You show (kind of) a posture at 2:14 in... Fujian Crane, whatever. A book I appreciate, with MANY zhan zhuang postures, is INSIDE ZHAN ZHUANG, by Mark Cohen. He illustrates that aforementioned posture on page 181; he describes it on page 175: "Posture 6a Variation; this is a Bagua style variation I learned. Instead of projecting energy out, it pulls the upper dan tien energy cultivated in posture 5 down into the middle and then the lower Dan Tian. Eventually this posture generates spiral energy both coming in and going out of the body" Also, Fujian Crane is a Shaolin style and these zhan zhuang postures obviously take their origin from neijia styles like Yiquan, not from external Shaolin forms. Having written that, who knows, really? I wasn't there; the whole idea that external Shaolin forms had no internal content may be correct or may be simplistic; the only things I truly believe are my internal experiences when I practice. Still and all, get the Cohen book & judge for yourself. PS- Full disclosure: I have no connection to Cohen, & do not benefit if you buy his book... I also recommend CHINESE BOXING; MASTERS AND METHODS by ROBERT SMITH (also no benefit to me)
I learned from a sifu from Wang Shu Kim lineage, Taiji, Hsing Yi, Bagua. In my sifu's lineage, every posture in every form of Taiji, Hsing Yi, Bagua can be used as a Zhan Zhuang posture. So the possibility is endless. Sometimes, we just performed the forms very slowly, then at the end of each posture we stand still for awhile before moving to the next.
Hi Sifu Sergio! Thank for your videos again! They are really useful. I hope you're gonna do other videos about Zhan Zhuang in the future. It is a really interesting and also mysteryous (at least in the western world) topic. I read your book during this year, the second edition. It is amazing. I suggest anyone to buy the next edition when it will be available.
I learned too 4 kinds of standing meditations but in the original tai chi yang style they are not that different that I learned but actually very relaxing after some trys!
The holding the tree posture is kinda the first posture you learn. If you line up the 6 points the points inside the box of the six gates so inside the pelvis rib tips and top of the beast on the frount and the reverse points on the rear while you are in this posture and image wearing a armor plate that is extremely heavy and the shoulder straps go over the shoulders between the frount and rear points you have effectively hit the iron shirt posture. All the postures use the same formula for the torso. You would do arms out to the sides focusing on the pinkey finger being turned up. Double gan sau rotated in with pinkeys up. Etc.. turtle posture, chicken posture etc.. this is a gong so officially you could do all the postures of wing chun black hand in it and have a combination exercise. Also the feet would be screwed to the earth setting the heals. This leads to condensing breathing which is basically setting your posture in your torso and clenching all your torso muscles and inhaling to make the blood flow. And bone breath which is relaxing while in the torso posture and breathing into the joints as you open and close them. Muscle tendon change. Wing chun does similar with opening the weak side of the wrist for iron fist and cotton palm. This is a hard chi kung. The soft chi kung is golden bell which you store your ki in the hard or stomach and your bell body is the outside of your body and your spiral the energy in your stomach hard to swing like a pendulum to the point of contact you make with the opponents strike. Those two aspects you can join and rotate the energy in a figure 8 through the 6 gates by going across the line between the two hips up to the rub cage across up back across below the clavicle. And the same on the back. Or go up one level around the opposite side etc. Thats the hegagram chi kung. There is tons of energy work and this is hardly scratching the surface. But the postures your using are the first steps in it.
Interesting video. My understanding is that ZZ originates from Xing Yi standing pole. I'm sure though in the time before commercial schools in China there was far more sharing of knowledge and skill than seems to happen presently. Good luck with your endeavours.
I don't agree; back then a lot of these styles were family or village styles, kept strictly between family members or neighbors... a lot of secrets back in those days, so a lot was lost, is my guess.
@@TaichiStraightlife From my understanding, in some ways what you say is right however when good practitioners presented themselves they were often accepted and taught full transmissions in order to promote that style with a famous name. For example Ku Yu Chang /Gu Ru Zhang was famous for Iron Palm (King of Iron Palm) and Northern Shaolin yet he was taught Tai Chi Chuan and sword from General Li Jin Lin as well as shared students with Tarm Sarm /Tam Sam of Buk Sing Choi Li Fut /Sai Li Fo style. I do agree that lots of family styles were kept secret but like all secrets they either leak or someone else has worked out the same secret. Another example of that is the silk reeling that Chen TCC stylists often claim only they have. Yet we have it in our TCC and many other styles use it too.
@@spinningdragontao - You may well be right; what I meant was, secrets die when their current holder suddenly dies and hasn't passed it or them on... or so it seems; again, I'm not in China and never was. I did study a little silk reeling and never got anything out of it; on the other hand, I got a lot out of a short paper I once read, The Mechanics of 3 Nails, by William CC Chen, which transformed my whole practice. Good Luck to you.
bella la t-shirt e da sardo ti ringrazio ma il mio inglese non mi permette di capire bene, un video per il mondo e un altro sottotitolato, anche in inglese? comunque sempre bello vedere sifu Sergio.
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My teacher used to leave and do house work and come back every hour to comment and poke me with a stick. Happy days.
