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Cover:Master Chan Kam ShuQi Magazineis published by the Tse QigongCentre. Its aim is to bring you information notreadily available in the West.

Editor: Michael Tse

D eputy Editor: D arry l MoyAssistants: John Hayes

Shahriar Sepangi

Rick Charles

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Consultants (Listed in alphabetical order):

Grandmaster Chan Chi Ho

Grandmaster Chen Xiao WangGrandmaster Ip Chun

Grandmaster Yang Meijun

Columnists: Glen Gossling

J. Reynolds NelsonDr. Shulan TangTse Sihn Kei

Adam Wallace

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Once upon a time in the Qing Dynasty,there was a government official in theJiangsu Province who was alwayscorrupting other officials around him.However, slowly he was promoted untilhe eventually became the chief officialin the whole province. Because he was

very good for corruption, he also becamevery rich. At this t ime, he was in controlof the salt market soanyone who wantedto buy salt needed to pay a high price.He became richer and richer. Somebodyeven calculated that he had more moneythan the Qing emperor.

O ne d a y, h e b ec am e v er y frightened. He was afraid of losing his

money and was afraid of losing hisposition. Therefore, he tried to think ofsome way to protect his position and

wealth. He knew that his money wasgotten dishonestly and that eventuallysomebody would expose him. So fromthat moment, he started to plan. Hestarted to spend a lot of money to sendspies to find out other governmentofficials secrets in other provinces. Soonhe had collected many secrets about hisgovernment colleagues. After ten years,he hada lot of information and he beganto organise the things to write a book.He planned to use this book to controlevery person that was in a good positiona nd w hi ch h e h el d s om e s ecr etknowledge of.

He wanted them to listen to himor otherwise he would expose theirsecrets. Somehow, at the end, it wasdiscovered by one of the princes in theQing government what he was doing. He

was arrested and put into prison. Whenthe prince confiscated all the books ofsecrets, he called all the governmentofficials together. In front of them, heburned the books, without even openingthem to look inside. This showed thatthese secrets would be lost forever andno one knows about them.

This story is about someone whowants to use another persons secrets orweaknesses to control them and so make

himself more powerful. You can see thateventually, if he had succeeded, he couldprobably have influenced politics in the

whole country. Today, there are manynewspapers, television programmes andmagazines that talk about all thecelebrities secrets. Ordinary people liketo know about these famous people.Probably this is human nature. However,

what do you think about these famouspeople. They must feel very bad to havelost their privacy. Of course, as a publicperson, it is very hard for them to hideand keep their secret.

But think of yourself. Do you haveany personal secrets that you do not wantother people to know? I believe thateverybody has something. It could be

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Editorialwith Michael Tse.

PO Box

0 Silk Reeling the Chen Family WaySilk Reeling is theunderlying principle for all Taiji movements. In Chen

Taijiquan there is a very systematic way of learning and understandingthem.

By Glenn Gossling

1 Acne and TCMAcne is a common problem, but for most people it is just a passing

phase. Some people however haveto endure it for much longer and itcan bring much discomfort and distress.

By Dr Shulan Tang

2 Office Jobs The Healthy Option?Office jobs, as opposed to manual labour were once thought of as aneasy job. Whilst they are certainly less physically demanding, there is

an argument that they are no less detrimental to your health.

By Kate Britton

4 Dayan Gong 2nd 64: Acupuncture Points and ChannelsThe final part in our series looking at the acupoints and channels usedby the 2nd 64 of Wild Goose Qigong.

By Michael Tse

6 Siu Lim TaoSiu Lim Tao is the starting point for learning Wing Chun Kuen. Here

we examine the final section, the techniques and applications.By Michael Tse

0 Qigong DatabaseFor sometime there have been people researching and compiling a

great deal of information and reports on the effectiveness of Qigong.

Here we introduce a method of tapping into this wealth of information.By Kenneth Sancier

1 Cant Buy SkillHighly skilled people make things look easy. What you dont see, is

the time, effort and sacrifices they made learning and perfecting theirskill. This is one reason you should not try and place your values on it.

By Darryl Moy

28 Origins of Qigong

Qigong has always been closely associated with Taoism. For centurTaoists have been developing methods of promoting longevity a

health. The secret to this is to be found in the Three Treasures.By Stuart Olsen

35 Waiting for the BusThere is never enough time to do everything, never mind the time w

need to spend practising our exercises. However, there are momen

when we can slip in a little practice here and there.By J. Reynolds Nelson

36 Beneath the SurfaceEveryday we are dazzled by the things we see. They are dressed up

make them look more appealing and attractive. If you were to take

close look though you might find that things are not as good as thseem.

By Tse Sihn Kei

38 What Value in Practice? part 2How do you develop your chosen skill? What makes it special anhow does it benefit you?

By Bok Nam Park

40 Feng Shui Mountains and Your EnergyMountains are one of the most obvious natural landmarks & they ca

also have a great effect on your Feng Shui. We look at how they ca

affect you and also discover that mountains come in different guiseBy Michael Tse

42 Healing and Medicine Part 2What are the differences between Healing, Health and Medicine?

we make no distinction between these three things then this will haa great influence on how we treat illness and how we think about

By Shifu Nagaboshi

45 Four Stages of LifeSome people believe that your life is predetermined. Other think it

of your own making. Whatever the case may be, there are certaphases you will pass through.

By Adam Wallace

46 Palm ReadingDo you know what it means if your Heaven Line points up or if yo

man line is short? If you do know what it means then you can tell a about a persons nature and abilities.

By Michael Tse

22 Breath for Life: Master Chan Kam Shu

Southern Shaolin Kung Fu is

famous for its strong techniques

and fighting skills. What is notso commonly spoken about is its

benefits to your health. Thesebenefits come from the special

breathing techniques contained

within the system. Master ChanKam Shu is a shining example

of how these skills can promotea healthy and energetic life well

into your latter years.

By Michael Tse


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POBox POBox POBox..News, views and your letters and questions answered

KneesOut of JointDear Mr Tse,

I have a long history of muscularproblems, further worsened by badflexibility training from my Shotokaninstructor when I was a child. This has

n ow l e ft m e w i th t he p ro bl e m o f dislocating knee caps and hips. I was toldthat surgery was the only option, but knewthere was another. Since I have beguntraining in Gung Fu, the problem with my

knees and hips has greatly reduced. But Imust add that although the training didhelp, it has taken many hours of additional

weight training just to be able to walk. Theproblem I have now is that whilst my knees

are now fine, I still have limited mobilityin my right hip. I was wondering if youcould offer any advice on training methodsor possibly some Qigong exercises whichcould help.

I would also appreciate any adviceon cultivating my Qi. I can feel it in myDantien to the extent that sometimes ithas engulfed my whole body. (I must pointout that this was before any training and

before I knew what it was or what to dowith it). I would like to know how to moveit to certain areas. This is never fullyexplained in any text I have read or byanyone I have talked to. Also, could you

tell me if it is not better to have your Qiin your whole body than in one place. This

would make it move more quicker andwithout thou ght, thus making it morenatural and instinctive. I just think that it

is not fair to starve any part

of your body of Qi energy,when the whole body canenjoy it all at once. Could

you explain because youprobably know some-

thing I do not.Yours sincerely,DE, Newcastle upon

Tyne

Dear DE,Ma ny pe op lethink that Qi is

s o m e t h i n gspecial and want todo all kinds of things withit:- play, redirect or use it forhealing. However, everyonehas Qi. If they did not, they

would not be alive. When wetake one word from a whole

sentence, we lose the meaningand purpose of the word. The

same for the concept of Qi. If weonly consider the idea of Qi andnot its purpose in our body,then we miss the point.

Qi literally means air.It also means energy.

H u m a nbeings need

b ot h a ir

(oxygen and other elements in the air, plusthe radiation from nature - like trees,mountains and water) and energy to

su rvive . Qi is co ns ta nt ly fl ow in gthroughout and around our body along

with our blood. When blood and Qi arebalanced, then a state of harmony existsand we have good health. However, if weinjure ourselves, as in the case of yourknee injuries, there is a blockage whichkeeps the Qi from flowing. When this

happens it is like stagnant water. Thetoxinscannot release naturally from ourbody and will pile up in this area.

