Category: Zhang Zhuang
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Using the Bagua Bubble for Posture Correction
Shifu Chao sometimes uses the analogy of a big bubble to describe a person’s everyday postural tendencies and more often to prescribe specific Zhang Zhuang postures. This is similar to the metaphor in the Tai Chi classics of threading a nine bend pearl. How it works. Visualize a large bubble around your body, as you…
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Training concepts for developing internal power.
Basic ideas for developing internal power through standing meditation or Zhang Zhuang:Zhan Zhuang, or standing meditation, is the foundation of the internal power possessed and taught by Shifu Victor Chao. Zhang Zhuang translates as “standing like a post” but there is a lot going on internally. CXW, the great Tai Chi Master, said: “outside like…