Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.
acceleration, 2, 2
An, 18, 55–56, 55–56, 104
archetypes, 221
Art of War, 15
Back Turn, 206–7, 207
Ba Gua Zhang, 12–13, 23
Belt Channel (Dai Mai), 12, 94
Bird’s Tail form, 8, 122–23, 122–23, 126, 126, 128–29, 131, 132–33, 135, 135,
138, 138
bladder, 252
bouncing, 69
Bouncing and Shaking the Joints, 86–87, 87
bow and arrow metaphor, 31–32, 31
Buddha’s Warrior Attendant, 6–7
butting, 198–99, 198
C zone, 65
Cannon Fists, 6–7
Central Thrusting Channel, 45, 56–58, 57, 94–95
Chang, John, 28–29, 229
Chang San-Feng, 3–5, 4, 14, 17–18, 20–22, 47–48, 65–66, 72, 238
Chen Chang-Xing, 7–8
Cheng Man-Ching, 30–32
Chen style, 6, 32–35, 33–34
Chen Style Taujiquan, 33
Chen Wang-Ting, 6–7, 6
Chen Xiao-Wang, 32–35, 227–29
Chen Zheng-Lei, 32
chi, 41–42
Chi Belt, 12
chi cycle, 244–53, 245–49
Chopping Wood, 108–9, 109
Chou, 18, 60–61, 60, 106
Circle before Ward Off, 216–18, 216–18
Civet Cat Catches the Rat, 107–8, 108
Conception Channel, 95
Conception Vessel, 26–27, 27
connecting, 194–95
Cosmic Energy Mid-Eyebrow Connection, 90–91
Crown Point (Ba Hui), 43
Defensive Chi, 36
deficiency, 199–200, 199
detachment, 21
Discharge of Power, 48–49, 49
discharge power (Fa Jin)
explanation of, 1–3, 1–2, 23–25
history in China, 3–12
masters of, 26–38
stages of, 96–97, 97
Universal Healing Tao principles in, 38–40
See also eight stages; Tai Chi Chi Kung Discharge Form
distance, 2, 2
Dondrup Dorje, 35–38
Dong Hai-Chuan, 12–13
Double Push Hands, 186–91, 186–90
East, 131–32, 137–38, 146, 148
eight forces. See pakua
eight gates, 18, 50–51, 51, 102–6, 103–6
An, 55–56, 55–56, 104
Chou, 60–61, 60, 106
Ji, 54, 54, 103
Kou, 61–63, 62–63, 106
Lieh, 56–59, 58–59, 105
Lu, 52–53, 53, 102–3
Peng, 51–52, 52, 102
Tsai, 59–60, 59, 104–5
eight stages
Discharge of Power, 48–49, 49
Expansion of the Lower Tan Tien, 46
Jin Appears from the Earth, 45–46, 46
Passage of Chi/Jin, 46–48, 47
Rotations and Taking Aim, 45, 45
Sticking to the Opponent, 41–42, 41
summary of, 50
Transformation, 44, 44
Yin Formation of Iron Shirt Structure, 42–43, 43
Empty Force Breath, 87–89, 88–89
Energy-Connection exercises, 89–92
Expansion of the Lower Tan Tien, 46
Fa Chi, 36–37, 36
Fair Lady Works the Shuttle, 59, 59, 124, 124, 127, 127, 129–30, 130, 131–32, 133–34, 133, 136–37, 137, 139, 139, 215–16, 215
Fa Jin. See discharge power; Tai Chi Chi Kung Discharge Form
Fa Shen, 36–37, 36
five elements, 16, 60–61, 61
Five Senses meditations, 22
five steps, 18
Flicking Fingers, 112, 112
Flying Oblique, 62, 62
Following the Chi, 41–42, 41
four ounces, 32, 48
Four Tigers, 32
Frantzis, Bruce Kumar, 222–23
Freud, Sigmund, 16
Fusion of the Eight Psychic Channels, 57
Fusion Practice, 15, 22, 25, 29
gallbladder, 252
Governing Vessel, 26–27, 27