When we practise Qigong,we

use relaxation, breathing andmovement and meditation to

release negative Qi from ourbody and gather fresh Qi. Themovements direct the Qi, sowe do not need to think

about where the Qi will go.When you start your car in

the morning, do you thinkabout how the petrol will flow

thro u g h the engi ne? Of course not. You know that by

pressing on the accelerator thatyou will move forward. So you

think about the end result, not themethod of what has produced that

result. Otherwise, in order to drive acar, we would not only need a license,

we wo ul d al so ne ed a deg ree inmechanical engineering. So in Qigong,we do not need to think about or direct

the Qi with our minds. It will happennaturally.

Actuall y, the more you try to

direct Qi, the more problems you willget. If you are nothealthy, this alreadyshows that you do not understand Qi,

so how can you think of wanting tomove it to different areas of your body. Inthinking like this, you miss the point of

Qigong. The best is to find a goodinstructor who is healthy and who isqualified to teach Qigong. Thenpra ctise the movements you aretaught. Forget about directing or

visualising Qi and let your body and

mind relax. Eventually, as youbecome healthier, your Qi willbecome stronger. Of course, you willfeel it in different parts of your body

and at your Dantien, but this is

natural and not unusual or special. Itis just the beginning of a Qigong

journey.Yours sincerely,

Michael Tse

Hard QigongOsterporosisDear Darryl,

I just wanted to thank you very

much for such an excellent and enjoyable

Everyone has Qi.

If they did not, they

would not be alive.


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ew Tse Qigongentre WebsiteWork is well under way on thenew Website for the Tse Qigong Centre

and Qi Magazine and the site will begoing live in the next few weeks.

T h e r e w i l l b e a w e a l t h o f information about the centre and upand coming courses. Questions will beanswered directly by Sifu Michael Tse

and you will even see him demonstrate

in video clips.There will be features fromthe magazine as well as selections fromback issues, plus special web exclusivearticles, features and much more besides.

We will have a secure on-line shop soyou can order all your books, videos andteas, etc. quickly and easily over the web.Keep an eye on

week-end teaching us Hard Qi Gong. Ithoroughly enjoyed it, and found it reallystimulating. I didnt come down from my

high until Tuesday evening, though I didfeel a little stiff before then!

I found the whole ethos of it reallyconvincing and plan to keep it up, not justbecause I like the

balance between the soft and the Hard QiGong, and like the Yang stimulation of

the latter, but also because a few years agoI was told (after a scan) that I had lowbone density and was highly

recommended to go on to HRT to avoidthe possibility of Osteoporosis in thefuture. I tried it for a year and stopped

after I got some quite unpleasant allergicreactions. After a break of a y ear andanother scan, they told me that I had lostanother 10% of bone density.

So at the doctors insistence, I tried it againand took it for a further year during which

time the allergic symptoms returned moreseverely even though the dosage wassupposed to be very low.

I havent been back to the doctorfor a year now, and my health is excellent.I find it sad that I was not offered anyother solution, but the good and positiveaspect of that, is that it gave me thestrength to make my own d ecis ion

r e ga rd in g my f ut u re h e al th . T h eprescription I have given myself is toregularly practise Qigong and now HardQigong. If you like, it is a gamble, but sois HRT and I prefer the odds on the

former. But the best bit is that I amenjoying life enormously now, with onlygood side effects, which wasnt the case

whe n taking the HRT - and tha t is adefinite bonus. So thank you again for

your teaching, and who knows, you mayeven see me at the Level one test in a yearor two!Best Wishes

L. UK

Wing ChunChin Na?Dear Master Tse,

Is there any Chin Na in WingChun?EA

Dear EA,This is a very good question. Yes,

there is Chin Na in Wing Chun but it isdifferent than in other styles. Chin Na

I like the balance

between the Soft Qigong

and the Hard Qigong

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Comments from 1999Wing Chun Residential Course

means hold and grab. Wing Chuns LapSau is a grabbing hand, however, oncethe hand is grabbed, it will not be heldfor long. This is because the emphasis is

on striking not controlling. So when thehand is grabbed, it is for facilitating a

strike to your opponent.When you grab your opponents

hand in Wing Chun, it is looser, followingthe Wing Chun principle of using as little

energy as possible. In other styles, ChinNa is used for controlling an opponent.In Wing Chun, we always assume that

your opponent will be stronger and thatthere will be no opportunity to grab themand control them. Therefore, the Chin Na

in Wing Chun is very fast and brief.Yours sincerely,

Michael Tse

A CuttingQuestionQ. If someone has an operation,

how d oes the Qi f low through thechannels of the body where that incision

was made?

The Qi will still flow along theoperation area but it will not go throughthe normal path. It may be curved or goon either side of the incision, but it will

still flow.Michael Tse

Hard Qigong andMeditationI started learning Qigong four years ago, after training in Karate for 14 years.

I thought Qigong might teach me some secret skills to improve my martial artsand was attracted to Hard Qigong. The exercises seemed strange to me in comparison

with the Soft Qigong I had also started to learn and I was surprised too that myteacher instructed us to always meditate after training. That sounded boring to me

and I thought at first that I might leave out that part of the training, but theinstructions were very specific and repeated quite firmly, so I decided it would berisky to ignore them!

For the first 18 months of Hard Qigong training I felt the meditation justhelped me to relax physically and reduce stressful thoughts and preoccupations.

After this time, though, I noticed deeper changes in my temperament and becameaware of more compassionate feelings for myself and others as well as a calmermind.

Recently I was preparing for the second Hard Qigong Test. I knew this hadsomething to do with bricks on my head and I was quite nervous about it! At the

same time I had some worries about my work and childrens education, but duringthe last months of my training I kept focussing all of my worries and distractionsinto one brick and setting them aside. I told myself that once one worry was dealt

with, another would take its place if I let it, so I used the time to clear my mind ascompletely as possible.

I have made some interesting connections and new friends through myenjoyment of meditation as I go to Buddhist and Sufi meditation groups in Oxfordand London and have become involved with a charity which teaches meditation and

Yoga to people in prison. Oddly enough, my interest in Karate has diminished over

this period and sometimes I think that if it ever became difficult for me to practise

Qigong for any reason, meditation is the one treasure I would not lose.Yvonne Dixon

Hard Qigong andMeditation

I enjoyed the WC residentialbecause of the atmosphere, friendlinessand family feeling. Im now beginningto understand more clearly some of theconcepts of Wing Chun. This course hasgiven me theopportunity to practiseand apply them in arelaxed atmosphere...Chi Man Tang

I had more funt han I ha ve ever experienced. On thecourse, I learned more in four days thansince I first started Wing Chun sixmonths earlier. By the end of the course

my skill was higher than I had everexpected. The relationship between allthe students and teacher was if we were

one big family... Chris Burrell

All of us progressed somuch in those intensive daysthat we seemed to have madea l ea p f o rw ar d o f m an y

months. It is funny to thinkh ow a b un ch o f p eo pl efighting together can have somuch fun... Luc Jacobs

After four days of joyously

intensive training, I dont want to leave.I feel my Wing Chunhascome on in leaps

Comments from 1999Wing Chun Residential Courseand bounds. The amount of informationimparted to me will keep me busy intraining until the next time. Only onepiece of advice about something I was

not told to bring and that was somejo k e s fo r lat e n igh t t e a an d c h atsessions... Jeremy Dallow

The absolute best part of thecourse was rolling hands with everyone

there. I havent had that much fun inyears. Tarif Ghazi


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M.E. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) QigongDear Sir/Madam,

I have been a sufferer from M.E. for two years now and I would be grateful if you could give me some advice on the

treatment of my illness. Over two months ago I procured Michael Tses book on Qigong and I have religiously carried out theexercises and meditation every day. I have now completed all the exercises in the book. After about two months I noticed adistinct improvement in my health and could frequently feel a warmth flowing in my body. Since then, although I am continuing

with Qigong, I have lapsed back to ill health and consequently a few questions have arisen which I wondered if you could answer.

1. Which exercises are most suitable for me? My main symptoms are nauseous pains in the left half of my torso. These make mespend much of my time lying down. I also experience pain in other areas, chiefly the knees. The circulation is often poor in

my hands and feet and at my worst I feel ill and shivery. Mentally, my main battle is with negative emotions. My favouriteexercises are Big Bear Stretches and Rowing the Boat.

