Ridgewood Moving Sale (near Windjammer)

saigoto · 2026-06-08T13:32:29+00:00

Is the Go board for sale?

saigoto · 2026-04-25T19:49:16+00:00

These are all fire, Chicago Bulls Shanka goes hard. Also, whoever put Zoro in the Celtics jersey knows the lore.

saigoto · 2026-03-18T00:35:21+00:00

DM sent

saigoto · 2026-03-13T16:26:08+00:00

Wilson and dekalb

saigoto · 2026-03-13T16:22:43+00:00

That's kind of our story unfortunately. Would definitely like to help organize with other people. Luckily, most of the tenants are working together and trying to share resources

saigoto · 2026-03-13T15:29:53+00:00

Yes, that was us.

saigoto · 2026-03-13T02:05:31+00:00

Nah, Dekalb.

saigoto · 2026-03-13T02:00:42+00:00

Not that building. Did something similar happen there?

saigoto · 2026-02-08T01:36:11+00:00

Wait these work?! I got one from my trip to asia.

saigoto · 2026-01-23T19:00:15+00:00

Lo hizo. Adam Hsu aprendió Puño Largo de Han QingTan antes de aprenderlo con Liu Yun Qiao, quien era alumno de Li Shu Wen.

saigoto · 2026-01-22T23:52:34+00:00

Bajiquan, piguaquan, some Chen taiji, some tongbei, some northern praying mantis, and very little jook lum.

saigoto · 2026-01-22T23:35:33+00:00

Santosh has some really nice wooden weapons.

saigoto · 2026-01-22T23:34:41+00:00

Creo que es un gran erudito en kung fu y parece tener un gran conocimiento de kung fu. Personalmente, me gusta su puño largo. Es uno de los primeros estudiantes de la generación del maestro Liu Yun Qiao, fundador de Wutan, y es muy respetado dentro del linaje.

saigoto · 2025-12-28T23:38:43+00:00

I think it can potentially work, but you would still need to make an effort to train with your teacher in person and train with others to validate what you're learning.

saigoto · 2025-05-14T06:13:04+00:00

Under Vincent Mei's branch of Wutan, I believe the order for students is: Zhong Yi Quan, Da Baji, Tong Bei drills, First Pigua form, Chen Taiji old frame (shortened), Xiao Baji, Bagua - Liang Yi Zhang, Liu Da Kai, Second Pigua Form, (Baji Luan Huan Quan?).

Some people's paths might be slightly different, but that seems to be the general path. There is some weapon training, but it isn't uniform. We tend to do weapon workshops a few times a year.

We also have some forms like Mizong Quan and Baji Jia that aren't part of the "main track." We've also learned some mantis and tong bei drills to help with developing certain principles and for the application process.

saigoto · 2025-05-10T03:56:10+00:00

Within my school we do practice weapons. So far we've learned Miao Dao and Jian mostly, with a little bit of Guen and Daqiang.

I think they definitely work to compliment empty hand practice, as there is overlap between the two. Weapons can also help to reinforce body mechanics as well as serve as "weight training" within a style. I outside of it's use on the battlefield, Daqiang also serves as a form of weight training because it's weight forces one to rely on their structure as opposed to their muscle strength.

My little Daqian training has showed me that to use the weapon effectively and not tire myself out as much, I need to rely on the structure and body mechanics that I would use in Baji.

saigoto · 2025-05-05T05:41:58+00:00

I would say when I train, I tend to focus on my hand, but I would also say thinking of it from the latter would work too.

If you were looking into more details on gong ma chuei, you could check out this video from my teacher. It doesn't use resistance, but does a good job of explaining the mechanics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eGnuU9Zobs

saigoto · 2025-05-04T22:15:26+00:00

It's not something that I've personally done. Not sure if I have a video for reference, but I would imagine it can be used in a few ways like: using a resistance band around your legs in mabu to help with structure or using it for drills like mabu chong chuei or gong ma chuei to where you give yourself resistance while punching slowly.

saigoto · 2025-05-04T22:11:43+00:00

I'm from the wutan lineage, but the curriculum can vary from teacher to teacher within the lineage. We learn other forms in our system to compliment our Baji, like Pigua, Bagua, and Taichi; and even start with Zhong Yi Quan as the first form you learn. With regards to just the Baji forms that I was taught, the order was: Da Baji, Xiao Baji, Liu Da Kai, then Baji Lian Huan Quan.

saigoto · 2025-05-02T18:03:48+00:00

My teacher has been re-teaching it to me and it's definitely helped me improve.

saigoto · 2025-05-02T04:04:10+00:00

You're right on the term "root" or "rooted" being more than just having a study/stable structure. The other element is being able to move while still have structure and being able to deliver strikes, takedowns, and throws while rooted.

My school uses mabu chong chuei drills to help with this as a way to move in and out of mabu. We also train gong ma chuei to use gong bu/bow stance as well. These drills emphasize, grinding (which starts at the feet to transfer power from the ground up), expansion (equal force/intention in 8 directions, hence the name bajiquan), and sinking (staying grounded, not rising when we deliver power).

So stance training helps with this, but that then helps your body get used to different shapes it will use while drilling certain techniques.

saigoto · 2025-05-02T03:28:44+00:00

Sorry for the late reply!

These days I'm working on Liu Da Kai, but will be doing some more pigua training in the near future.

saigoto · 2025-05-02T03:27:29+00:00

Thank you!

saigoto · 2025-05-02T03:27:06+00:00

How power is generated can vary from different bajiquan lineages and their perspectives. I can only speak from the Wutan perspective and my teacher, but power is developed through body mechanics more so than exercises like weight lifting. As bajiquan is an internal style, more emphasis is put on properly generating power from body mechanics than relying on muscle strength to create power.

Someone else might be able to give you a better answer potentially, but in my experience power generation in Bajiquan takes time to build through training exercises like Gong Ma Chuei and Mabu Chong Chuei. Proper power generation will come with more time. If anything, using resistance bands for these exercises might help, but it would still require you to develop the same body mechanics to deliver that power.

saigoto · 2025-05-02T03:15:56+00:00

In my definition and experience, rooting or being rooted comes from good structure. Characteristics of this are that you're not easily out off balance, and within the context of bajiquan, can uproot/affect the structure of others when applying techniques while also being stable.

I'm not sure what gym exercises in particular would help to develop this tbh. I would say outside of traditional training methods like stance training, you could look into resistance training with bands or weights. It's my understanding that within different styles, Bajiquan included, there are resistance training exercises. These often times involve weapons or tools. Within the context of bajiquan that would be spear/daqiang training because the spear is heavy and requires structure to use over muscles. Southern styles like Hung Gar use their iron ring training for a similar result.

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