Martial Arts – Sword Fundamental Training – Solo Drills And Matching Practice With Dr Yang, Jwing-Ming
My sword background is primarily with Japanese and Korean sword work, so I found Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming’s DVD “Sword Fundamental Training: Solo Drills and Matching Practice” different from what I’m familiar with, but very interesting and very well done for an instructional DVD.
I’ve been very impressed with Dr. Yang’s DVDs on Chin Na, especially since my primary art of Hapkido also consists of many joint lock and pressure point techniques. So I wanted to learn more of the sword fundamentals from the Chinese arts that Dr. Yang teaches. This is a very good DVD to introduce those concepts and training methods.
So, what is Qi Gong? First of all the Tai Chi moves are just choreography or moves until you begin to actually to practice the energetic aspects of the art. The real practice of the art is Chi Kung / Qi Gong. As soon as you start practicing the energetic aspects then you are really practicing Tai Chi (probably with the moves) and not just the moves. At that same moment you are now practicing and or applying the Qi Gong.
An obvious question at this point might be so what makes Tai Chi Qi Gong? That is a very big question because the answer could and does fill books. I will try to shed some light on it here.
First of all in Tai Chi are the physical structural alignments which are a necessity for the proper flow of energy through and around the body including through the acupuncture meridians of the body. This is part of the reason that so much emphasis gets put on the moves at the beginning of a students training and why it stays an important issue in training as one progresses. Incorrect and bad posture impedes and blocks energy flow so it is important to get it right. While you are learning and working on this you are not really performing Tai Chi yet but are simply learning something you need to understand to perform the real art.
One of the first things you learn in is known as Sung which translates as relaxation both inside and out. Any tension in the body will impede or stop the flow of energy through the body. This can be structural tension (bad or improper positioning), physical tension (like holding tension in your shoulders or neck simply because you do not allow them to relax) or mental or emotional tension that is manifested in the body such as jaws clenched and a tight face when someone is having a bad day.
So you first need Sung relaxation and proper posture. Once you have these you can really perform the art.
The next step in solo practice is all Qi Gong. You begin to work different aspects of energy within your study both for fighting and for self defense purposes. There are approximately 36 different primary expressions of energy in Tai Chi. You use your mind to direct the internal movement and chi into an expression. That expression is known as Jing. Jing is an expression of Chi or energy hence it is energy work. A few jing expressions are well known and some are quite obscure
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