2. How much exercise should I attempt on my poor days? Sometimes I feel I overdo the Qigong.

3. Occasionally I find myself suddenly crying during Qigong. Is this normal and should I carry on exercising?

4. I also take homeopathy for my illness. Is this compatible with Qigong?

5. There is no Qigong expert in Orkney where I live. Would Reiki treatment be compatible with the exercises so that I couldreceive a boost of Qi from outside myself?

6. Are health setbacks normal in Qigong?

I thank you in advance for your supportand look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,AB, UK

Dear AB,

Thank you for your letter. I think that today, manypeo ple suf fer from ME (al so cal led Chronic FatigueSyndrome). When treating patients with this condition, Ialways have them do exercises that will help improve theliver and circulation. When the circulation is poor, wedo not feel like moving, but it is actually moving that will

help us get better. Movement helps create more blood inthe body and also to help Qi flow better. If lying down alot, this slows down both blood and Qi and will makethe body feel slow and heavy.

When we practise Qigong, we should always listen to our bodies. If we go over the point of too much exercise, we thenbegin to use energy instead of gather it. So we need to have balance. Some of the exercises good for ME are Punching as this

is very good for circulation. Make sure that when you punch forwards, you inhale and when pulling back the fist, that youexhale. The stance should be with the knees bent and weight completely on the thighs. In this way, we also develop internalenergy and make the kidneys stronger. This is just the opposite of what you would do in martial arts. In this way, though, we

create more relaxation for the body.In addition to this and the exercises which you are already doing, another exercise which will be good for you is Roc

Extends the Wings. This will work on opening the lungs and so help your depression and also work with the heart and kidneys.

After you do the exercises, you should do either sitting or standing meditation to store the Qi.You also asked about other treatments. I do not think that the homeopathy will interfere with the Qigong but I would

suggest you try practising for two weeks, everyday for ten minutes twice a day and see if you have some improvement beforeconsidering other forms of healing. The reason for this is that it is good if you can learn to trust in your own ability to heal

yourself. That way, when you do have a setback, which can happen and is quite normal, you know that you should carry on.When you have a setback, it is not necessarily that what you are doing is incorrect, but that you may have expended more

energy than usual. For instance, you may have worked harder that day or been studying more. So keep practising and learnto listen to your body.Yours sincerely,

Michael Tse

M.E. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) Qigong


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10th AnniversaryDemonstrationSeats are selling quickly for the Tse

Qigong Centre 10th AnniversaryD emo n str a ti o n o n th e 1 6th o f September 2000. The demonstration

will feature Master Tse and his seniorstudents performing rare forms,

some of which have never beenperformed in public before.

If you are planning to come alongwe recommend that you book yourseat as soon as possible as seating

is begin allocated on a first come firstreserved basis, thus the earlier youbook the better seats you will have.

For full details see the back cover ofthis issue.

Grandmasters inNovemberWing ChunGrandmaster Ip Chun, eldest son ofthe late Grandmaster Ip Man, will be

teaching seminars on Wing ChunKung Fu in the UK this Autumn. Thiscourse will be held in Manchesterand will cover many aspects of Wing

Chun. Now well into his seventies,

Grandmaster Ip is still very fit andactive, and his ski l l in Chi Sau(Sticking Hands) must be seen to be

believed.

Chen TaijiquanFrom the 11 to the 19 of November,Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang willbe teaching his familys style ofTaijiquan. He will be teaching courses

on Chan Si Gong (Internal SpiralEnergy), Chen Broadsword, PushingHands/Applications and Laojia - Old

Frame. Grandmaster Chen is the 19G en era tio n i n her i to r o f Ch en

Taij iquan and so is the highestauthority on this skill.

11/12 November 2000Internal Spiral Energy (Section 2)

13-16 November 2000Chen Taiji Broadsword

17 November 2000Pushing Hands & Application

18/19 November 2000Old Frame (Laojia)

If there is anything you want to discuss, if there is anything you want to share withothers, any news or any announcements you would like to make, send them to us. Wealso welcome articles (800 - 1000 words in length) on topics appropriate. Please send

them to Qi Magazine.

FUND RAISING FOR THE IP MAN TONGGrandmaster Ip Man came to Hong Kong to teach the Wing Chun Kung Fu in1950. There are millions of Wing Chun practitioners around the world now. Hissons Sifu Ip Chun and Sifu Ip Ching decided to develop Ip Man Tong (Ip ManMuseum) in Futshan, China in memory of their father and to recognise hiscontribution. We hope that all Wing Chun practitioners as wellas others will support this fund raising activity. A Hall of Fame

will be set up to recognise the following contribution:

1. Donor of HK$20,000 or above will be entitled to have thefollowing recognition:

Become the Hon. President of Ip Man Tong

Names will be crafted on Ip Man Tong

Names will be published in special section of the new Wing Chun Genealogy if

you are a Wing Chun practitioner

A special Certificate of Honour will be awarded

As an honourable guest to participate in the opening ceremony of Ip Man Tong

Have a special half page autobiography in the new Wing Chun Genealogy

2. Donor of HK$3,000 or above will be entitled to have the following recognition:

Become the Hon. Members of Ip Man Tong

Names will be crafted on Ip Man Tong

Names will be published in special section of the new Wing Chun Genealogy if

you are a Wing Chun practitioner.

A special Certificate of Honour will be awarded

Names will be published in the new Wing Chun Genealogy

We will publish a special Genealogy of the Wing Chun Family for this activity.So two more sponsorships will be added as follows:

3. Sponsor of HK$500 or above

Names will be published in a special acknowledgement section of the Genealogy

4. Sponsor of HK$100 or above (Only for the Wing Chun practitioner)

Names (with lineage) will be published in the Genealogy.

For enquiries:

Address: Level 12, Metroplaza, Tower 2, 223 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Chung,New Territories, Hong Kong. Tel: (852)2861-1338. Fax: (852)2422-0732E-mail: [email protected]

Thank you for your support.

Ip Man Tong - Development Council

NOTE: For students or member s of the Tse Qigong Centre, a 10/$20 donationcan be made, payable to Ip Man Tong. Your name will then be published in a special

Genealogy of the Wing Chun Family as a practitioner of the Tse Qigong Centre.(Send to appropriate Tse Qigong Centre address for this particular donation.)

Readers in the UK can write to:PO Box 59,

Altrincham WA15 8FS. UK.


Readers in the USA can write to:PO Box 2697,

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The silk reeling forms are simple circular movements. For the purpose ofteaching each of the silk reeling exercises is broken down to four stages of a cycle.

Silk Reelingthe Chen F amily Way

As you train the silk reeling exercisesand become more confident of themovements you should concentrate

o n m ak in g t h e m f lo w as a s in glemovement rather than as four separatepostures. To improve further you shouldmake sure that all your joints are bentand none are straight or locked, that yourposture is comfortable and

well balanced, that yourhead remains at the same

height when performingthe movements and doesnot bob up and down. Alsom ak e s ur e t ha t y ou r movements are smoothand not too fast or jerky.

All of the exercisesgiven below should bepractised on both sides ofthe body. Just swap thedirections and hands.

Preparing the FormBefore starting any of the Chan

Si exercises we must prepare the form.To do this start by standing with your feettogether in the same way that you would

w he n beg inn ing th e Zha n Zh ua ngmeditation. Sink a little into the legs andalign the body. The Baihui, ear, shoulder,Dantien and Yongquan should all forma vertical line and the hips and shouldersshould form two horizontal lines. Thearms hang at the sides of thebody relaxed.

Zheng Mian Chan SiFront Silk Reeling

Having prepared theform, place the left hand onyour waist, bring your righthand forward and raise yourright heel. Now step to theright, keeping the weight inyour left leg and keeping thefeet parallel. Turn slightly tothe left with your body andallow the right hand to rise infront of thebody with the palmdown. Transfer your weight to the rightleg and let the right hand twine out wardat shoulder level until it is roughly above

the right knee. You should be standingin an approximate horse stance but withthe weight slightly more in the right legthan the left. You are now ready to moveto the first frame drop your right handdown to waist height.

Frame 1Hand position: left hand on

wai st , ri ght ha nd pa lm

forward roughly above theright knee at waist heightfingers pointing right.Direction: the body facesforwards, the shoulders andhips are square.

Weight: your weight shouldbe in your right leg to theproportion of 60% 70%.Qi: at waist.

In this frame the righthand is half way between

being yin and yang. To moveto the next frame transfer your weight

gently into the left leg and allow the righthand to twine forward in front of thelower abdomen.

