LiuHeBaFa Ball Exercise

LiuHeBaFa or "Six Combinations and Eight Methods" Boxing or "Water Boxing" uses this unique training method.

This is practiced to connect the tan tien with the ball so that the whole body works as a single unit. And it is useful for learning how to use a small circle to deflect attacks from the ball, redirect the energy and to return power to the ball. Be sure to keep your feet well rooted so that the power flows down from tan tien into ground and up from ground into ball. If you use a bowling ball be sure not to use too much muscle power because the idea is to develop your chi and sensitivity and not your muscles. Even with a heavy weight like a bowling ball, one must learn to "deflect a thousands pounds with just four ounces". So, relax as you practice and don't use force.

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• LiuHeBaFa
• Ball
• TaiJiQuan
• BaGuaChang
• Xing-I
• Chuan

[chemanfu]

can someone tell me the size and weight of the ball?

i'll appreciate, thanks

[banjobilly]

@chemanfu It's a wooden ball. But a bowling ball works fine.

[waterspirit6x8]

The player is YunYin Sen, from Shanghai. He learned from: Liang Qi-zhong and Lu Gui-yao; added some Yiquan. He is 'late' starter: 1980 onward.

Born 1934.

[banjobilly]

Thanks for the info, Waterspirit. This shows that even when starting kungfu late in life, one can still attain a high level if one tries.

[chemanfu]

thanks

[yinian51]

master Yun has taught much to the internal tai chi community - it is an honor to train with him

[ChineseOpera8]

also, check-out 'mark lee pringle' here on youtube , ba-gua/tai-chi Ball coiling.

[ChineseOpera8]

jie ge si tai hao le'! we do this with a bowling-ball sitting on the floor with a partner sitting across from you, passing the ball back and forth without breaking the flow the same way. rolling/coiling the hands and forearms as in ba-gua (which I know is 'part' of liu he ba fa) Hen hao! xie xie NI, Si-fu Mark

[KSLEUNG]

Who know his name?