#ma gui

[thearchivist-theprime]

Well, maybe you should take your own advice there, Zhao Yunlan. 

[shenweilightning]

Ma Gui in Guardian episode 34. There seems to be no pics of him on the web! I needed him for a fic.

[thearchivist-theprime]

Aww, Zhao Yunlan’s ship didn’t get together.

[k-star-holic]

Ha Na-gyeong, after losing a lawsuit against the adulterers..."I'm proud" heartfelt confession

[k-star-holic]

"Media player with a mouth like Ma Gui" ...Ha Na-gyeong, angry after losing the Lawsuit of Adulters

Source: k-star-holic.blogspot.com

[ne-ko-te]

Last night's seminar

Was fantastic, to say the least. Li Laoshi was so passionate about what he does and wanting to share the benefits of baguazhang. The seminar was all about the "Tendon Changing Classic". We were taught about the tendons, how vital they are to our health. After all, as connective tissue they hold our skeleton together. If our tendons are unhealthy, not receiving the nutrition they need and the training to keep them strong, that's when we experience back pain, neck pain, any joint pain obviously. 

Something that was explained to us, that people may find challenging to accept, is that a focus on building muscle is bad (for the tendons). Think about it... The more you build muscle, the less flexible you are, and muscle strength is inversely proportional to speed of limb movement. The grandmaster explained how against muscle building he is, and then showed us the strength in his arms and legs, like an athlete.

He demonstrated some of the martial art techniques. It was like a loaded spring, a burst of energy that threw the uke across the room or to the floor. There was a lot of talk about the spirit and the physical bodies working together - getting the Qi flowing to the tendons.

He taught us the art of circle walking. It's much harder than it looks. It makes you sweat. I could feel my weak points (my knees) being worked. I also felt more awake and lighter in my step afterwards. There are so many claims about these ancient Chinese arts/practices alleviating joint pains and other health problems. Apparently his master lived past 90, most of them do, and in the ~17 years he trained with him from around 70 to 87 years old he never once got sick. 

I'm definitely going to start doing 5 minutes practice each morning and build up from there. I'll be focusing on flexibility and tendon training from now on. 

If you're interested in reading up on it go here: http://maguibagua.com/

Also, In reply to the comments on my last post: I believe that when soke found out about his students trying this other style he encouraged everyone to go out there and try other arts. Why limit yourself? This is definitely an art I see complementing ninjutsu.