Shaolin Monk Rain Demonstration

Taoist standing practice - core stability

 http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/articles/scni37a7.htm
A traditional exercise practised by martial artists over the centuries, Standing Practise (Zhan Zhuang) is known for its surprising toughness (postures are traditionally held for at least 60 to 80 minutes) and for its ability to develop health, strengthen the bones and tendons, increase core stability, correct any muscular-skeletal misalignments (crucial for lop-sided sports like [...]

ashtanga yoga demo

Wudang Shaolin Kung Fu Secret Qigong

Urban Yoga #1 - Shanghai

Four Great Leg Strengtheners

Step away from the squat machine and strengthen your quadriceps, calves, and feet on your yoga mat.
By Alisa Bauman
http://resistancetraining.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/four-great-leg-strengtheners/
It’s no surprise that fitness videos and gym classes with titles like “Yoga Buns and Legs” place a heavy emphasis on the classic standing postures. Unlike weightlifting, which isolates particular muscle groups, yoga’s standing postures efficiently and [...]

Daoyin

http://www.daoyin.it/e_Daoyin.htm
Daoyin is an ancient Chinese body-mind exercise originally aimed at health care as well as physical and spiritual purification. The ascetics of past time believed it could be used to obtain the “eternal youth” (changsheng bulao). The first historical reference about it appears in Zhuangzi, a Taoist text written [...]

Stance Training

http://www.hungkuen.net/training-stancetraining.htm

Hung Gar is known for its strong, stable stances and puts much emphasis on stance training. Needles to say that stance training is considered to be an extremely important part of Hung Gar and their importance cannot be stressed enough. They are the foundations of all techniques and movements, as well as being one of [...]