Frame 2Hand position: left hand on waist, righthand forward in front of abdomen, palmup, fingers pointing forwards. Make surethat the armpit remains slightly open.

Direction: the bodyf ace s f or wa rd ,shoulders and hipsare square.

Weight: your weightshould be in yourleft leg to t heproportion of 60% -70%.Qi: at Dantien.

In this frameyour right hand is atitsmost yin. To moveto the next framet urn the body

slightly to the left and allow the righthand to spiral upwards in front of thebody until it is in front of the throat.

Frame 3Hand position: lefth and o n w aist ,right hand roughlyi n f ro nt o f t het hroat, pal mf acing downfingers pointingleft. The elbowshould be slightlylo we r t h an t h eshoulder and thea rm s ho ul d b ecurved with the elbow bent a little morethan 90 degrees.Direction: the body should be turnedslightly towards the left, up to 45degrees. Hips and shoulders likewise atan angle but the feet remain un-turned.

Weight: this remains in the left leg.Qi: rising up the back to roughly betweenupper shoulder blades.

In this frame the right hand hasmoved from the most

yin part of the cycleand is half way tobecoming fully yang.To move to the finalframe transfer the

weight from the leftl eg t o t he r ig ht ,allowing the body toturn as you move.The ri ght handt w in es o ut w ar d ,forward and to the right in a smooth arc.

Frame 4Hand position: left hand on waist, righthand extended to the right, palmforward, fingers pointing left, arm curved.Direction: the body faces forwards,shoulders and hips are square.

Weight: your weight should be in yourright leg to the proportion of 60% 70%.Qi: at right hand.

In this frame the right hand isyang. To move back to the first frame justallow the right hand to drop to waistheight with the hand turning out until thefingers point right

to be continued... by Glenn Gossling


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Qi Magazine 11

TCM and Acne

Most of us suffer from Acne at some point in our lives. For some it isvery mild and hardly noticed, but for others it can be more serious andquite distressing. What are the causes of this condition and how doesTCM handle it?

What is Acne?Acne is a skin dis order which

results in spots, whiteheads, blackheadsand in the more serious form, cysts andabscesses, which can leave disfiguredpitted scars when they heal. In moresevere cases the eruptions can feel soreor itchy. Acne is commonly seen on theface, back and chest.

Most adolescent boys and girlssuffer from acne at some point but mostgrow out of it. However, some peoplecan suffer from acne into their latethirties, sometimes even into their forties.In girls, acne can get worse beforeperiods.

Acne is not dangerous, but it isunsightly, and therefore distressing to thesufferer. Although mild acne generallydisappears in the early twenties, moresevere acne may leave permanent raisedor pitted scars, that may additionallyresult in psychological damage tosensitive teenagers.

What causes Acne?At puberty, the raised levels of

hormones increase glandular secretionof the oily substance sebum. Alsoexcessive bacteria on the skin, highhumidity and eating too much chocolateand greasy foods are all causes of acne.

Traditional Chinese Medicineclassifies acne into threedifferent types:

1). Wind-heat effect inthe lung channel.

Wind heat in thelung can stimulate theskin and cause acne.

Main symptoms & signs:There are red papulesa nd t ub er cle s w it hinflammatory infiltrationaround them, accomp-a nie d b y a b ur ni ngsensation, red tip of thetongue with thin and

yellow fur and slipperyrapid pulse.

2). Damp-heat in thespleen and stomach.Main symptoms & signs:

Acn e, in dura ti ve acnea nd c ys ti c a cn e a r emainly characterised byskin lesion, yellow andgreasy fur coating on thet o ngu e an d s oft an drapid pulse.

3). Disharmony of Chong & Renchannels.Main symptoms and signs:This type of acne changes according tothe menstruation cycle. It is usually worsebefore menstruation, accompanied byirregular periods or period pain. Thetongue is dark red with yellow coating.Taut, thready and rapid pulse.

Treatment of Acne.Internal treatment: According to thedifferent types of acne individual

treatment principles are made andsuitable herbal prescriptions areachieved.

1). Wind-heat effect in the lung

channel.Treatment principle:To expel wind and clear away heat in thelung channel. Prescription: Modificationof Pi Pa Oin Fei Yin. Use the herbs Pi Pa

Ye, Gan Cao, Sang Bai Pi and Huang Qinetc.

2). Damp-heat in the spleen andstomach.

Treatment principle:C le ar a w ay h ea t a nd e li mi na t edampness. Prescription: Modification ofChe Qian Shen Shi Tang. Use the herbs

Che Qian Cao, Mu Dan Pi, Yin ChenHao,and Ku Shen etc.

3). Disharmony of Chong and Renchannels.

Treatment principle:To regulate the Chong and Ren. Soothethe liver and ease the stress. Prescription:Modification of Xiao Yao San. Herbs: MuDan Pi, Dang Gui, Bai Shao, Yi Mu Cao,Chai Hu etc.

All the above herbal prescriptionsare available in loose herbs for decoction,concentrated powders and in capsuleand pill form. The most effective herbalpills are Jin Ju Di Dan Wan and Xia ZhiQing Dai Wan.

External treatment:1). Detoxifying herbs for external

wash: Bai Hua She She Cao, Ku Shen,Huang Bai and Zhi Zi.

2). Herbal Gel for washing greasyskin on the face, Liu Wu Xi Ye

by Dr Shulan Tang

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When I started work even a so-called sedentaryjob involved a lot of moving around. We werealways jumping up and down getting files out ofcabinets, running across the office to pick up acolleagues phone in their absence, or delivering

documents to other departments. Now the whole officeconcept has been redesigned to make life easier for us, withthe result that we rarely need to move from our chairs. We

can send faxes from our PC, often have a printer right next toour desk, and we can even send documents from our PC straightto the photocopier. Files are no longer in a cabinet, but arestored electronically on our computer, and if we need to give afile or document to a colleague we just email it to them. Theresult is that you find yourself sitting for hours at a time, barelyneeding to move a muscle. Even answering someone elses

telephone can be done from your own handset, and now thatvoice mail is becoming so popular, you dont even

have to do that any more!My first job involved a mile walk to

the station. There was no choice in thematter. Now many people are so loath

to use their legs, they not only driveto work, but fight for the parkingspaces nearest the office entrance.

I know travel to work by car isoften the only option. In fact I

currently work on an out of townindustrial park which is served byonly one bus a day. Because I

have to drive, it means I lose outon a nice walk to the bus stop or

station. The fresh air and exercisewake you up in the morning andset you up for the day. I hadnt real-

Not so long ago of fi ce jobs wereconsidered the soft option. Workers spenttheir day in a warm and dry environment,doing a job that was physically undemanding.Although this is still true, the whole ethos

surrounding office work has changed radically,unfortunately, it seems, to the detriment of peopleshealth.

Off ice Jobs...

H ealthy Option?

i s e dh o wstressfuldriving to

wor k wasuntil Ichanged jobsa f ew y ea rs

a go a nd w a sable to travel bytrain. I wasamazed how relaxed I felt when Igot to work. No sittingfuming in traffic jams ordealing with the othermaniacs on the road whosometimes seem intent one ns ur in g t he ir f ell ow travellers become as stressedas they. However, people seem

to ta k e us e of the ir c a r s toextremes. I know one person whois so lazy she illegally parks in thedisabled or visitor space nearest thedoor. The strange thing is that after

work she drives straight to the gym foran hours workout. Wouldnt a nice walkacross a tree lined car park in the fresh airbe better than some mindless exercise in astuffy room full of sweaty bodies?

The design of office buildings themselveshas changed too. Often they are open planand the windows rarely open. The interior space


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is so large that areas in the centre of the floor are too far fromwindows for fresh air to reach them. Hence there has to besome sort of air circulation system. Usually this just distributesthe same stuffy air round and around the building, picking upeveryones germs as it goes for good measure. My officesounded like a TB ward recently as the entire floor went down

with a cold and chesty cough. While everyone has a printernear their desk for convenience, the fumes from these machines

add to the general unpleasantness of the air quality.Photocopiers used to be confined to the Print Room, and onlythe poor operator suffered their pollution, but today can oftenbe found in amongst the workers in the office space. Themanufacturer is obliged to supply a certificate detailing theemissions, so why not find out what you are breathing in?

