Bagua Daoyin emphasizes the perception and training of muscles (jin), bones (gu) and skin (pi), and combines elements of fitness, martial arts and medical science in order to promote harmony and balance in the body and mind. Master He, a fifth generation practitioner of the BaguaQuan line, sets out a programme of study underpinned by theory. He explains the development of Bagua Daoyin from a refinement of Daoist studies into a method of training the body and mind in which every external movement is echoed in the inner tissue of the body. Bagua Daoyin opens up the joints of the body and relaxes the muscles, encouraging an awareness of the body and posture at all times. With simple body movements, one can channel the hidden flow of Qi, or energy, and blood, giving a new lease of life to zones of the body that have lost their vitality and promoting a sense of tranquillity. This fully illustrated guide to Bagua Daoyin will be essential reading for Bagua and Tai Chi practitioners at all levels, students of martial arts and anyone interested in Chinese culture.
Author(s): He Jinghan
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 161
BAGUA DAOYIN; A UNIQUE BRANCH OF DAOIST LEARNING......Page 5
FRONT COVER......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 7
FOREWORD – AN INTRODUCTION TO HE JINGHAN AND BAGUA QUAN......Page 9
TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION......Page 11
INTRODUCTION The Treasure that Belongs to You......Page 13
CHAPTER 1 Bagua, Bagua Quan and Bagua Daoyin......Page 17
CHAPTER 2 Bagua Daoyin, the Guiding Principle of Bagua......Page 22
CHAPTER 3 Interview with Master He Jinghan......Page 25
CHAPTER 4 Paying for life with life – the master’s apprentice years......Page 35
CHAPTER 5 Understanding Intuitively......Page 39
CHAPTER 6 Things you Ought to Be Aware of when Exercising......Page 42
CHAPTER 7 Give Me Fast Food, Nothing Else will Do – the Contemporary Concept of Health......Page 45
CHAPTER 8 To Love Others you must first Love Yourself; to Love Yourself you must Love your Body......Page 47
CHAPTER 9 Finding your Centre......Page 50
CHAPTER 10 Opening up the Body’s Unobstructed Space – a New Key to the Body......Page 53
CHAPTER 11 Don’t Use your Feet just to Walk – Teaching you to Make your Body as Light as a Swallow......Page 55
CHAPTER 12 Relax, do not Collapse......Page 58
CHAPTER 13 The Sexual Function is the Natural Manifestation of Bodily Health......Page 61
CHAPTER 14 Menopause – Grasp your Second Youth......Page 64
CHAPTER 15 Everything Comes from the Body – Entering Tranquility through Movement......Page 66
CHAPTER 16 The Song of Martial Arts – the Form......Page 70
CHAPTER 17 Shape, Potential Force and Spirit in Posture......Page 74
CHAPTER 18 Between Yin and Yang......Page 76
CHAPTER 19 Sixiang Quan......Page 78
CHAPTER 20 The Melody of the Flow – Bazhang Quan......Page 98
CHAPTER 21 A Master’s Confession......Page 140
CHAPTER 22 A Brief Account of the Life of Master Gong Baozhai......Page 147
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 152
