The art of Tong Bei Quan is first recorded as being practiced during the Hong Ming Dynasty, in Shan Xi Province in about 1372. It continued to be practiced throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties, and in fact an emperor during the Qing Dynasty, was so impressed by one Tong Bei expert, Master Guo Yong Fu, that he declared this system to be at an almost mystical level.
Meeting with scholar and Taiji enthusiast, Professor Qu Shi Jing in Shanghai, I discussed his understanding of Yang Style Taiji’s ‘secret’ energy lines that interconnect the entire body.
When you stay in China, communicating and interacting with local people and practitioners, the atmosphere of training martial arts is very different. Living and experiencing the society sheds light on the origins of the philosophies that underpin the culture and how it impacts on daily life.
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