Everyone has a PC on their desk, and in many casesthey are arranged back to back.Electromagnetic radiationfrom the rear of the screenis greater than from thefront or sides, so thepoor person sittingbehind your monitor

is in a dangerousp lace ! N ot somany years ago it

was re co m-mended that PCu se rs s ho ul dh av e a b r ea k e ve ry t w en ty minutes. Now,i t i s ra re f or a ny on e t o t ak eone, and some donteven stop at lunch time. So many of

my colleagues complain of tired,a ch in g a nd p uf fy ey es , a nd adeterioration in their eyesight. This isnot surprising. The eye is not designedto stare fixedly at one point for hourson end. It should be constantly on themove, with the focal length adjustingall the time. The fluorescent lightsunder which we all sit also contributeto eye strain. I worked with architects for fifteen years, andnone of their offices had strip lighting. Funnily enough, theyall preferred to work under old fashioned light bulbs. It iscurious that what they insist on for themselves they dont designfor the rest of us. Because light reflecting on a PC screen can

make it difficult to read, we often have to have the blinds closed,particularly on the sunny side of thebuilding. This exacerbatesthe problems with the lighting and means we are like moles

working in the dark, unaware of what the weather is doingoutside. A bit of sunlight on your desk lifts your spirits no end,I find.

Many offices dont have kitchens, so hot and cold drinksare supplied from a vending machine. These usually containthe worst sort of synthetic ingredients, and are served in plasticcups which taint their contents. I began to feel rather ill whenI started drinking hot drinks from the machine and soonswitched to bringing my own in a flask.

I am not saying we should go back to the old ways.

There are undoubtedly some advantages to modern living, but

we do need to be aware of the problems in the workplace anddo all we can to counter them. Those who dont rememberhow things used to be are particularly at risk, since they arenot able to make comparisons and feel how their body isresponding to the new regime. I always take a break frommy PC at lunch time and usually walk around the car park toget some fresh air. Unfortunately the whole area is coveredby security cameras, otherwise Id take the opportunity to do

some Qigong practise. I dont think I am ready to be on filmyet! However, I do park in the furthest corner away from theoffice entrance, so that I get a bit of a walk and some airmorning and evening.

My day is spent doing a lot of design work on a PC.Since this means I rarely need to print anything, I dont havean excuse to get up periodically to collect my prints. When I

h ave be en s it t ing fo r a lo ng t ime Isometimes just stand up and sit down

again, or move my shouldersaro un d. N o on e t ak es any

notice. I also look away frommy PC frequently, looking atthe most distant point in my

field of vision. This ensuresthat my eyes dont get set ata fixed focal length for toolong a period. I know thereis legislation that says we

must have regular breaks,but unfortunately it is never

policed unless you work in datainput. The reality is that anyone

actually having regular restswould not be ina job for long.

We are

expected to putour headsdown and keep

wor ki ng, so Iinvent reasonsto get up. Ioften go to thedrinks machinefor my fellow

team members (it is interesting that most of us only drink thecold water from it), and I visit the toilet far more often than Ineed just so I can get up and move around. If I am lucky, andI am the only one there, I take the opportunity to do a few legstretches or shoulder exercises. And in case you think I am

barking mad, more and more of my colleagues are doing thesame. Sometimes arguments almost break out as to who willget the drinks because more than one person needs a break.If you think I am grossly exaggerating the problems, then all Ican say is you are very lucky. Either the full blast of technologyhas not hit yourcompany yet, or the nature of your work meansyou are not stuck in front of a computer all day. It is not sobad for those who attend meetings regularly, but for those ofus who are sat in front of a screen for 7-8 hours a day, it isbecoming a real problem. Employers should take note. Intwenty years t ime they may be faced with numerouscompensation claims for damaged eyesight, as well as for RSIand posture related problems. Time will tell

by Kate Britton

What they insist onfor themselves they

dont design for us.


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Dayan Gong 2nd 64Dayan Gong 2nd 64Dayan Gong 2nd 64Daya

Qi Magazine 15

28. DazhuiDazhui means big vertebra, and this belongs to the Du

Channel. It is located on the neck, level with the shoulder. It isthe biggest vertebra on the neck, below the seventh neck bone.

It is good for headache, bringing up the Yang Qi. If the body isvery weak, stimulating the Dazhui point will make the bodystronger. In movement 41 Stretch the wings and wash thehead we bring up both hands to the head, so the Hegu pointsface to Taiyang points and we rotate the head, thus the Dazhuipoint is stimulated.

29. TianzhuTianzhu means celestial pillar, and this belongs to the

Urinary Bladder Channel. It is located at the back of the head,at the bottom of the hair root, one inch either side of the DuChannel. It is good for releasing the heat from the Urinary

Bladder and head, releasing the tension in the shoulders andclearing blockages of the nose. In movement 41 Stretch thewings and wash the head, as above, when we are rotatingthe head the Tianzhu points will be stimulated.

30. DazhuDazhu means Big horizontal muscle, and this belongs

to Urinary Bladder Channel. It is located at the first rib bonethe midway down the back, 1 and half inches either side of thespine. It is good for all aching and tension in the upper backmuscles. In the movement 41 Stretch the wings and wash thehead, as above, when we rotate the head the Dazhu points

will be stimulated.

31. ShaochongShaochong means little rush, which belongs to the Heart

Channel. It is located at the bottom of the small finger nail. Itis good for heart circulation and clearing the mind. In themovement 44 Pointing to the sky, the Shaochong point ispressed by the Shaoshang point, on the thumb, which connectsthe Heart Channel with the Lung Channel. This makes the Qiflow strongly. However the movement is for collecting the Qi

from the sky.

32. ShaoshangShaoshang means young shang (the sound of metal,

metal is the element which is related to the lung), which belongsto Lung Channel. It is locatedat left bottom corner of the thumbnail. It is good for the breathing, releasing pain and stimulatesthe mind. It is used in the movement 44 Pointing to the sky

which I have mentioned above.

Now we have finished the knowledge of the acupuncturepoints and channels of Dayan Qigong, and so we should knowhow to practise it properly. When you practise the Second 64you must follow these points and channels in the meaning ofthe movements, otherwise we might not get the maximumbenefit. However some of you might not be able to follow it100 percent, this is not a problem though you should not betoo far out. Until you are very clear with all the details, then

you should concentrate on relaxation. Make sure all the singlemovement are connecting together without stopping if it is notnecessary. Do not add up some extra movement as you thinkyou know better than the seniors. This might cause someproblem. At the end when you are very familiar with the wholeFirst 64 and Second 64, and you practise with internal feeling,the Qi will flow very smoothly without obstruction. Then youhave reached a high level, and you are part of the universe.

Your Qi will be very strong and keep gathering more. You willbe very healthy and live longer.

The next step is learning other more advanced levels ofKunlun Dayan Qigong

by Michael Tse

Tianzhu

Dazhui

Dazhu

Shaoshang

Shaochong


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Siu Lim Tao The Third Section

Fig 65 Fig 66 Fig 67 Fig 68




Once we have finished the GongLik (internal energy) and Fa Ging(releasing power) training, we cover basicskill training in Part III of the Siu Lim Tao.

A main principle of Wing Chun is to besimple and direct, together with the

principle of attacking the centreline.Therefore in Wing Chun, there are notmany basic techniques. As my Sifu, IpChun, says, there is only Paak Sau andLap Sau.

Paak Sau means slapping hand

and Lap Sau meansGrabbing hand. Thisis very simple. Hearing this, some peoplemay say that the skill is very easy to learn.However, this is wrong. Techniques thatare so simple, have so many ways todevelop. In different situations you apply

different techniques.Section Three covers these basic

skills:- Tan Sau, Paak Sau, Gaan Sau,Heun Sau, Chan Sau, Bong Sau andpunching. These techniques can be usedfor both training Chi Sau and self

defence. If you can apply these skillsproperly, then you will be able to defendyourself in most situations. Chi Sau

training helps us to better develop thesetechniques

Paak Sau1. Bring up your left hand, relax your

wrist and then push your palm quicklyout to the right, as if warding off apunch. Bring back the hand to thecentreline as quickly as possible. Onlyuse energy at the point in which you

wou ld ma ke co nt act with anopponents energy. Fig 65 - 67.

Wan Jeung1. Continue with your left hand and

perform Wan Jeung. Your fingersshould be horizontal with your fingers

pointing to the left. Fig 68 - 69.

