Qigong (or ch’i kung) uses breathing techniques and slow graceful movements to develop qi and is said to improve health. Although qigong is often confused with martial arts or tai chi, qigong is usually much slower and focuses on the “qi” aspect to a much greater degree. With more than 10,000 styles of qigong and 200 million people practicing there are a variety of methods. There are three main reasons why people do qigong: 1) To gain strength, improve health or reverse a disease 2) To gain skill working with qi so as to become a healer 3) To become more connected with the “Tao, God, True Source, Great Spirit” for a more meaningful connection with nature and the universe.
The Chinese character for qi in qigong means air in Chinese. Jeff Primack suggests it is possible ancient masters (Yellow Emperor, Lao Tzu etc.) saw the direct link between breathing techniques and the “electrical force” that moved through their nervous system. Gong means discipline or skill, so qigong is therefore breath or energy skill. The term was not widely known until the 1980’s during a period some call the “Qigong Wave” where groups of 10,000-40,000 people regularly gathered inside Chinese stadiums to practice qigong together. Many in the Chinese government became concerned that qigong could turn into a political weapon and in 1999 banned all large qigong gatherings. Many practitioners wanted to see qigong studied scientifically and not be affiliated with a political agenda or any superstition, but these efforts have largely failed in China as they still do not allow classes to be offered publicly to the citizens. Currently there is a movement underway in the United States, Europe and other western cultures to preserve the valuable aspects of these traditional Chinese practices.
Attitudes toward the scientific basis for qigong vary markedly. Most Western medical practitioners and many practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as the Chinese government, view qigong as a set of breathing and movement exercises, with possible benefits to health through stress reduction and exercise. Other practitioners view qigong in more metaphysical terms, claiming that qi can be felt as a vibration or electrical current and physically circulated through channels called meridians. Many testify a reduction or elimination of pain through the use of qigong.
The Beijing YiQuan Institute, Beijing ZongXun WuGuan is the major association for all YiQuan practitioners in China, being created by Master Yao ZhongXun, the successor of Great Master Wang XiangZhai (founder of YiQuan) to serve as a place of exchange and research for further development in Chinese Martial Arts.
You probably all know the three famous internal martial arts – Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan), Baguazhang (Pa Kua Chang) and Xingyiquan (Hsing I Chuan). But now there is a new kid on the block of Internal Martial Arts – Yiquan (I Chuan) – Mind or Intent Boxing, that has been steadily gaining popularity in China since about 1940’s and is now spreading across the world. Yiquan (pronounced yee-chwen), sometimes called Dachengquan, is both an excellent martial art and a very effective system of health cultivation.
Most of us know some Yiquan because most Taijiquan styles incorporate one or several forms of Zhan Zhuang (Pole Standing) in their training and Zhan Zhuang is the main training tool in Yiquan – both at beginners and advanced levels.
You probably all know the three famous internal martial arts – Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan), Baguazhang (Pa Kua Chang) and Xingyiquan (Hsing I Chuan). But now there is a new kid on the block of Internal Martial Arts – Yiquan (I Chuan) – Mind or Intent Boxing, that has been steadily gaining popularity in China since about 1940’s and is now spreading across the world. Yiquan (pronounced yee-chwen), sometimes called Dachengquan, is both an excellent martial art and a very effective system of health cultivation.
Most of us know some Yiquan because most Taijiquan styles incorporate one or several forms of Zhan Zhuang (Pole Standing) in their training and Zhan Zhuang is the main training tool in Yiquan – both at beginners and advanced levels.
I have been a student of Donald Wong’s Yi Chuan class for about 4 years now. Donald has been the only sifu that I have seen in the northeast that really knows his stuff when it comes to the realm of chi cultivation.
Classes include both Buddhist and Daoist style meditation and moving qigong such as yi chuan zhan zhuang, 8 brocade qi gong, Zheng Sanfeng taiji (for advanced students) and other moving meditation excercises from Wudang mountain.
Sifu Donald Wong welcomes all. Please feel free to check it out as the first class is free.
I do qigong right when i wake up and right before i go to bed.
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