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China Dragon

Locality: Seaford, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9786 9604

Address: 35 Armstrongs Road Seaford 3198 Seaford, VIC, Australia

Website: http://chinadragon.com.au/

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25.01.2022 New scrolls at the studio

22.01.2022 This is the shortest of the works that make up the Taijiquan (Taichi) classics and one of my favourites. Its message is concise and clear, the poem describes how to perform Push Hands well. The author is unknown. ‘Ward-off, Roll-back, Press and Push’ (Pang Lu Ji An) are the four fundamental energies ( Si Zheng Shou) used in Taijiquan. The are part of the original 13 postures that constitute all schools of Taijiquan. They are also the main movements employed in pushing ...Continue reading

21.01.2022 This Sunday, the 19th Annual WTQA Wushu Taichi Qigong Festival. I'll be there as head judge and performing an epic Master's demo in the lunch break - Xing Yi's 5 Elements and 12 Animal forms, that's 17 sections of Internal Kung fu!

21.01.2022 Classes will start in the new year, pictured uniforms compulsory Paul Burns Tom Ryan

20.01.2022 TCFL demonstration outside of Crown

20.01.2022 Ba Gua Songs and Xing Yi Fist Manual While there are dozens of translations of the Taiji Classics out there and I have made my recommendation before (The Taijiquan Classics: An Annotated Translation: Barbara Davis) there are relatively few translations of the Ba Gua Songs and Xing Yi Fist Manual. Fortunately, Canada based internal stylist Andrea Falk has completed translations of both that are inexpensive, available for download at her book site ‘The Wushu Centre’ and defini...tely worth a look. Her text ‘A Shadow on Fallen Blossoms’ is the only translation with full commentary available on the famous 36 and 42 verses of Bagua. For those who don’t know, the commentaries are incredibly important, they explain the, often obscure, references and cryptic verses of these ancient texts. There are many translations available without them, but most find them confusing and therefore somewhat useless. Her book is available in EPUB for only US$11.50. http://www.thewushucentre.ca//a-shadow-on-fallen-blossoms. Andrea’s XIngyi Text ‘Li Tainji’s The Skill of Xingyiquan’ also contains excellent translations of many classic Xing Yi Fist Manual verses in the appendix. Unfortunately these are without commentary, lets hope she makes it a future project to fill that gap. It costs only US$10.50 for the EPUB. http://www.thewushucentre.ca//xingyi-books-and-videos/li-t

19.01.2022 (this is a re-post, the previous post was not mobile friendly) China Dragon Martial Arts, term 1 2018 begins Monday 29th January. Click here for timetable and fees - http://www.chinadragon.com.au/chinese-martial-ar/timetable/

15.01.2022 Training update from Paul..... When training "old school" Don't be a tightwad with "new school", plastic buckets. Unless you want your garage floor soaked in water :) .....off to Bunnings to buy metal buckets [ 127 more words ] http://www.chinadragon.com.au/2017/04/week-5-5-word-wise/

15.01.2022 China Dragon clinic will remain open during the increased Victorian Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, our Taichi classes however, will not be running.

15.01.2022 Its amazing what you can find online. I've spent this last week plumbing the depths of YouTube (and the Chinese equivalent YouKu) to find the very best videos for every aspect of Traditional Chinese Martial Arts study at China Dragon/Taichi for Life. In most cases these are the full instructional DVD's for all the routines we teach in Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Xing Yi Quan, Ba Gua Zhang and Chen Tai Ji Quan, in order of the syllabus even! [ 155 more words ] http://www.chinadragon.com.au/2017//youtube-channel-update/