2 Perform Huen Sau and Withdraw theFist. Fig 70 - 72.

Wan means horizontal (or side) and Jeung

means palm. Wan Jeung means horizontal

palm. We have already learned Jik Jeung,

straight palm. Wan Jueng is usually used to


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Fig 81 Fig 82 Fig 83 Fig 84 Fig85 Fig 86 Fig 87

Fig 88 Fig 89 Fig 90 Fig 91 Fig 92 Fig 93 Fig 94


attack the lower jaw of the opponent. This is

different than Jik Jeung which attacks from

your centreline to your opponents centreline.

Usually we turn the body 45% to use Wan

Jeung. It is quite rare to use it from the front.

Repeat from Paak Sau to Wan Jeungwith the right hand. Fig 73 - 80.

Tan Sau1. Quickly bring your hand forwards,

p al m f ac ing u p, e lb ow a t t hecentreline. Fig 81.

Gaan Sau1. Relax your elbow and drop your hand

down in a shallow arc. Fig 82.

Gaan means separating, so Gaan Sau is

separating hand. With Gaan Sau, we use the

outside of the forearm to block. When you use

it, you usually turn 45% with a forceful energy.

There is both an upper and lower Gaan Sau

and this one is the lower. Quite often, though,

we will use the upper and lower Gaan Sau in

tandem, particularly in the Wooden Dummyand Biu Jee forms. Upper Gaan Sau is the

equivalent of Tan Sau. Gaan Sau is the

outside defending hand and must be used in

this way. It cannot be used from inside hand

to be outside hand. The energy comes from the

legs, not the upper body, and is used at the

same time as you do Jeun Ma.

There is another technique called Kwun Sau

which is used from inside hand to be outside.

Basically, this is just a combination of Bong

Sau and Tan Sau, used simultaneously. This

is not covered in Wing Chuns first three forms,

but only in the Wooden Dummy and Baat

Jam Do. Howe ver, Kwu n Sa u is more

important than Gaan Sau and you should

learn it when you begin to do Chi Sau.

Tan Sau1 Bring your hand back upintoTan Sau.Fig 83.

In this section we use Tan Sau twice. This is

because Gaan Sau has both an upper and

lower part. So both Tan Saus should be

performed as if it were an outside hand Gaan

Sau. This movement is connected to the Wooden

Dummy.

Huen Sau1. From Tan Sau, do a low Huen Sau,

u si ng t he s am e c ir cl i ng w ri stmovement, but when nearing the

end, push out and down with thepalm, releasing energy at the end. Fig84 - 86.

2. Go straight back into Tan Sau. Fig 87.

3 . Do a h igh H u e n Sau an d t h e nWithdraw the Fist to come back to theready position. Fig 88 - 90.

Heun Sau means Rotating Hand. The

application is used when your hand is outside

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Fig 103 Fig 104 Fig 105 Fig 106

opponent is using a lot of energy against you.

You use Heun Sau by rotating the hand

inwards and then using a palm strike

downwards to your opponents body. When you

use Huen Sau, you must only use it when your

opponent uses force, otherwise you can leave

yourself open for attack.

Repeat Tan Sau/Gaan Sau/Tan SauHuen Sau for the right hand.Fig 90 - 99

Bong Sau1. Bring your left hand out, wrist to the

centreline, elbow higher than yourwr is t, upper ar m parallel to th ecentreline. Make sure your wrist isloose and your shoulder is neitherraised or tense. Fig 100.

Bong Sau means Wing Hand because it movesup and down much like a wing. Bong Sau is

used all the time in Wing Chun, however, most

of the people do not use it correctly. Usually,

they use too much energy on the forearm. All

the energy should be on the upper part of the

arm and the forearm and hand should be

completely relaxed. The elbow should be higher

than the wrist most of the time. Bong Sau is

for connecting with your opponents hand when

your opponents hand is on top of your hand.

If only using one hand to contact with youropponent, then the Bong Sau is done at an

angle of 45 degree from your body. If using

double Chi Sau, then you can face each other.

The application is that when your opponent

attacks and you have already met it with Bong

Sau, then you can then take your opposite hand

and Lap Sau your opponents striking hand.

Then chop with the Bong Sau hand.

Tan Sau

1. From Bong Sau, drop your elbow tothe centreline. Fig 101.

Bong Sau and Tan Sau are often connected

together because one is elbow up and the other

is elbow down. The are used in tandem to

change the energy during Chi Sau.

Dai Jeung1. Push your palm forwards straight out

from the middle chest, striking withthe heel of the palm, again usingenergy at the last moment. Your palm

should be upside down, with thefingers pointing towards the ground.Fig 102.

2. Draw back your hand to its restingposition by first gathering a fist. Fig103 -106.

Dai Jueng means Lower Palm. We use this

palm to attack the lower part of the body.

However, when we attack the lower part of

the body, we can often forget the defence of the

upper part. So the best way is to step to the

side and apply Dai Jueng along with Paak

Sau.Repeat Bong Sau/Tan Sau/ Dai

Jeung on the right side. Fig 107 - 112.

Chaan Sau1. Bring your left arm down. Fig 113.

2. Place your right hand at the top ofyour left forearm. Fig 114.

3. Sharply draw back your left arm andclear it by sliding the right hand alongit simultaneously. Your hand positionis now reversed. Fig 115.

4. Repeat the movement on the right

and then once more on the left. Finishwith your right hand down and yourleft hand up. Fig 116.

Chan Sau means Shovel or Clearing Hand.

When your opponent tries to grab your hand,

then you pull your hand back and use the

opposite hand to chop downwards. However,

you must do this before your opponent fully

grabs hold of your hand.

Chung Kuen

1. Pu nch wi th y our l eft h and ,simultaneously drawing your righthand back behind your left hand.Fig117.

2. R epe at t w ice m or e , e ach t imechanging hands. Fig 118 - 119.

It is similar to the punching in the beginning,

however, it is done in a continuous manner,

not just a single punch. Generally, we do three

times, but in practice, you can do more than

this. However, you should remember to use

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Fig 107 Fig 108 Fig 109 Fig 110 Fig 111 Fig 112

Fig 113 Fig 114 Fig 115 Fig 116 Fig 117 Fig 118

Fig 119 Fig 120 Fig 121

Finish1. Withdraw both fists intothe resting

position. Fig 120.

2. Bring your feet together, straightenyour legs. Open your palms, pushthem down and relax. Fig 121.

ConclusionWe have now completed the

whole Siu Lim Tao. Siu Lim Tao is the

basic form of the Wing Chun system. Youshould practise Siu Lim Tao more than anyof the other forms. This will help you to

understand the principles of Wing Chunmore fully. You should try to do it is as slowlyas possible and naturally. Breathe throughthe nose. Siu Lim Tao is not just a martialart skill, it is also internal training. It canmake you healthy as well because every

martial artist should be healthy.

I have been studying Wing Chunfor over 26 years and I still enjoy Siu LimTao training. I find it very useful toimprove my skill. Personally, I believe thatSiu Lim Tao is not the first form createdin the Wing Chun Kuen system. I believethat it was created after the Tsum Kiu andBiu Jee forms, even after the Wooden

Dummy. Our Wing Chun ancestors musthave realised the need for internaltraining and so created Siu Lim Tao later.Siu Lim Tao is for balancing the strongenergy and to make us healthier.

M os t ma rt ia l ar ti st s on ly concentrate on fighting and miss theinternal training. Internal training willhelp us to balance our body. It needssomeone with a lot of experience torealise this. Therefore, Siu Lim Tao is themost important form in the whole WingChun system

by Michael Tse


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Qi Magazine 20

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When I was about 12 I remembermy Dad buying my older brothera p or ta b le c ol ou r T V a s a

birthday present. The shop he bought itfrom was one of normal high streetstores. When it came to paying for it, toour immense embarrassment, my Dadstarted to haggle for it! We could notbelieve it! My brother and I must haveturned the brightest hue of red possibleand all we wanted to do was run out of

the shop with our head in our hands. Ican only guess, as I dared not look, but Iam sure the shop assistant was takenaback as well! But it

wo rk ed an d weproudly carriedo ur n ew pr izeho me w it h ahuge discountof 20!

If yougo to the east,it is very

comm on t oha gg le a ndbarter for yourgoods. In fact itis expected, andif you do not,you will bepaying well overthe fair price. Atfirst it can be alittle daunting,but w h en y ouget the hang of itit is also good fun.

Every purchase youmake has a story ofhow hard youbargained for it and how

well you did. There is a knack to it thoughand if you do try and go too low theshopkeeper can get quite offended. Sothere is a balance to strike.