grading progress, 226–44, 229–30, 232, 243
hands, 93
Head Rotations, 81–82, 81
heart, 248, 251, 252
hierarchy of needs, 19, 20–22
Hip Rotations, 83, 83 hollows, 66, 70, 233
home practice, 220–23
chi cycle and, 244–53, 245–49
developing, 223–26, 224
grading progress, 226–44, 229–30, 232, 234–35, 243
Hsing Yi, 13, 23
Hummingbird posture, 69–70, 70
Immortal Fetus, 24
Internal Alchemy, 15, 24
interpreting, 195–97
Iron Shirt Chi Kung, 26
Iron Shirt structure, 5, 12, 191–94, 233–36, 234–35
Jade Rabbit Pounds the Drug Immortality, 101, 101
Jan, Andrew, 29–30
Ji, 18, 54, 54, 103
Jiang, 29–30
jin, 5, 6, 10, 25
Jin Appears from the Earth, 45–46, 46
joint rotations, 71, 83, 84–85
Jung, Carl, 16
Kan and Li practice, 5–6, 15, 22, 25
Kauss, David, 65
kidneys, 247–48, 247, 252
Knee Rotations, 84–85, 84
Kou, 18, 61–63, 62–63, 106
Kriegel, Robert, 65
kua (pelvis), 25, 31, 43, 85
large intestine, 245, 251
Leading the Goat, 111, 111
Lee, Bruce, 21
Left and Right Parry Circles, 98–99, 99
Left-Hand Form, 120–34, 120–30, 133–34, 152–62
Lei Shan Tao/Thunderbolt sect, 24
Lieh, 18, 56–59, 58–59, 105
Light the Firecrackers, 7
Li I-Yu, 11–12, 11, 93, 94
Li power, 3
listening, 195–97
liver, 249
losing contact, 200–201, 200
Lu, 18, 52–53, 53, 102–3
lumbar vertebrae, 74
lungs, 249–50, 249
martial applications, 205–19, 206–18
Maslow, Abraham, 19, 20–22
mass, 2, 2
Meditation, 232–33
Microcosmic Orbit, 29, 93, 97–98, 224, 232–33, 232
mind, 96–97
Ming Dynasty, 5
Ming Men, 43
monkey mind, 34, 66, 68, 72
Mo Pai tradition, 28–29
Navel/Palm Connection, 91
neck, 30–31
Newth, Glenn, 230, 230
North, 120–21, 128–29, 140, 146, 148
Opening the Door of Life, 75–76, 76
Opening the Groin (Kua), 85, 85
organ power, 66–67
pakua, 16–17, 17, 50
Paracelsus, 16
Passage of Chi/Jin, 46–48, 47
peak experiences, 19, 21
pelvis. See kua
Peng, 18, 51–52, 52, 102
percussion, 71–72, 72
philosopher’s stone, 16
Plato, 16
plyometrics, 68–69
power storing, 12–13
Press, 211, 211, 212, 212
Press from the Bird’s Tail form, 54
Primordial Chi, 5–6, 36, 45–46, 239
projections, 66, 70, 233
Push, 213–14
Push Hands, 18–19, 24, 42, 177–78
boxing and, 214–18, 214–18
deeper principles of, 191–97, 192–94
Double Push Hands, 186–91, 186–90
faults during, 197–203, 198–200, 202–3
levels of, 242
Single Push Hands, 179–85, 180–85
stages of awareness and, 204
pyrokinesis, 29
relaxation/fang sung, 27–28, 30–31, 42–43
Ren channel, 42
resisting, 201–3, 202–3
Right-Hand Form, 134–41, 135–41, 147–49, 163–75
Rollback, 209–10, 210
Rotations and Taking Aim, 45, 45
Rowing the Sampan Oars, 99–100, 100
Sauer, Jost, 244
Second Bird’s Tail, 126, 126, 138, 138
self-actualization, 20–22
self-cultivation, 17–19
self-discovery, 16–19, 17
self-transcendence, 20–21
sensitivity, 41–42
Shoulder Joint Rotations, 82–83, 82