You show (kind of) a posture at 2:14 in... Fujian Crane, whatever. A book I appreciate, with MANY zhan zhuang postures, is INSIDE ZHAN ZHUANG, by Mark Cohen. He illustrates that aforementioned posture on page 181; he describes it on page 175: "Posture 6a Variation; this is a Bagua style variation I learned. Instead of projecting energy out, it pulls the upper dan tien energy cultivated in posture 5 down into the middle and then the lower Dan Tian. Eventually this posture generates spiral energy both coming in and going out of the body" Also, Fujian Crane is a Shaolin style and these zhan zhuang postures obviously take their origin from neijia styles like Yiquan, not from external Shaolin forms. Having written that, who knows, really? I wasn't there; the whole idea that external Shaolin forms had no internal content may be correct or may be simplistic; the only things I truly believe are my internal experiences when I practice. Still and all, get the Cohen book & judge for yourself. PS- Full disclosure: I have no connection to Cohen, & do not benefit if you buy his book... I also recommend CHINESE BOXING; MASTERS AND METHODS by ROBERT SMITH (also no benefit to me)
I learned from a sifu from Wang Shu Kim lineage, Taiji, Hsing Yi, Bagua. In my sifu's lineage, every posture in every form of Taiji, Hsing Yi, Bagua can be used as a Zhan Zhuang posture. So the possibility is endless. Sometimes, we just performed the forms very slowly, then at the end of each posture we stand still for awhile before moving to the next.
That’s ok as long as you know which posture serves to develop which specific Jin
It is true. More over, each of the postures will affect certain internal organ in a certain way. So it is very important to know those things.
Hi Sifu Sergio! Thank for your videos again! They are really useful. I hope you're gonna do other videos about Zhan Zhuang in the future. It is a really interesting and also mysteryous (at least in the western world) topic.
I read your book during this year, the second edition. It is amazing. I suggest anyone to buy the next edition when it will be available.
All about Zhan Zhuang I explain in detail in my online courses Francesco, glad you like the videos 👍
I learned too 4 kinds of standing meditations but in the original tai chi yang style they are not that different that I learned but actually very relaxing after some trys!
Very good information 👍
The holding the tree posture is kinda the first posture you learn. If you line up the 6 points the points inside the box of the six gates so inside the pelvis rib tips and top of the beast on the frount and the reverse points on the rear while you are in this posture and image wearing a armor plate that is extremely heavy and the shoulder straps go over the shoulders between the frount and rear points you have effectively hit the iron shirt posture. All the postures use the same formula for the torso. You would do arms out to the sides focusing on the pinkey finger being turned up. Double gan sau rotated in with pinkeys up. Etc.. turtle posture, chicken posture etc.. this is a gong so officially you could do all the postures of wing chun black hand in it and have a combination exercise. Also the feet would be screwed to the earth setting the heals. This leads to condensing breathing which is basically setting your posture in your torso and clenching all your torso muscles and inhaling to make the blood flow. And bone breath which is relaxing while in the torso posture and breathing into the joints as you open and close them. Muscle tendon change. Wing chun does similar with opening the weak side of the wrist for iron fist and cotton palm. This is a hard chi kung. The soft chi kung is golden bell which you store your ki in the hard or stomach and your bell body is the outside of your body and your spiral the energy in your stomach hard to swing like a pendulum to the point of contact you make with the opponents strike. Those two aspects you can join and rotate the energy in a figure 8 through the 6 gates by going across the line between the two hips up to the rub cage across up back across below the clavicle. And the same on the back. Or go up one level around the opposite side etc. Thats the hegagram chi kung. There is tons of energy work and this is hardly scratching the surface. But the postures your using are the first steps in it.
This is interesting. Which system are you talking about?
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Interesting video. My understanding is that ZZ originates from Xing Yi standing pole. I'm sure though in the time before commercial schools in China there was far more sharing of knowledge and skill than seems to happen presently. Good luck with your endeavours.
I don't agree; back then a lot of these styles were family or village styles, kept strictly between family members or neighbors... a lot of secrets back in those days, so a lot was lost, is my guess.
@@TaichiStraightlife From my understanding, in some ways what you say is right however when good practitioners presented themselves they were often accepted and taught full transmissions in order to promote that style with a famous name. For example Ku Yu Chang /Gu Ru Zhang was famous for Iron Palm (King of Iron Palm) and Northern Shaolin yet he was taught Tai Chi Chuan and sword from General Li Jin Lin as well as shared students with Tarm Sarm /Tam Sam of Buk Sing Choi Li Fut /Sai Li Fo style. I do agree that lots of family styles were kept secret but like all secrets they either leak or someone else has worked out the same secret. Another example of that is the silk reeling that Chen TCC stylists often claim only they have. Yet we have it in our TCC and many other styles use it too.
@@spinningdragontao - You may well be right; what I meant was, secrets die when their current holder suddenly dies and hasn't passed it or them on... or so it seems; again, I'm not in China and never was. I did study a little silk reeling and never got anything out of it; on the other hand, I got a lot out of a short paper I once read, The Mechanics of 3 Nails, by William CC Chen, which transformed my whole practice. Good Luck to you.
You pretty much can count me in ...
Realy nice t shirt sifu
bella la t-shirt e da sardo ti ringrazio ma il mio inglese non mi permette di capire bene, un video per il mondo e un altro sottotitolato, anche in inglese? comunque sempre bello vedere sifu Sergio.