Applying the 5 Section Kick Method
The fundamental kicking methods are four; the front kick, the roundhouse kick, the heel kick, and the back kick. From these four kicks derive the majority of the advanced dynamic kicks that are common to almost all martial arts styles that utilize kicks as a main feature. This means Karate, Tae kwon do, Kungfu, Muay Tai, and even Savate and other lesser known styles.
Each style has their own special nuance to the performance […]
Art by Xiao Yang Harkins
Basic Method of the Punch and Parry
Although the method seems rather straightforward there are many nuances involved. The first mistake often made is to see the method as expressed in the drawing shown to the left. Why a mistake? Because the method of Taijiquan requires the understanding that the end of one technique is the beginning of the next and there is a lot of content following the resolution of the prior method. Assuming you […]
What is happening at the Wujido?
It may be a question in the minds of many who come to this sight and wonder if there is going to be new material. The answer to this question is YES, and some very fine and interesting material I guarantee.
Currently I have been digging through my vast archive of old private tapes (of classes and demos) from my teacher Dr. Brownridge and digitizing and cataloging them into Mp2, H.264(mp4) format. We have also been […]
The Three Basic Punches Method
The three basic punches form the foundation of the Wujido Style. To remind the student the Wujido Style is popular nomenclature for a unique Shaolin form made up of several Shaolin Styles from the early periods from the 15th and 16th Century primarily with methods and trainings from the original Shaolin period of the Sui and Tang periods. There is no attempt to modernize the art with the various performance grade wushu styles which are both […]
Song of the 8 Methods
This has been the history of many inner schools. By providing guidelines in the form of poetry and song these provide a convenient way to memorize the instructions. Often also the instructions given in this way are also made obscure in order to dumbfound the ignorant and course individuals who often pollute the martial arts world. By providing riddles and metaphors in the form of song and meter it is possible to pass along extremely […]
Refine your kicks
This form of practice utilizes the 5 section method integrating also two additional aspects to the player’s training regime. One, the development of posted up strength and balance for the platform leg and two, extending and stretching with power to both extend the range of motion of the kicking and posting leg as well as powering up the joint to prevent injuries from explosive extension of your kicks.
Add to this the additional work with the lead leg variation it is […]
A short biopic of individual spiritual evolution
To be honest, this teacher is nothing, I surprise myself constantly with what I seem to know about things. There is a reason for it but these matters are deeply personal as certain things about ourselves we cherish and keep private.
We all begin our journey in this life at birth and we possess a body, a soul, and an immutable “spirit” or self that is beyond cognition and referred to by many names, none […]
This teacher was approached with a request for a teaching, a teaching concerning the way. My way is not the way of a single path as all systems of discipline borrow from each other and weave a different cloth according to words and traditions of their tribes and nations. Therefor a knowledge of every path seemed the most logical for this journey with a reverence for all paths reflecting the truth of self as there is no knowledge beyond […]
What is the supreme path of disciples? How does this pertain to the practice of kungfu? When we practice martial arts, kungfu, karate, even Tai Chi how is this relevant for our consideration? This is clearly an important consideration as anyone who has participated in the deeper things of kungfu or karate knows that a great many of the highest ranked masters are also proficient and even expert in the fields of meditation and yoga. The Supreme […]
Art by Xiao Yang Harkins
Basic Method of the Punch and Parry
Although the method seems rather straightforward there are many nuances involved. The first mistake often made is to see the method as expressed in the drawing shown to the left. Why a mistake? Because the method of Taijiquan requires the understanding that the end of one technique is the beginning of the next and there is a lot of content following the resolution of the prior method. Assuming you […]
A real workout
Everyone is learning that training at the meet up intensive is just that. Intense! Thursdays at the Plano location provides the opportunity to participate at whatever level you are at and provide a challenge. The environment is intimate with special thanks to the traditional Chinese Dance location at K Ave. north of legacy. By utilizing two studio areas and keeping both spaces active the Wujido students if they are able can train for extended periods and with one […]
