Emptyflower® Internal Martial Arts - Taiji Bagua Xingyi: Emptyflower® Internal Martial Arts - Taiji Bagua Xingyi -> Walk the Torque's Blog

So a mate of mine comes over yesterday. I hadn't seen him in about two years; in which time he had been doing some BJJ, Wrestling and Boxing. I couldn't put any power into my strikes because of a neck injury he sustained, so we ended up doing a lot of wrestling and seeing what came of certain attacks and counters.

One thing I noticed...

Well; I have continued my work in the solo forms, of which the main theme is linking together very tight changes in the angles and trajectories of the arms. Because of the condensed nature of the arm frame, they are more suitable for close in work. The jin is very solid, dense and springy. Tragically, I have had only one chance to test it out on...

Ok, more discovery stuff.

I was training with a mate of mine the other day, and we started by practicing a few power shots on some pads to get a bit of feedback as to our progression in that area. I was working mostly on my Bagua as I consider that my main art and also the one I will use most in a competition. It was going pretty good; we...

Wow, exams are finally over! Talk about stepping through mud! Any way now I can devote more time to training.


I am so glad that I have studied Tai Ji. Apart from the solo practice which has given me hours of joy in my life, heightened proprioceptive awareness, and a strong and flexible body; the partnered training and the way it has...

Worked on Na and getting out of bad situations over the weekend. Clinches and getting locked up never has been a favourite place of mine, so working on a weakness in posture or position and finding ways to move out of it is a good one for me. As a rule I try not to get captured, held, pushed or impacted on in any way without turning. This way I...