Affichage des articles dont le libellé est Martial Arts. Afficher tous les articles
Affichage des articles dont le libellé est Martial Arts. Afficher tous les articles

samedi 14 mars 2009

The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts - Meir Shahar


The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts - Meir Shahar
"The Shaolin Monastery" charts, for the first time in any language, the history of the Shaolin Temple and the evolution of its world-renowned martial arts. In this meticulously researched and eminently readable study, Meir Shahar considers the economic, political, and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the twenty-first century have spread throughout the world. He reveals the intimate connection between monastic violence and the veneration of the violent divinities of Buddhism and analyzes the Shaolin association of martial discipline and the search for spiritual enlightenment.

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lundi 16 février 2009

Shaolin Warrior - The Way Of Qi Gong Volume 1



Shaolin Warrior - The Way Of Qi Gong Volume 1
Possibly the most popular Qi Gong exercise in the world, the Eight Treasures (or Ba Duan Jin as it is known in China) has an ancient tradition which stretches back to the founder of Zen Buddhism; Bodhidharma. Seeing that his monks were tired from extensive meditation, Bodhidharma composed a set of exercises to give them energy and strengthen their bodies.

Hundreds of years later, a Shaolin monk took the eight most effective moves, and these are the exercises demonstrated on this DVD.

Shifu Yan Lei, a 34th generation fighting disciple, takes you step by step through this dynamic Qi Gong form, explaining each movement in detail. Once you have understood the moves, you can practice in real time with Shifu Yan Lei. The whole form is simple, easy to learn, and takes about twenty minutes

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Master Lu's Lift Up Series - Five Elements of Breathing


Master Lu's Lift Up Series - Five Elements of Breathing
Medical studies show that we only use one-sixth of our lung capacity. Professional athletes may use more, but not significantly. Most doctors believe that if we could use just one-third of our lung capacity, then we will not incur internal health problems. Using beyond one-third of our lungs is believed to REVERSE long-term internal health problems.

Developing The Five Elements Breathing Method

The Five Elements Breathing Method has five phases. The first phase invites the maximum amount of oxygen into your lungs. As we know, our two lungs branch out to thinner and thinner tubes until it reaches tiny air sacs called the alveoli. In most of us, the air only reaches a fraction of the alveoli, therefore only utilizing a fraction of them. By performing the first phase to cause a deeper breath and lower your diaphram, you are slowly activating more of these unused air sacs.

Once we get more oxygen to these air sacs, the second movement will help will direct the benefits toward your liver. How is this possible, you say? Well, it is believed that each major organ correlates to a limb or body part, and Master Lu has figured out the precise connections to create these movements. For example, people with weak kidneys likely have trouble walking. Or weak lungs typically results in physically weak upper body strength.

Master Lu's method uses precise movements to create an unheard of reverse stimulation. Which, the only one most are accustomed to is the cardio workout, by moving very fast to make the heart beat faster. But we often fail to remember that a faster beating heart needs more oxygen to supply the faster flow of blood. Master Lu's method is simply following the order of how the body actually works.

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dimanche 2 novembre 2008

Empty Mind


My Thanks to Shan for this Interesting Documentary.

Empty Mind
Two years in the making - a small dedicated film crew, all black belt martial artists themselves, traveled throughout Japan and China to film today's great masters of the martial arts. We are invited into never before seen training halls and dojos to film unrestricted while the master teaches his students. In-depth interviews reveal the mind-set of a master who has spent over 50 years perfecting his art. This is not the mind that we know in the West - in the East it The Empty Mind or No Mind. Includes Shaolin KungFu, Beijing WuShu, Wudang TaiChi, Shotokan Karate, Aikido, Kyudo and Kendo... and more.

http://rapidshare.com/files/146910492/emtpy_mind.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146910890/emtpy_mind.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146911331/emtpy_mind.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146911757/emtpy_mind.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146912054/emtpy_mind.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146912352/emtpy_mind.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146912701/emtpy_mind.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146912828/emtpy_mind.part8.rar