The Neijiaquan Podcast - An Internal Martial Arts Podcast

We discuss more about the great Tian Zhou Lin and we discuss the Tai Chi Classics and keeping the "Yi in the Dantien" in Tai Chi. Visit our Patreon for extended and bonus episodes. 

First we talk about reaching 100 episodes then we discuss Bai Hua's teacher Lin Du Yin and one of his teachers Tian Zhou Lin.  Visit our Patreon for extended episode and bonus episodes. 

We continue our discussion of the Wu Style of Tai Chi and its healing capacities. The we return to our discussion of the Song of 13 Postures. For extended and bonus episodes visit our Patreon .           

This is the first 30 min of our interview with Alan Peatfield. Topics include Rose, Li, Dan Dougherty and Xie Peiqi. In the full interview Alan also talks about his work on the Tao De Ching book with BK Frantzis, Xie's Bagua Zhang and Much More. Click for Full Interview

In this episode we discuss Bruce's use of the Wu style to heal his back after a car accident. Then we talk about his Yang style teacher Lin Du Ying. We also discuss the second verse of the 13 posture song and the concept of the "string of nine pearls". Visit the Patreon for extended episode and bonus episodes.        

In this episode we discuss the origins of the Wu Style of Tai Chi and we begin our discussion of the Tai Chi Classic "Song of the 13 Postures". Visit our Patreon for extended episodes, bonus episodes and more.

We continue our look at the 1987 article where BK Frantzis discusses the healing aspects of the Wu style of Tai Chi. Then we look at Bai Hua's summary of the Tai Chi Chuan Lun.           

We look at a 1987 article in Tai Chi Magazine where Bruce Frantzis compares the Yang and Wu styles of Tai Chi Chuan. Then we continue or look at the Tai Chi Classics. Check out our Patreon for extended episodes and Bonus content.

In this episode we look at Power of Internal Martial Arts by BK Frantzis for more on Wu's teaching. Then we look at Ma Yueh Liang's book from 1935. We also discuss student teacher relationships before and after the Boxer Uprising.   For extended episode and bonus episodes visit our Patreon .

We look at The Power of Internal Martial Arts for Bruce's version of Wu Jien Chuan's life and we discuss the classic of "Stand like a Scale and Move lie a Wheel". For extended episode and bonus content visit our Patreon .

In this episode we first discuss Wu Jien Chuan from Wen Zee and Frank Allen's books. Then we return to the Tai Chi Classics and discuss the saying "Four Ounces Defeats One Thousand Pounds". For extended episodes and bonus content visit our Patreon .

We look at the connection between the 2nd generation of the Yang Family, Yang Ban Huo  and the founder of the Wu style Chuan You. Then we look at Chuan You's top students, his son Wu Jien Chuan and the lesser known Wang Mao Zhai. Then we continue our discussion of the Tai Chi Chuan Treatise.  In our Patreon episode we continue our discussion of Taoist meditation.

We discuss the founder of the Wu style Chuan You and his son Wu Jien Chuan. For an extended episode and bonus content visit our Patreon .

We discuss BK Frantzis' account of Yang Shao Jung's class and look at Bai Hua's interpretation of the phrase "the top of the head must held lightly and the qi must sink to the dantien". Join our Patreon for bonus content and extended episodes. 

In this episode we discuss Yang Cheng Fu's eldest son Yang Shao Jung. First his bio, then we look at BK Frantzis' description of Yang's classes in Hong Kong in the 1980s. For extended episode and bonus episodes check out our Patreon .

In this episode we discuss Yang Ban Huo and we begin our look at the 2nd book of the Taiji Classics. We give some historical background the look at Bai Hua's interpretation of the first lines.  Visit our Patreon for extended episodes, bonus episodes , interviews and more. 

T.T. Liang on the second and third generations of the Yang family and BK Frantzis on the last four energies in Tai Chi Chuan of Tsai (Pull Down), Lieh (Split), Jou (Elbow) and Kao (Shoulder stroke). Check out our Patreon for extended episodes and Bonus content. https://www.patreon.com/posts/85543666

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We continue our look at T.T. Liang's stories of the Yang Family and their patriarch Yang Lu Chan. Then we look at the Tai Chi energies of Ji (Press forward) and An (push downward) from BK Frantzis' Power of Internal Martial Arts. - For extended version of episode and bonus episode subscribe to our Patreon . 

In this episode we read a short essay from Yang Cheng Fu's eldest son and we look at more of T.T. Liang's tales of the Yang Family. Then we continue our series on the 8 Energies of Taiji beginning with Peng and Lu.   Check out our Patreon for extended episodes and more.

This week we breakdown Yang Cheng Fu's account of his family history from Louis Swain's book. Then we look at the Eight Energies of Tai Chi Chuan from Bai Hua's book.  Patreon Facebook

We continue our look at Deng Ming-Dao's account of Yang Cheng Fu's martial arts adventures, then we look at the Tai Chi Classic "Tai Chi is like a Torrential River".  Visit our Patreon for exclusive interviews, bonus episodes and more. 

We begin a series of episodes on Yang Cheng Fu by looking at his biography and a couple stories from Deng Ming-Dao's book "The Wandering Taoist". Then we continue our discussion on the Tai Chi Classics and discuss the concept of Yi or intent in Tai Chi Chuan. Check out our Patreon for exclusive interviews and More.

In this episode we look at a couple stories of Yang Lu Chan's second son Yang Jian Huo. Then we examine the phrase "If there is up there is down, if there is left there is right and if there is forward there is back" from Bai Hua's Tai Chi Classics.

In this episode we take a look at the sons of Yang Lu Chan, Ban Hou and Jian Hou. Then we continue our look at Bai Hua's interpretation of the Tai Chi Classics.  In our Patreon this week we look at the life of Taoist Immortal Lu Tongbin before getting back into Bai Hua's book.