In the west bartering is very rareto find. Only when you go to a longestablished market you find that it isacceptable behaviour. You can try it onthe high street though, if you have thick

enough skin.

This is one of the clearest culturaldifferences between the east and west,but it is quite strange how roles cansuddenly reverse.

In the east someone with verygood skill is very highly respected. If youcan learn his or her skill then you are

very privileged indeed. Usually it will takea while before the teacher accepts youand agrees to teach you. Then of course,you will have to pay the teacher to learn

his/her skill. However, this payment doesnot reflect the value placed on the skill,if it did then you would never be able to

afford it. No, what you payis to allow the teacher to

make his living andsurvive sothat he cank eep t ea ch ing.Otherwi se you

would have no wayto learn his skill.

In Chinat her e a re ma ny

s to ri es o f g re atm ast er s w ho t o

begin with had to finda way to pay their

teachers. Grandmaster Ip Man,as a young boy had to save all his moneyin order to pay his teacher Chan WahShun. My Sifu tells how he had to collectand prepare herbs to pay his uncle sothat he could study. There are manyexamples of this but I have never heardof one case where a great master beganhis studies by haggling with the teacherover the price of his tuition.

In the west the story is quitedifferent. Almost the first thing peopleask, after they have determined that youteach something they are looking for, isAre there any discounts. Even worse is

whe n so me on e te ll s yo u it is t ooexpensive. A traditional teacher will be

very insulted by this. In the west it seemsthat people are very quick and ready tohaggle over the price of skill, but in the

east, where bartering is part of everydaylife, people would never dream of it.

Material things are easy to comeby. Good skill on the other hand is veryhard to find and cannot be bought, it has

to be worked forand earnt. If youtry and place a

value on a skillt h en y ou w il lnever succeedin learning it. Ifyou w ant t o

learn it thenyouhave to followthe teacher. Noone said it

would be easy,but even if you

find it difficult, you will find a way if youreally want to. If the teacher sees thatyou are sincere in your studies and thatyou have a good heart, then more likelythan not he will try and help you evenmore.

I am very lucky to have learnt whatskills I have and to have my Sifu. He has

taught me much more than just martialarts and Qigong. Where ever I go I canmake my living and make many friends.I will never be lonely and I dont think I

will ever have a boring mundane life.A very wise Chinese lady said to

m e, Pe o ple s ho u ld le ar n a s k il l .Anything, not just si t aro und doi ngnothing. Otherwise they will just wastetheir lives away. When you look at itfrom this point of view, how can you puta value on it?

by Darryl Moy


Good skill is not easy to find. If you are lucky enough to find a goodskill and you have the chance to learn it, dont miss it, because it willmake your life richer and more fulfilling.

Can t Buy Ski l l

Good skill is

very highly

respectedA simple photo, but a priceless moment with Sifu.


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Breath

M aster

Chan Kam Shu

Breath


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for Life

T

oday, we do not need to use martial arts to protect ourcountry, no matter which country you belong to.

Everything is under protection of the governments andmilitary. You cannot go out to just fight with somebodyas this will be breaking the law. Therefore, martial arts

concentrate now more on the health side for the majority ofthe people. Having said this, once you decide you want to studya martial art, you should be able to defend yourself. You may

even be able to help protect someone else who is in trouble.To do this, you will need to be healthy and strong. Otherwise,how can you fight.

Master Chan Kam Shu is just over five feet tall and isseventy two years old. If you look at a him, you would neverthink that heknows martialarts as helooks very gentle. Actually,

he is an expert at the arts of Shaolin Fist, Hung Gar and LauGar. When you look at his eyes, they are bright and full ofspirit. When you talk to him, he always smiles. He is a veryhappy person and very humble. He has a very good family andis already a grandfather many times. Being retired, he practises

every day. He travels each morning on the bus for over 20minutes to reach the park with his weapons. He also teachesin Jing Woo School of Martial Arts in Hong Kong, helping otherslearn the skill he has learned.

He enjoys his training and this training helps keep himhealthy and strong. He is also very flexible and can easilybalance on one leg or move from high to low postures without

problem. When I first saw him, he was performing a Hung Garform in which there was jumping and complicated weaponturnings. His movements were better than someone a quarterof his age. He finds that by practising martial arts he is healthierand that he does need to see the doctor. Practising martial arts

has also made him to be a veryoptimistic and easy going

person.Master Chan Kam Shu

wa s born in Hon g Kong in

1928. When he wasa teenagerstudying in school, he had ateacher who ran a martial arts

class and it was this that first drewhis attention to the martial arts. Hedecided to join in and he loved it so much. However, the classdid not last very long as the teacher was very old. When theteacher retired to go back to his village, the class closed. In theold times, the student would only listen to the teacher. They

were too shy to ask questions, so he did not even know whatskill he was learning or exactly where the teacher went to whenhe left. He did know, however, that martial arts was somethinghe loved and he told himself that someday he would studyagain.

After he finished school, he had to go out to work tohelp support his family who were very poor. In 1941, theJapanese conquered Hong Kong and many Chinese people

were killed. Even English soldiers living there were capturedand put into war camps and tortured. So Chan Kam Shu didnot have any opportunity for learning martial arts at this time.Theoccupation of the Japaneselasted for threeyears and eight

months. After this Master Chan got a better job, one of pilotinga speed boat for tourists wanting to see Hong Kong from the

water.However, it was not until he was in his forties that he

met another teacher, Lai Ng Sam, who was very famous for hisShaolin Fist and Hung Gar, Lau Gar skill. Chun Kam Shu was

very happy to be able to pursue his interest again and soonbecame a student of Grandmaster Lai. He worked very hard toachieve a good standard and practised everyday to maintainit.

Grandmaster Lai Ng Sam was born in China. At thattime, China was torn into two parties separated by civil war.

Grandmaster Lai Ng Sam joined Kwok Man Dong to be asoldier. They were chased by the Communists and he himselfeventually escaped to the South Fujian Shaolin Temple wherehe took refuge. There, he met a very high level martial artmonk who passed his skill to him. After many years of study

with the monk in the temple, in 1949 the communists took

over China. He then escaped once again, this time to go southto Hong Kong. Once there, he began to teach martial arts for

Traditionally, Chinese people studied martialarts in order to protect their country. The secondreason was for keeping yourself healthy. However,

many people, although they study martial arts, are nothealthy when they grow older. This is because they aremissing the Qigong part of their training. Missing internaltraining is like a tree without fresh air. It will never grow properly.

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a living. This is how Master Chan Kum Shu then had theopportunity to study with him.

After many years of studying, Master Chan Kam Shuknows so much skill from Grandmaster Lai. These include, LauGar, Hung Gar, Tiger and Crane Form, Controlling Tiger Form,Shaolin Crossing Plum Blossom Staff, Single Head Pole, Spear,Three section stick, Lying Dragon Broadsword, Jin-Jang Fistand Arhan Fist, etc. Now Grandmaster Lai no longer lives in

Hong Kong as just before the takeover of Hong Kong by China,he moved to Australia.Master Chan said that although he does not have

experience for real fighting, when he learned the skill, heneeded to spar with his Kung Fu brothers and his friends to getmore fighting experience. He also said that at that time, theyneeded to train very hard to improve their skill but many youngpeople that he teaches today, do not have that same kind ofpatience. They want to be at his standard within a few months.In the old times, particularly with skill like Hung Gar, the student

would stand in horse stance (Ma Bo) for three years before hebegan to learn anything else. When we study Hung Gar andShaolin Fist, breathing is very important as every movementrelates to breathing.


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He continued, saying that, Sometimes you need torelease the breath with as much strength as possible. You mayeven need to combine this with making a particular soundbecause this will develop the power and internal training. Thisis also Qigong training. Today, Master Chan is very healthyand also very strong which is based upon his practisingproperly and regularly.

In the old time, people who practised Iron

Palm would need to hit the sand so many times,until their skin was broken, bleeding and bruised.They would then use special herbs and medicine tohelp the wounds heal. Then after recovery, they

would practise again, until they reached the highestlevel of being able to hit someone and have theirinternal organs damaged from the strike.

However, today, no one will practise like this.This is because, one, we do not need it and secondly,because we do not have the time or patience. Today,Master Chan concentrates more on maintaining hishealth than developing his fighting skill. He said that

demanding and so very difficult to learn once you reach acertain age.

