ROOT AND BRANCH a martial arts e-novel in the wu hsia tradition.
Chinese Boxing training means much more than
kicking and punching. It's a royal road to evolution of the self. Read the
following essays on our pages: THE REBEL'S GUIDE TO CULTIVATING VITALITY: Who
says illumination can’t be achieved in one lifetime? THE PLIGHT OF
INDUSTRIALIZED MAN: How to counter the lack of challenge and over-kill comfort
zone of civilization. MARTIAL TRAINING AS A TIMELESS PORTAL: Thanks to several
centuries of enlightened teachings by extraordinary men in the martial
disciplines, we don’t have to be restricted to lives of getting and spending,
waiting in quiet desperation for the pain to cease. T'AI-CHI FOR THE
MASSES--AND OTHERS...: An irreverent look at the popular practice.
Shaolin Chuan Fa
The curriculum offered is geared towards the serious, long-term student. The School and its offerings are backed by the International Chinese Boxing Association, through which a student-member may earn rank recognized world-wide.
The Director of the School, Sifu Edward
Orem, is guiding
Components of the Chinese Boxing Curriculum
I.
Fist
Arts or “Boxing” or “Ch’uan” Styles
A.
External
or “Hard” styles
1. Cha Ch’uan/Cha Family shaolin boxing
2. Wu Hsing Ch’uan/5 Animals boxing
3. Chin Na
4. Ch’uan Fa Kenpo self-defense arts
a. Empty-hand and against weapons
b. Single and multiple opponents
B.
Internal
or “Soft” styles*
1. T’ai-chi Ch’uan
a. Yang family
b. Kuang Ping village
2. Shaolin Rou Ch’uan/
3. Shing Yee Ch’uan
4. Pa-Kua Chang
II.
Health
Arts
A.
Chi
Kung** and Medical Callisthenics
1. Yi Bai Ching Kung
2. Tao Yin
3.
4. Yi Jin Jing
5. Pa Tuan Jin
6. 5 Animals Therapies
7. Nei Kung
*Every “hard” and “soft” style has weapons
studies as part of its curriculum.
**Every discipline, whether “soft” or “hard”
style, has its own chi-kung exercises.
