There are many many Jow formulas out there. I have seen all types including ultra top secret iron palm formulas. To be honest they aren't all that different. Sure some are cooler or hotter, for the muscle or tendon, etc. But if you just want to get started and want something quick, easy and effective...try this one. Not sure where I got it.
If you can have them ground into powder by the herbalist who sells the herbs.
Liniment
Da Huang 12g
Zhi Zi
Hong Hua
Huang Bai
Mo Yao
Ru Xiang
Xue Jie
Lu Lu Tong
Dang Gui Wei
1 Gallon Vodka
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Blood tonifying foods
Blood is viewed as the mother of qi. It is the dense substance that is developed out of the essences derived from food. Together with influences from the lung and kidney the heart distributes this blood throughout the body. The function of the blood is to nourish the body (esp. the eyes, hair, muscles, tendons/ligaments, and skin. In addition the blood houses the mind.
You need to tonify blood if: anemic, pale lips, pale tongue, scanty menstrual flow, dry eyes, muscle spasms, fatigue, disturbed vision, memory problems, dream disturbed sleep,etc.
Other blood issues in TCM include Blood Stasis, Heat in the Blood.
Foods that Tonify Blood are:
Beef, Liver, green leafy veggies, "green food" mixes, chlorophyll, beets, carrots, seaweed, shitake, yam, apricot, cherry, berries, dates, brown rice, oat, quinoa, legumes, goat milk, salmon and soy.
Herbs: dang gui, goji berries, he shou wu
Foods to avoid: coffee, cold and raw foods
You need to tonify blood if: anemic, pale lips, pale tongue, scanty menstrual flow, dry eyes, muscle spasms, fatigue, disturbed vision, memory problems, dream disturbed sleep,etc.
Other blood issues in TCM include Blood Stasis, Heat in the Blood.
Foods that Tonify Blood are:
Beef, Liver, green leafy veggies, "green food" mixes, chlorophyll, beets, carrots, seaweed, shitake, yam, apricot, cherry, berries, dates, brown rice, oat, quinoa, legumes, goat milk, salmon and soy.
Herbs: dang gui, goji berries, he shou wu
Foods to avoid: coffee, cold and raw foods
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Kung fu theatre breaks out the bagua training
I found this clip on blog the other day. Fun clip to kill some time with.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Xingyimax.com
To compare your version of Xing yi with others go here. You will see much variety in expression of the various flavors of Xing Yi.
http://www.xingyimax.com/
http://www.xingyimax.com/
Great Internal Martial Arts Blog
Western practitioners are often out at a disadvantage when it comes to studying the roots and principals of Traditional Chinese Martial Arts. We are often left to "oral histories" from teachers and friends. Unfortunately this can lead to a sort of inbred opinion regarding other style within a particular branch of the same martial art.
The guy that runs this website is translating articles from Chinese into English and publishing them on his site. Go check him out. Great stuff.
http://wulinmingshi.wordpress.com/about/
The guy that runs this website is translating articles from Chinese into English and publishing them on his site. Go check him out. Great stuff.
http://wulinmingshi.wordpress.com/about/
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Oak Barrel Half Marathon in 6 weeks
6 weeks until my next half marathon. Starting to feel good about my pace again. I took way too much time off after the last one and was dropped by my running buddies. Still using the Hal Higdon Novice plan. But due to the hill climb within the first 5 miles I have added some light sprinting just one session during the week.
No problems any more with calf soreness after making the changes in my stride and running posture.(see previous posts)
Update***
Finished the half in about 2:10. It was great cutting 10 minutes off of my last time. The course was much harder as well. It had one huge climb and many smaller hills. The last 3 miles of the course was flat but by that time I had not gas in the tank to take advantage of it. Shooting for under 2 hours next time. But with my wife in graduate school now it may be hard to find time to train for the next event.
Will be looking for some 10k runs to do instead.
No problems any more with calf soreness after making the changes in my stride and running posture.(see previous posts)
Update***
Finished the half in about 2:10. It was great cutting 10 minutes off of my last time. The course was much harder as well. It had one huge climb and many smaller hills. The last 3 miles of the course was flat but by that time I had not gas in the tank to take advantage of it. Shooting for under 2 hours next time. But with my wife in graduate school now it may be hard to find time to train for the next event.
Will be looking for some 10k runs to do instead.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Disappearing of Weapons in Chinese Martial Arts
Here a small sample of an article by Damon Smith about the study of weapons in Chinese Martial Arts. Anyone interested in weapons or chinese style martial arts would benefit from the reading.
It is interesting to note that the Manchu favoured the bow above all weapons, and they were originally skilled archers. The Chinese were also originally skilled archers, but in some circles, particularly those relating to option 2 above, anything Manchu was tainted with a hint of being a traitor or collaborator. This factor may well have led to a reduction of the use of the bow among ethnic Chinese martial artists. So while the Manchu military and their Mongol and Chinese militias continued the practice of archery and other weapons, the native "ingrained" martial arts population among the ethnic Chinese began to reduce somewhat the number of weapons studied and focus on those which could be easily concealed. Favoured weapons included smaller jian swords and dao type blades, as well as weapons which could be claimed to be for another use, such as the staff used for walking or carrying loads, or a shorter-than-battlefield-length spear with the point removed that could be claimed to be a staff. Straight swords (jian) were also often regarded as a symbol of social status and may have been overlooked by the authorities in cases where other types of weapons would not be acceptable. This might be likened to the practice of sword wearing at special events like weddings in a few European countries today, and indeed more so until very recent times. As a symbol of social status, the sword would be acceptable at such an event, but a bow would not be.
Thus, there was a tendency towards smaller size in the dedicated weapons and towards non-specialisation in the larger weapons among the Han. Use of weapons that could only be associated with the battlefield, such as various types of specialised lances, halberds, war-hammers and war-axes, began to disappear among the general population, if not among the Manchu military and associated units.
It is interesting to note that the Manchu favoured the bow above all weapons, and they were originally skilled archers. The Chinese were also originally skilled archers, but in some circles, particularly those relating to option 2 above, anything Manchu was tainted with a hint of being a traitor or collaborator. This factor may well have led to a reduction of the use of the bow among ethnic Chinese martial artists. So while the Manchu military and their Mongol and Chinese militias continued the practice of archery and other weapons, the native "ingrained" martial arts population among the ethnic Chinese began to reduce somewhat the number of weapons studied and focus on those which could be easily concealed. Favoured weapons included smaller jian swords and dao type blades, as well as weapons which could be claimed to be for another use, such as the staff used for walking or carrying loads, or a shorter-than-battlefield-length spear with the point removed that could be claimed to be a staff. Straight swords (jian) were also often regarded as a symbol of social status and may have been overlooked by the authorities in cases where other types of weapons would not be acceptable. This might be likened to the practice of sword wearing at special events like weddings in a few European countries today, and indeed more so until very recent times. As a symbol of social status, the sword would be acceptable at such an event, but a bow would not be.
Thus, there was a tendency towards smaller size in the dedicated weapons and towards non-specialisation in the larger weapons among the Han. Use of weapons that could only be associated with the battlefield, such as various types of specialised lances, halberds, war-hammers and war-axes, began to disappear among the general population, if not among the Manchu military and associated units.
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