Song of the 8 Methods
This has been the history of many inner schools. By providing guidelines in the form of poetry and song these provide a convenient way to memorize the instructions. Often also the instructions given in this way are also made obscure in order to dumbfound the ignorant and course individuals who often pollute the martial arts world. By providing riddles and metaphors in the form of song and meter it is possible to pass along extremely […]
Sometime in the past; a very long time ago, before the Shaolin of the Tang Dynasty, the Hong and Choi of the Qing, and long before the modern era of spectacular Wushu tricks and performances of the Mao era there was the devastating and profound art of Wujiquan. At that time they called it Wuyi, deep in the recesses of the past on ancient Chinese battlefields bathed in blood and glory. Wujiquan was the modern name coined by the honorable […]
Art by Xiao Yang Harkins
Basic Method of the Punch and Parry
Although the method seems rather straightforward there are many nuances involved. The first mistake often made is to see the method as expressed in the drawing shown to the left. Why a mistake? Because the method of Taijiquan requires the understanding that the end of one technique is the beginning of the next and there is a lot of content following the resolution of the prior method. Assuming you […]
A real workout
Everyone is learning that training at the meet up intensive is just that. Intense! Thursdays at the Plano location provides the opportunity to participate at whatever level you are at and provide a challenge. The environment is intimate with special thanks to the traditional Chinese Dance location at K Ave. north of legacy. By utilizing two studio areas and keeping both spaces active the Wujido students if they are able can train for extended periods and with one […]
The following is a monograph submitted by Josh Hart edited by Dr. Harkins Dashi headmaster of the Wujido Institute. Josh Hart is a Senior “Da Ge” in the Taijiquan Department at the Wujido Institute.
One of the key elements in the practice of Taijiquan is application of a set of principles variously referred to as the body or “torso methods” which is a kind of internal template of arranging or ordering the body both internally and externally. Torso methods […]
One of the most famous and popular of all the Chinese Internal martial arts systems today is the Yang family Taijiquan. So famous in fact that it is considered a category all its own. Not often does one hear of it as a martial art but only as “Tai Chi” or Taijiquan. Taijiquan is considered one of the 3 famous nei-jia (Internal Kungfu Styles) of China. It has a good reputation as a extremely effective system of health and fitness […]
Art by Xiao Yang Harkins
Basic Method of the Punch and Parry
Although the method seems rather straightforward there are many nuances involved. The first mistake often made is to see the method as expressed in the drawing shown to the left. Why a mistake? Because the method of Taijiquan requires the understanding that the end of one technique is the beginning of the next and there is a lot of content following the resolution of the prior method. Assuming you […]
Song of the 8 Methods
This has been the history of many inner schools. By providing guidelines in the form of poetry and song these provide a convenient way to memorize the instructions. Often also the instructions given in this way are also made obscure in order to dumbfound the ignorant and course individuals who often pollute the martial arts world. By providing riddles and metaphors in the form of song and meter it is possible to pass along extremely […]
One of the reasons why there are not as many practitioners of Kungfu here in the United States and quite honestly, even in China there is less and less interest in the modern version of Kungfu referred to in country as Wushu (martial arts) is that many keys to knowledge are hidden away from what they would call “outsiders” and knowledge is deliberately withheld.
Now in some respects it is understandable as some of the secrets are dangerous in […]
A real workout
Everyone is learning that training at the meet up intensive is just that. Intense! Thursdays at the Plano location provides the opportunity to participate at whatever level you are at and provide a challenge. The environment is intimate with special thanks to the traditional Chinese Dance location at K Ave. north of legacy. By utilizing two studio areas and keeping both spaces active the Wujido students if they are able can train for extended periods and with one […]
The following is a monograph submitted by Josh Hart edited by Dr. Harkins Dashi headmaster of the Wujido Institute. Josh Hart is a Senior “Da Ge” in the Taijiquan Department at the Wujido Institute.
One of the key elements in the practice of Taijiquan is application of a set of principles variously referred to as the body or “torso methods” which is a kind of internal template of arranging or ordering the body both internally and externally. Torso methods […]