13.01.2022 THE POEM OF THE EIGHT WORDS This ‘formula’ or ‘secret’ is one of a collection of ancient verses from the Xing Yi Quan Pu ‘Xing Yi Fist Manual’. Variants are also commonly appropriated by Ba Gua Zhang practitioners as the content can apply equally to both these internal styles. Whilst most of it is straight forward, explanation may be needed on some of the more obscure philosophical/medical points. Commentary ... The eight words provide the practitioner with images used in aligning the body and utilising strength naturally. Each of the eight words has three important points relating to three places of application on the body as follows: 1. DING The ‘three passes’ are areas where qi flow naturally ‘bottlenecks’. These are the coccyx or tail bone, mid thoracic between the shoulder blades and occiput base of the skull. Dantian ‘Elixir field’ much could be written on this, but put simply it is the lower energy centre of the body, an area roughly three finger widths below the naval that corresponds (from a material perspective) in many ways with the modern concept of ‘core stability’. 2. KOU In some versions the teeth are not mentioned, instead the hands and feet are separated. 3.YUAN Hukou ’Tiger’s mouth’ is the Chinese descriptive anatomical name of the area between the thumb and forefinger. 4. MIN Xin ‘Heart’ here refers to the Chinese philosophical notion of the heart as the seat of the consciousness and housing the spirit, therefore the ‘mind’. 5. BAO Xinqi ’Heart qi’ see note to 4. 6. CHUI Chui can also mean to ‘hang down’ or ‘drop’. 7. QU Qu and Ting ‘Flexed’ and ‘Thrust out’ or ‘Bending’ and ‘Extending’, often misleadingly translated as ‘Bent’ and ‘Straight’ although in apparent opposition these should not be confused as a paradox, merely the idea of not being overly stiff or too crooked. 8. TING Si Shao ‘The ends of the blood, muscles, sinews and bones are called the four tips. Hair is the visible tip of the blood, the tongue is the visible tip of the muscles, the teeth are the visible tips of the bones, and the claws are the visible tips of the sinews. When the four tips use their power, they can change normal behaviour, to enable a person to intimidate others.’ This is from the Sìsho shu ‘Explanation of the Four Tips’ another verse in the Xingyi Fist Manual.

12.01.2022 Aside from all the usual Traditional Chinese Martial Arts classes, Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, this year the studio will be host to a few new classes and workshops from our excellent associates.

12.01.2022 Effective Training I was asked a while back by an online magazine to write a brief article on how to train Chinese Martial Arts effectively. The magazine folded before anything was posted but here’s a little of what I came up with, based on my experience and the training of my teacher, Master Tang Laiwei 1st step Warm up. Sounds simple but I like to make my warm up part of the training. What I mean is that it should be skill specific to the style you are practicing. A... light jog might warm you up but perhaps not the right joints and you learn nothing from it. I choose exercises from within the system that warm the body and stretch. Most often I use a style specific Qigong routine, practiced a little faster and with a greater range of movement. I always like to combine some form of ‘Standing Post’ meditation posture also, to focus breathing. 2nd step Basic Training. Obvious but true, foundation stances, arm techniques and leg techniques or even short drills repeated many many times. Again, specific to the style being practiced and nothing too easy or it gets dull and has little benefit. 3rd step Applications. They should never be forgotten, nor should they completely take over from training forms. Difficult without a partner but that’s what wooden men, grappling dummies and striking targets were designed for. I find traditional apparatus are also great conditioning tools so this benefit can be gained here also (once again more skill specific than weights or push-ups). 4th step Forms. I usually restrict myself to regularly training a maximum of three routines in any one style at any given time. Generally, that’s one fist and two different weapons. I avoid training similar routines at the same time, its too easy to get confused and the benefits are not as varied. I prefer repeating sections of routines or shorter routines over longer forms. Too often people training modern Wushu just do forms over and over again, there is little benefit to this (apart from cardio) once you get past 3 repetitions our minds can only retain so much. 5th step Teaching. I learn more from teaching others now than I do training by myself. My coach always stressed the importance of this, but I didn’t appreciate it till now. It forces us to understand every layer of the techniques and sometimes draws attention to areas we have neglected. Incidentally the first four steps are how I teach all my classes. My emphasis for teaching is my own training development (sorry students, I don’t just do it for the love, if I truly did it would be free, and if it were for the money I would need to charge more!) and my emphasis in training in fitness, health and perfecting the art. If my emphasis were competition or fighting I am sure my steps would look a little different and be more painful!