Master Chan said that his joints, muscles and tendonsare very healthy for his age because of regular

practice. He said that our bodies are just likerubber bands. When we are young, our bodiesare very elastic and flexible, just like a newrubber band. However, an old rubber band

loses its elasticity and can easily be broken.This is the same with our bodies when weare older. Our joints and tendons willbecome tighter and shorten when we areolder. That is why we become shorter.

Apart from training, Master Chansuggests that we should also use goodChinese food and herbs to maintain thebody. He said that Chinese believe that,

same shape helps the correspondingshape for the body. For instance, if theliver is weak, we eat liver to helpnourish this organ. Rich people canspend a lot of money on expensive

h e rbs l ike de er an tle r an dginseng. How ever,

you can still makea go o d s o u p

wit h co wtendons andbones which

wil l he lpnourish the

bones andj oi nt s o f t he

body. He said thathe does this once a

month. So both practiceand good diet can help keep us healthy and strong.From Master Chans experience, we can see that even

when you are older, you can still be healthy and strong byfollowing good training. I still remember his laughter as wetalked and his open and happy attitude. It made me realisethat this part of life is very important

by Michael Tse

when we practise a hard style, you cannot do this when youare too old. After you are fifty, you should not undertake tolearn this kind of style of martial arts because you need more

strength. Older people whoh ave n ot le ar ne d an y martial arts should learnsome softer styles, likeTaijiquan or Qigong.

Whe n we st ud y

Shaolin Fist, the youngerwe start, the better resultswe will get . If you startearlier, then you can studyevenwhen you are old. This

will not damage the body,be cau se t h e bo dy h asbecome accustomed to thedemands of the skill for along time. The younger youare, the more easily youc an adapt y o ur se lf t odifficulties. The hardermartial arts styles are very

This will notdamage the

body, as it has

become accustomed

to the demandsof the skill.


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Throughout history, Taoists havepropagated the development and restoration ofthe human body, breath, and spirit. Theycalled these the Three Treasures (san pao)

jing, chi, and shen. Jing, then, is akin to yourbody, Qi to your breath, and shen to your

mind.By preserving the three treasures, Taoists

believe that people can achieve optimumhealth and longevity and also create withinthemselves the alchemical gate to immortality.

Three practices dominate the Taoist quest for health,longevity, and immortality: one, the ingestion of herbalmedicines (fu erh) and purification dietary regimes; two,the performance of physical and respiratory exercises(tuna) to gain breath control and mobilize the Qi; and

three, the achievement of mental and physical tranquillitythrough meditation (ching tso). If one or more of these threepractices can be maintained in your daily life, you would at the

very least restore your vitality and stamina (having youthfulnessin old age). Depending on the depth and sincerity of your efforts,you could attain longevity (living to over one hundred years ofage in good health), or you could actually discover the internalelixir of immortality.

Many Taoists considered longevity (shou) as the abilityto attain youthfulness within old age and to live healthy to theend of their days. Sickness prevents cultivators from putting alltheir effort toward immortality, and death ensures failure. Thenotion of living beyond one hundred years of age has alwaysbeen considered a milepost of sorts, proving to everyone thatyour art and teaching had merit.

In order to preserve the three treasures and forge theinternal elixir of immortality, Taoists developed physical and

respiratory exercisesoriginally placed under the generalheading of yang sheng shu (arts of nourishing life). The entirebasis for what is now popularly called Qigong began withthe simple experiment of healing with the breath, which in turnlead to the discovery of Qi energy itself. Through simplybreathing in deeply and then focusing the exhalation, along

with imaginary vision of the breath expelling out through thelocation of the pain or affliction, the early Chinese discoverednot only a great healing power, but an internal energy as well.Later terms included tuna (to spit out and take in), Hsing Qi(moving the breath-energy), Pi Qi (closing the breath), Daoyin(leading and enticing), Yun Qi (circulating Qi), Xiaozhoutien(lesser heavenly circuit), and what is now generically referred

to as Qigong (exercising the breath-energy).Within yang sheng, the respirato ry techniques forincreasing both health and longevity were called tuna (literallyto spit out and to take in) and Hsing Qi (to move the breath/energy).

QigongOr igins of


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The terms tuna and Daoyin first appeared in chapterfifteen of Chuang Tzu (circa 369286 B .C.), where it says:

Breathing in and out in various manners, spitting outthe old and taking in the new, walking like a bear and stretchingtheir necks like a bird to achieve longevity. This is what suchpractitioners of Daoyin, cultivators of the body and all thosesearching for long-life like Ancestor Peng enjoy.

Tao is considered to mean guiding the breath (Tao

Qi),and yin meansto induce the breath (Yin Qi). The premiseof Daoyin is physical movement in conjunction with the breathto mobilize the Qi throughout the body. But there is much moremeaning to it than just those ideas.

At Mawangdui, near Changsha in Hunan Province, alarge length of silk from the early Han Dynasty was discoveredin an unearthed tomb. Painted on this silk were forty-four figuresclearly performing Daoyin exercises. Thus it was named the

Daoyin Tu (Chart). A series of the drawings were prefixed withthe word yin, but here the meaning is to induce a cure. Sothe early meaning of Daoyin appears to have been leadingthe breath to induce a cure.

In his discourses on Chuang Tzu, Li Yi, an early HanDynasty Taoist, describes tao as the process of guiding thebreath to make it harmonious and yin as leading the body tobecome soft. Soft carries many meanings such as flexible,pliable, open, relaxed, sensitive, alert, and so on. It is throughsoftness, the elimination of tension and so forth, that Qi isable to freely move about the body through the meridians andcollaterals, which is to say hsing Qi.

The term Hsing Qi first appeared on the handle of astaff unearthed in Shantung Province, dated circa 380 B.C. The

inlaid jade inscriptions refer to the purpose and ensuingsensations of Pi Qi (closing the breath), which, again, is themobilization of breath-energy (Hsing Qi).

The earliest physiological semblances of Hsing Qideveloped from the Huang Ti Nei Ching (Yellow EmperorsInternal Classic), an attributed medical record of the emperorHuang Ti (26972597 B.C.), but the work didnt appear untilsometime during the third or first centuryB.C. In the chapter onPlain Questions, we find the instructions for what Taoists cameto call tortoise breathing (kuei hsi, swallowing the breath):

Breathe deeply seven times, each time closing up thebreath [Pi Qi], extending the neck and swallowing the breathas one does so. It should be as if one is swallowing something

hard. Having done this seven times, move the tongue aroundand swallow the saliva produced several times.

Almost six hundred years later, Ko Hung, a fourth centuryA.D. Taoist alchemist adept and writer, reports that his uncle,Ko Hsuan, would sit at the bottom of a pool holding his breathfor almost an entire day when the summer heat was toounbearable. This is an indication that Ko Hsuan was very adeptat this type of Pi Qi breathing.

In many instances in Ko Hungs work, the Pao Pu Tzu,he advocates these types of breathing for the attainment oflongevity and immortality.

The Three TreasuresThe Three Treasures (san pao) in their most basic

definitions represent the primal and accumulated energies ofthe body (Jing), breath (Qi), and mind (Shen)both in thephysical connotations and in the spiritual sense. To understandthese three energies, you must first know the important roleplayed by the Before Heaven Qi (Hsien Tien Qi) and AfterHeaven Qi (Hou Tien Qi).

Before Heaven Qi is the quality and quantity, so to speak,

of these three energies inherited from our ancestors andparents. After Heaven Qi is what we accumulate from our ownefforts. So we might say that people who abused their bodiestheir whole lives, yet lived a long time had a lot of BeforeHeaven Qi. Whereas people who are sickly in their youthinherited very little. However, these same sickly people whoengage in yang sheng practices could possibly accumulateenough After Heaven Qi to live long healthy lives.

In order to understand the meaning and function of theThree Treasures, it helps to first examine the actual Chinesecharacters for Jing, Qi, and Shen and to know why the Taoistselected to use them.

The character of Jing comprises of the main radical mi,which symbolizes uncooked rice. It also contains the radicalsheng, which holds the meanings of life and birth. Lastly, theradical tan is employed, meaning the essence of life. This symbol

carries the idea of the hue of a plant just sproutingthe white,green, and yellow hues which first burst forth. This is consideredthe essence of life itself and is thereby extended to the idea ofelixir.

Jing

Qi

Ko Hsuan would

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