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Relax yur waist and hips. Move from the center (dan-tian or hara). Sink your qi. Round the crotch. Open your Huiyin point. How often have you heard these key body movement principles? Too often to count, right?
And how often have you heard detailed methods to help you achieve these results? To
Due to the 'private' nature of this area of the body, few, if any, martial art teachers publicly discuss this subject. And so the pelvic area remains the most difficult area of the body for many practitioners to understand, feel, relax, and open.
Secrets of the Pelvis for Martial Arts is the first step-by-step guide dedicated to helping martial artists discover and understand their pelvic area. Based on the author's personal experience, and weaving together insights, practical tips, and a wide range of excerpts and references taken from martial arts, qigong, and other clinical books and articles, Secrets of the Pelvis for Martial Arts offers a functional path for higher level martial arts development.
Michael Buhr, B.S., M.A., began his internal martial arts studies 30 yers ago with tai-chi chuan forms, push hands, and sparring. Later, he began practicing zhan zhuang and other wujifa exercises to develop the physical quality of 'internal strength.'
Secrets of the Pelvis for Martial Arts is his first book. He is also th author of the internal gong fu blog at: http://internagongfu.blogspot.com/
He resides near Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Contents
Disclaimers
Acknowledgments
A note from the author
About the author
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Paradigms and worldviews
3 Wujifa: The way of connection
4 Visualization, feelng and tucking under
5 Relaxing the waist and abdominal breathing
6 Introducing the crotch, waist, and hips
7 Qigong or not qigoing
8 Internal strength: Whole-body connectedness
9 Comfort Level 1: Basic data about your pelvis
10 Identifying chronic tenson
11 Comfort level 2: Locating your pelvis externally
13 Rounding the crotch
14 Comfort level 3: Working with your pelvis internally
15 Brief introduction to mind-body, psycho-somatics
16 Comfort level 4: Experiencing your pelvic-emotional connection
17 Conclusion
Appendix A: References to crotch, waist, hips in martial arts
Excerpts from books and articles in English
Excerts and translations from Chinese articles
Appendix B: Qigong-Excerpts from books and articles in English
Appendix C: American-Chinese cross-cultural analysis of round
Appendix D: Historical use of medical rectal dilators
Appendix E: Chinese martial arts magazines in China
References
And how often have you heard detailed methods to help you achieve these results? To
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develop ever deepening levels of understanding, feelng, relaxation, and connection through your pelvis? Almost never, right?Due to the 'private' nature of this area of the body, few, if any, martial art teachers publicly discuss this subject. And so the pelvic area remains the most difficult area of the body for many practitioners to understand, feel, relax, and open.
Secrets of the Pelvis for Martial Arts is the first step-by-step guide dedicated to helping martial artists discover and understand their pelvic area. Based on the author's personal experience, and weaving together insights, practical tips, and a wide range of excerpts and references taken from martial arts, qigong, and other clinical books and articles, Secrets of the Pelvis for Martial Arts offers a functional path for higher level martial arts development.
Michael Buhr, B.S., M.A., began his internal martial arts studies 30 yers ago with tai-chi chuan forms, push hands, and sparring. Later, he began practicing zhan zhuang and other wujifa exercises to develop the physical quality of 'internal strength.'
Secrets of the Pelvis for Martial Arts is his first book. He is also th author of the internal gong fu blog at: http://internagongfu.blogspot.com/
He resides near Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Contents
Disclaimers
Acknowledgments
A note from the author
About the author
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Paradigms and worldviews
3 Wujifa: The way of connection
4 Visualization, feelng and tucking under
5 Relaxing the waist and abdominal breathing
6 Introducing the crotch, waist, and hips
7 Qigong or not qigoing
8 Internal strength: Whole-body connectedness
9 Comfort Level 1: Basic data about your pelvis
10 Identifying chronic tenson
11 Comfort level 2: Locating your pelvis externally
13 Rounding the crotch
14 Comfort level 3: Working with your pelvis internally
15 Brief introduction to mind-body, psycho-somatics
16 Comfort level 4: Experiencing your pelvic-emotional connection
17 Conclusion
Appendix A: References to crotch, waist, hips in martial arts
Excerpts from books and articles in English
Excerts and translations from Chinese articles
Appendix B: Qigong-Excerpts from books and articles in English
Appendix C: American-Chinese cross-cultural analysis of round
Appendix D: Historical use of medical rectal dilators
Appendix E: Chinese martial arts magazines in China
References
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ISBN
9781492149996
Publication
CreateSpace Charleston, SC