11.01.2022 There will be no classes this week and my clinical sessions will be closed whilst I am in Sydney studying with my Feng Shui master Howard Choy and attending (speaking, M.C. and organising) the 1st Symposium of the Academic Journal of Feng Shui. Cheers, Master TylerJ Rowe.

11.01.2022 Paul's training update : Progress is continuing. Still hitting and missing with regularity of training but i believe I'm making improvements. This Tuesday, I will have a check in with Master Tyler where we will run the same tests that we ran when I started this. However, I'm pretty sure there's been improvement, just not as much as I'd like. But that is TOTALLY on me. [ 292 more words ] http://www.chinadragon.com.au//week-12-training-update-pa/

09.01.2022 The Taijiquan Classics are an important part of study and practice. These writings are the earliest known on the art and form the core of our understanding. Whilst their interpretation is often the subject of debate, their importance should not be. Unlike many ancient Chinese texts their content is almost universally agree upon, so the only issue is access for non-Chinese readers. [ 278 more words ] http://www.chinadragon.com.au/2017//the-taijiquan-classics/

08.01.2022 Grandmaster Wang Deming, 7th Duan. If you haven’t seen him in action already he is truly amazing, you can read more on his inspiring lineage at http://www.wangdeming.com/. A good friend of my Master Tang Laiwei and my favorite teacher in China, his Bagua, Xingyi and Taiji teachings are closely followed by Tai Chi For Life and China Dragon Martial Arts. He has visited Melbourne a number of times to teach us and will continue to do so in the future. A true icon on of Traditional Chinese Martial Arts.

07.01.2022 It's been a record breaking week at China Dragon - busiest week in 20 years of business, highest return in a single day and best hair day this year (coinciding). So I'm giving myself next week off to study with the classics with iceam.org Cheers, back on the 18th!

05.01.2022 Paul's Training Update - Its been a while since my last post. the only reason for that is that I had really nothing new to report. But now I do. When I started this, I always wanted to be 100% honest...even if things weren't going as well as I'd like. So here's where its at: Working Motivation is way up. I have found a Spotify playlist that is guaranteed to get you going in the morning. [ 515 more words ] http://www.chinadragon.com.au//week-8-working-not-working/

04.01.2022 My new favourite stockist for all our Asian grocery needs!

02.01.2022 On leave study leave in New Orleans. I will be unavailable for classes and consultations from Saturday 10th to Wednesday 20th of March whilst I am on leave studying with the Institute of Classics in East Asian Medicine in New Orleans, U.S.A. The lovely ladies of China Dragon will be keeping things running whilst I am away. Miriam Harper will be available for Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine consultations at the clinic, she can be reached on 0433164064. Jade Bonney will still be around for counselling sessions and Kirsty Saunders will be in for Yoga on Saturdays. Tyler

01.01.2022 My master of nearly 20 years now a short biography of Master Tang Lai Wei Master Tang grew up in Beijing, China and began training at the age of seven after being chosen by national selectors. He was the youngest member of the famous Beijing Wushu Team when it was formed in 1974. His skill with the Spear is renowned and he competed successfully in many styles and weapons including: Changquan, Straightsword, Broadsword, 3-section Cudgel, Double Broadsword, Baguazhuang, Xingy...iquan and Taijiquan, winning over 20 medals including 10 gold at the China National Wushu Championships. As a member of the Beijing team Master Tang had the opportunity to travel to the United States in 1974 and 1980, and to Africa, Japan, Europe and Australia. He also worked in several films including North South Shaolin, and the third of the famous Shaolin Temple series. Action star Jet Li was Master Tang’s training mate Master Tang holds the rank of 8th Dan and in 1986 he was the recipient of the highest award in Wushu, the Wu Ying or Grandmaster award. After retiring from competition Master Tang immigrated to Australia in 1988 where he now coaches Wushu and Taiji professionally at the Tai Chi for Life centre in Nunawading. In recognition of his achievements and contribution to the sport, the Chinese Wushu Association recently bestowed on Master Tang the Wushu Development Award. Master Tang’s Experience in wushu extends over 40 years