Zhen Wei Academy - Shaolin Mizong Quan & Yang style Tai Chi Chuan

Xin Nian Kuai Le! Goodbye to the year of the Rat and welcome to the year of the Ox!!! Wishing you all a strong, healthy and prosperous new year!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

The Zhen Wei Academy would like to wish a big Congratulations to our disciple & Shifu Adam Lynch who married the love of his life Lili on the 6th of September. Thank you for letting us share in your special day and of course always like to add a little Kung fu to any event.

Tantui.... 1 to 4... just as we do them.... well very nearly!

Happy Chinese Year of the Pig to the rest of you kicking, punching, throwing, sweeping, jumping, rolling, choking, tapping, meditating awesome martial arts maniacs, from all in the Zhen Wei family.... and Pigsy!

Hi all, thought I'd share some stills with you all from my morning practice...

TOP TIP: train a little EVERY day even if it is just 5 or 10 mins and you will reap the rewards of that practice.

Great job on your first grading livvy... taking after your father.

For all our Taijiquan peeps this rendering into English is of a previously untranslated text from the 1930s that refers to the Yang 81 form... this is exactly the same as the Yang 85 form we practise except for that they have White Snake Spits Out Tongue swapped earlier in the form and the counting of the movements is only slightly different.

The notes on the movement... explanations of the names' meanings... the applications... are all the same or similar to those taught at Zhen Wei Academy.

The manual also makes repeated reference to the instruction of a certain Li Jinglin, the famous Wudang swordsman and Nationalist General, who was a great friend and mentor to our Shigong Lu Zhenduo, our Shifu Lu Junhai's late father.

I commend this to your serious study.

TAIJI BOXING ACCORDING TO TIAN ZHENFENG – 太極拳講義 TAIJI BOXING EXPLAINED 田鎮峰 by Tian Zhenfeng [1931] [translation by Paul Brennan, Jan, 2018] – 編者例言　田鎭峯 AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 一，是書以闡揚國術，溶化門派為主旨，其虛誕之說，盡皆删去，因編時倉卒，未遑校正，....

Really nice technique and explanations of basic qiang drill ... enjoy... Andy.

萧靖颖 拦拿扎 Taiwanese Wushu athlete Xiao "Jing" Jingying explains the special characteristics of lannazha (拦拿扎； lánnázhā, block up, down, and thrust), the fundamental ba...

Some tough Mizong sessions to start off the new year crafting the Mizong iron legs. Thursday at Ghyllgrove infants school, Basildon we had some great taolu work and delved deeper into the chin na two person set, then finished off with some conditioning which had everyone exhausted, good job to those that didn't collapse. 😉 Saturday morning at Hornchurch sports centre saw us working through several forms including, qingping jian 3, 4 and 5, qingping jian 2 person set, Wusong Tuo Kao, Mizong Kao, Che Qian Shi and Cha Quan. With added insights from Master Lu Jun Hai it was another great session that had everyone's legs feeling like jelly by the end. Happy training.