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In this episode we continue our look at Yang Lu Chan's life and Bai Hua's Tai Chi Classics. In our Patreon episode we begin an in depth look at Bai Hua's Guiyuan Neigong and Lu Tong Bin's 100 Character Tablet.

We look at the origins of Yang style Taiji as a martial art and we begin our look at Bai Hua's explanation of the Taiji Classics. In our patreon episode we will be looking at the neigong portion of his book. 

Here's a short clip of our interview with Bruce Kumar Frantzis. The full interview is available on our Patreon.

Before we start our discussion on the Tai Chi Classics we thought we'd take you back and reminisce about our first meeting at Bruce's 1999 Tai Chi Chuan Fighting Applications workshop in Berkley Ca and talk about our experiences learning Tai Chi Chuan. Check the Patreon for bonus content and exclusive Interviews.   

A quick look at what is coming up on the next season of The Neijaquan Podcast.

We follow up our Spiraling Energy Body series by beginning series on the eight energy bodies in Taoism. These eight bodies are the structure Bruce uses to map out different layers of energy in the body. It is a key element in Taoist meditation as well as Bagua Zhang. We explore both their i-ching connection as well as their uses in qigong and martial arts.  Enjoy

In this sample of our premium Patreon content we discuss Liu Hong Chieh's Buddhist teacher Master Tanxu Fa Shr.  Enjoy

We are on break till January so here is a sample episode from our Patreon series on the Spiraling Energy Body Neigong.  Check out our Patreon for new bonus content and Interviews.

In the final episode of Season 2 Jess and Isaac talk about Qing Dynasty General and student of Dong Hai Chuan, Liang Zhai Wen. Liang was the teacher of Liu Hung Chieh's first Bagua meditation teacher Zhu Wen Bao. Then we talk a bit about what we are planning for season 3. Check out the Patreon for Bonus Episodes and Interviews.   Thanks for listening. 

We complete  our discussion on Bagua's founder with a discussion of his later years and death. Then we finish up our discussion of the 36 Songs and 48 methods of Bagua Zhang.  Check out our Patreon for our series on the Eight Energy Bodies of Taoism.

In this episode we look at a couple more accounts of Dong's life including one from another great Ba Gua master Sun Xi Kun. Then we continue looking at the origins of Ba Gua and the teachings of Dong Hai Chuan from A Shadow On Fallen Blossoms by Andra Faulk and from Frank Allen's The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang: The Art and Legends of the Eight Trigram Palm. Patreon

In this episode we continue our discussion on Dong Hai Chuan with a look at Liu Jing Ru's 2001 book and his version of Dong's life. Then we break down a couple more of the 36 Songs and 48 Methods of Bagua Zhang.  Patreon Youtube  Instagram

We continue our discussion of Dong's life as well as our examination of the 36 Songs and 48 Methods of Bagua Zhang.

Part 2 of our discussion on Ba Gua Zhang founder Dong Hai Chuan. We discuss Dong's time in the Imperial Palace and look more at the 36 Songs and 48 methods of Bagua.  Check our Patreon for our current series on Taoism's Eight Energy Bodies and much more.

In this episode we begin our series on the founder of Ba Gua Zhang, Dong Hai Chuan. We look at Bruce's account of Dong's life and then take a dive into the Ba Gua Classics from Andrea Faulk's and Frank Allen's books. In our latest Patreon episode we follow up our Spiraling Energy Body series by beginning series on the eight energy bodies in Taoism. These eight bodies are the structure Bruce uses to map out different layers of energy in the body. It is a key element in Taoist meditation as well as Bagua Zhang. We explore their i-ching connection as well as their uses in qigong and martial arts.  Enjoy

Here's a short clip from our latest Patreon episode, the final installment on Spiraling Energy Body Neigong. Link to the full episode here.

In this episode we finish our discussion on Yin Fu's student Ma Gui and then talk about another one of Yin's students Li Yong Qing aka Iron Arms Li. Li was Liu Hung Chieh's primary Yin Fu Bagua teacher.  Hope you enjoy the episode. 

In this episode we discuss Yin Fu's top student and Liu Hung Chieh's teacher, Ma Gui aka Wood Ma. We talk about Ma's training with Yin and eventually training with the founder of Ba Gua Zhang.  In our Patreon we continue our discussion on the Spiraling Energy Body Nei Gong.

In this episode we examine Yin Fu's role in the Boxer Uprising and the we look at more advice on practice and martial application from Yin Yuzhang's book available on Brennan Translations.  Enjoy the episode. www.theneijiaquanpodcast.com

In this episode we look at the Bagua book of Yin Fu's son Yin Yuzhang from Brennan Translations. First we look at his overview of the art of Bagua Zhang, it connections to Taoism and the I Ching. The we look at Yin's breakdown of the training method through the 8 trigrams. Enjoy.