Silk Reeling the Chen Family Way Silk Reeling Is a Fundamental Part of Taijiquan
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Cover: Grandmaster Wang Hao Da Qi Magazine is published by the Tse Qigong Centre. Its aim is to bring you information not readily available in the West. Editor: Michael Tse In about 1920-1930, China was object that was thrown through the Deputy Editor: Darryl Moy in civil war. The Qing Government was window and when they picked it up, they Editorial Assistants: John Hayes over and the Republic of China had just found it was money. The money always Sarah Bloomfield been established. Mr Sun Yat-sen was seemed to come at Simon Bedford Caroline Garvey leading the People’s Government to just Mike Stenson unify all the areas of China from Marketing/Distribution: Jessica Blackwell province to province. 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When they looked, everything he could to unify the whole http://www.qimagazine.com however, they just saw a shadow flying of China and help the people. While ISSN 1358-3778 away. Sometimes they received a heavy continued on page 7 Qi Magazine 1 1 Editorial with Michael Tse. 3 PO Box 116 8 Silk Reeling the Chen Family Way Silk Reeling is a fundamental part of Taijiquan. It governs the way Qi moves around the body making the practitioner healthy and also developing the energy for the martial side. By Glenn Gossling 9 Lady Chinese Doctor Continuing her journey to becoming a Chinese doctor Shulan tells of her studies at university and finally treating her very first patient By Dr. Shulan Tang 26 Fifteen Years – Travelling the World to Sell My Skill 11 Dayan Gong 2nd64 – Acupuncture Points and Channels For the past fifteen years Grandmaster Ip Chun has travelled all round Last issue we completed the movements of the 2nd 64 of Wild Goose the world teaching Wing Chun Kung Fu. Each year the number of (Dayan) Qigong. Now we start to look more in more detail at the people attending his seminars grows. Though he never imagined this acupuncture points and channels the movements use and work with. would be his life. By Michael Tse By Grandmaster Ip Chun, translated by Michael Tse 13 The Centre Line – Part 1 A Definition? 29 Essence of Harmony part 2 Wing Chun replies very heavily on the principle of the Centre Line. Following on from last issue the author looks at how important it is to Without a clear understanding of this, many misunderstandings and achieve harmony with everything around you, but also with what is misconceptions can arise. within you. By Darryl Moy By J. Reynolds Nelson 14 Controlling and Creating: Tien Guan – Di Zi 30 Book Review In Feng Shui, the 24 Mountains are very important. They contain a lot A new book by Michael Tse – Qi Journeys. of knowledge and include the Tien Guan – Heavenly Stems and the Dizi, Earthy Branches. These have many relationships and connections 35 Nine Strong Two Palm Hard Qigong Training which are vital to know for your Feng Shui or Bazi (horoscopes) Yin Yang Palm and Pushing Palm calculations to be accurate. Hard Qigong can make the body very strong. Here the exercises create By Michael Tse a strong palm. Some people call it “Iron Palm”. 17 The Face of Good Fortune 36 On the Path Face Reading is an ancient skill in China. By looking at your face you Life is a continuous journey. Where you end up can often be totally can see a lot of things. Different points of the face represent different different to where you thought or wanted to be. times of your life. By Tse Sihn Kei By Peter Shen 37 Siu Lim Tao part 2 19 More Than Just a Tree Continuing our series of the first form of Wing Chun – we complete In China trees represent many things. In Qigong practice they are the section to develop “Gong Lik”. very important. They provide us with oxygen and so with Qi. They can By Michael Tse be used in exercises to help strengthen your own energy. By Huang Yu Cheng 42 Taoist Practise Following the Tao is often not as people expect. You don’t have to pray and worship all your waking hours. Here we follow a day in the 22 Grandmaster Wang Hao Da. life of a Taoist. Following the Disappearing By Khris Larthe Footprints of Yesterday Grandmaster Wang Hao Da is part of 44 New Religions part of an illustrious lineage. He is a As we head off into the new millennium we take a look at the religions student of the late great Ma Yue Liang, of the modern age and what they have meant for us. one of the great masters of Wu Style By Adam Wallace Taijiquan. Grandmaster Wang is the keeper of many of his master’s 45 Palm Reading treasures. His reputation in Pushing Within your palm you have the Bagua. If you can see it then you can Hands is well renowned and he is a true tell a person’s nature. (This includes a reprint of the first part given in teacher in the old tradition. last issue). By J. Reynolds Nelson By Michael Tse POBox POBox POBox... News, views and your letters and questions answered The Goose the health of the internal organs and so on. Are there Qi Gong exercises that Danny Connor strengthen the physical body and make it & the Kiwi A friend of mine, Danny more capable of exertion, and where do I Connor, passed away on New Year’s Dear Qi Magazine, find out more about them? Thank you for the informative, well Day. We worked together from 1988 Thank you, TB presented magazine which I look forward to 1990. He was a person whom I worked with doing Qigong in to receiving and reading.