The Chinese language internet contains some very interesting Soviet-era texts. This article covers the Soviet martial art of Systema, providing information that I have not read in the West.
Tag: Taijiquan
Taijiquan Tempo and Breath
The point of this awareness training is to remove all blockages that restrict qi flow in the numerous energy channels throughout the body, and attain a robust health (through strengthening and integration of qi energy, essential nature [jing], and empty spirit [shen]).
Master Gu Liuxin Teaches Ho Chi Minh Taijiquan
After training with me for a month, I asked Secretary Xie Guangjian about whether the President’s sleep had improved? He answered: “The President’s sleep has improved, but it is still not as good as it once was a year or two ago, when he used to sleep soundly.” Two days after having learned the complete Taijiquan Form, President Ho Chi Minh said to me: “Taijiquan has had a very good effect on my sleep problem and has been very helpful.” I was very pleased to hear this.
Ho Chi Minh Defeated America Using Taijiquan
No one in Vietnam wanted to die – but America’s actions left them no choice. However Sunzi’s Art of War, and China’s ancient internal art of Taijiquan provided a means for an impoverished people to apply the Scientific Socialism of Marxist-Leninism.
On Why I Am Not Afraid of Death
That is pain, which seems to be a very important issue for human beings. As for myself, I am certainly not immune to pain, but am not interested in it. Yes pain happens from time to time, but as it is passing, I am aware that it is not permanent. In this respect I am lucky because many people suffer all the time and never have a break from the experience. I would say that life is mostly a neutral experience with outbreaks of pleasure and pain from time to time.
Was the Dao De Jing a Confucian Text?
The Zhouyi (i.e. Yijing) is demonstrably far older than the Dao De Jing, and it is an interesting consideration that the author(s) of the latter may well have been copying the organisation structure of the former, as a means to ensure political and social legitimacy for their text.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 