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For centuries, the art of White Crane Neigong has remained a hidden jewel within traditional Chinese martial arts. More than just a system of combat, it embodies the profound principles of internal energy cultivation, breath control, and the seamless interplay between mind and body. Rooted in the wisdom of ancient masters, White Crane Neigong transforms the practitioner's movements into flowing expressions of power, balance, and harmony. This book aims to unlock the secrets of this revered practice, guiding readers through its foundational principles and advanced techniques. Whether you are...

White Crane Qigong is more than a mere practice—it is a journey into the essence of energy cultivation, body mechanics, and the profound wisdom of traditional Chinese martial arts. Rooted in centuries of refinement, this system carries the grace, precision, and spiritual depth that have made it a treasured art among practitioners. This book is not a training manual, nor does it seek to replace the guidance of a qualified teacher. Qigong, by its very nature, cannot be learned solely through written words and images. Instead, it requires personal experience, correction, and an understanding...

What if I tell you that everything you believe to know about Kung Fu is wrong? Everything you you know about Kung Fu is wrong. This book explaines how many wrong belives and false claims replaced facts about Chinese martial arts

The book in front of you is one of very few ever written about White Crane Kung Fu and the only one about Shaking Crane (Zong He) style written in English. The book introduces basic concepts of internal White Crane practice. Internal power has always been shrouded in a veil of mystery, often explained through Chinese religious and esoteric practices, believes and terminology. This book separates myths from facts and explains what internal power is and how it is generated within the body. Content is strictly focused on body mechanics and doesn't go into the realm of esoteric practices or ...

A “Wing Chun - Structure and Internal Power” is an insightful, very practical, and also sometimes quite provocative book that takes unique approach in explaining the very foundation of Wing Chun style. The author is describing the history of some popularly used terminus in Martial arts supported by science and not mythology. Same approach is used in explaining the true nature of “internal” powers and body structure. Separating myths, religion and esotery form real facts,author gives clear and easy to understand explanations of internal practice in Wing Chun through the prism of ...

While mythologies of other nations found their way and became popular and well know globally, Serbian mythology, in many aspects more beautiful and much richer than any other system of belief stayed largely unknown outside the borders of Serbia. This book is a modest try to introduce wider public to rich and beautiful world of the animal cults in which my ancestors believed respected and practced, and some people keep that tradition alive even today.

World of Slavic mythology and old religion is not just incredibly rich and beautiful, it is also very much alive and coexists with modern civilization and technology. These two separate and in every aspect completely different worlds are equally part of everyday life of an average person in Serbia whether that person is aware of that or not. Modern world based in science appear to have a deep hold in my country, modern technology controls lives and work of the people even in the , most remote mountain villages, school system is one of the best on the world, extremely demanding, especially ...

Security and safety challenges rank among the most pressing issues of human society of all times. There are numerous books and video courses about self-defense that cover various scenarios from hand to hand combat to fire arms. All these courses teach how to survive violent attack and offer wide variety of techniques and approaches to the problem of self-defense. Best way of self-defense is when attack never happens. While practicing martial arts and tactical shooting is certainly good, actual fighting is the last resort and it represents only 2% of complete self-defense strategy. ...

This is the third book in my series about Shaking (Vibrating) Crane Kung Fu. The subject of this book is White Crane Dao Yin, an ancient Daoist practice that gave birth to modern Qigong and centuries before that it gave a foundation to almost all Crane Kung Fu styles we have today

Millions of people passionately not only practice but seriously study the art of Wing Chun. Practitioners spend a lot of time in learning all aspects of the art, not only technical but historical, cultural, social, even religious, etc. While all these points are equally important for full understanding the art, seems that the point with the most interest is historical one. Wing Chun history was and still is a matter of myths and legends more than anything else. Influence, prestige, social status in the local and global Wing Chun community , honor, tradition, all these things are closely ...

White Crane Secretes of internalpower 2 - Basic technique will take the reader in the realm of Zong He Quan (Vibrating or Shaking Crane) foundational practice, the most important part of White Crane system. The book has two purposes, to introduce the reader with basic White Crane theories and strategies and as a training manual that will give readers the opportunity to experience and practice basic Zong He Quan techniques. This book is purely technical in nature and explaines basic Zong He Quan practices like breathing, "Element hands", basic footwork and basic theories and strategies of ...

Training devices that imitate the height, weight and resistance of an opponent are a logical development for combat training in virtually all cultures. Different types of this kind of training equipment was use all over the world since the ancient times. While many cultures simply lost and forgot their martial arts and training equipment that goes with them with arrival of modern firearms and modern ways of fighting China for the most part preserved many of its old martial styles and exotic training devices. Wooden dummies are especially popular among Southern Kung Fu styles. Over time a ...

This book embarks on a journey into the shadowy world of Slavic black magic, a realm often shrouded in mystery and misconception. It is an exploration of a rich and complex tapestry of beliefs, rituals, and practices that have been interwoven with the fabric of Slavic culture for centuries. However, it is essential to approach this topic with both intellectual curiosity and a deep awareness of the ethical considerations involved. The aim is not to glorify or condone harmful practices but to engage in a scholarly investigation, utilizing rigorous historical and ethnographic methods. This ...

White Crane is one of the most famous and certainly the most influential Kung Fu styles of all times. Everyone has at least heard about it which is not a small feat among literary hundreds of styles that exist today. While there are many popular styles, with enormous number of followers like Wing Chun or Choy Lee Fut, Hung Gar, Tai Chi Chuen, none of these styles holds a place in Kung Fu community like White Crane.On the other hand, there is very limited amount of information available about White Crane. Crane fist never had a lot of followers and has always been taught to very few selected...

In Chinese martial arts, esotery, religion, pseudo-science and elements of cult like behavior are norm, especially when it comes to anything that has word “gong” in it. Qigong, Weigong, Neigong, are the most exploited terms by martial teachers through which they explain their martial theories. Since early 2000’s the prevalent fashion in Chinese Martial Arts is that theory and practice is moving in the direction of pseudo-science and esotery. Martial theories over time change, and last two decades have seen extremely rapid change, becoming extremely complex with a clear intention to ...