Siaw-Voon Sim, Davidine, 33
silk reeling, 27, 92–93, 97–101, 98–101, 121, 121
Single Push Hands, 179–85, 180–85
Single Whip, 59, 59, 124, 127, 127, 129–30, 130, 131–32, 133–34, 136–37, 136, 139, 139
Sink Back and Push Tree, 91–92
sinking, 25, 43
Six Directions, 19
Six Healing Sounds, 41–42
sleep, 248–50
small intestine, 247, 247, 251
Songs of the Eight Postures, 51
South, 120–23, 132–33, 134–35, 144–45, 147, 149
spirals, 32–33, 37–38, 37
spleen, 67, 246, 246, 251
stages of awareness, 204
Sticking to the Opponent, 41–42, 41
stomach, 245–46, 245, 251
stretches, 68–70, 69–70
Striking to the Side, 110, 110
Sun Tzu, 15
synovial fluid, 74
Tai Chi Chi Kung Discharge Form, 113, 113
Closing, 142, 142, 149, 176
grading progress of, 242–44, 243
Introductory Movements, 114–18, 114–17
Left-Hand Form, 120–34, 120–30, 133–34, 144–47, 152–62, 163–75
martial applications of, 205–19, 206–19
Opening the Form, 118–20, 119, 143–44, 150–51
Right-Hand Form, 134–41, 135–41, 147–49
summary of, 143–76, 150–76
See also technical exercises; warm-ups
Tai Chi Chuan, 3–12, 7, 23, 237–41
Tai Chi Chuan Ching, 4–5
Tai Chi Chuan Lun, 6
Tai Chi Pole, 202, 204
Tan Meng-Hsien, 50, 51, 53, 56, 60–61
Tan Tien Hitting, 86, 86
tan tiens, 6, 12–13, 25, 28–29, 36, 66, 72–73, 73, 107, 225–26
Tao and Taoism, 3–4, 14–15, 17–19
technical exercises, 92–112
Chopping Wood, 108–9, 109
Civet Cat Catches the Rat, 107–8, 108
Flicking Fingers, 112, 112
Leading the Goat, 111, 111
Silk Reeling, 97–101, 98–101
Striking to the Side, 110, 110
telekinesis, 29
Tendon Twisting, 79–81, 80
thirteen postures of battle, 18
Thirty-six Songs and Forty-eight Methods, 12–13
three pure ones, 16
Three Tan Tiens, 19
Transformation, 44, 44
triple warmer, 248–49, 249, 252
Tsai, 18, 59–60, 59, 104–5
Turning the Wheel, 97–98, 98
Two Hand Push, 48
two-man saw, 31, 31
unitive state, 19
Universal Healing Tao, 5, 8, 19, 24, 231–44
vertebrae, 48, 202–3, 203
Waist Loosening, 74–75, 75
Wang Tsung-Yueh, 5, 6, 194–95
Wang Xi-An, 32
Ward Off, 52, 207–8, 207–8, 212, 212
warm-ups, 89–92
exercises, 74–92, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88–89
overview of, 68–72, 69–70, 72
Taoist view on, 65–67, 67
as transition, 72–74, 73–74
Western view on, 64–65
warriors, 14–19, 17
Washing the Body with Heaven and Earth Energies, 89–90
water, 56
way of the warrior, 14–19, 17
Wei Chi, 36
West, 125–26, 140–41, 145–46, 148
wholeness, 16
Wile, Douglas, 5
Willow Tree, 213, 213
Windmill Exercise, 76–79, 77, 79
Wu Chi, 61
Wu Chi Stance, 114–17, 114–17
Wu Wei, 16
Wu Yu-Hsiang, 10–11, 10, 26–28, 27, 43
Yang 108 Form, 50
Yang Chen-Fu, 9–10, 9
yang energy, 25
Yang Family Forty Chapters, 22
Yang Jian, 8
Yang Lu-Chan, 7–8, 8, 10
Yang Pan-Hou, 8–9, 9, 22, 94–95, 191–92
Yang Qi, 8
Yang style, 7–10
Yan Jwing-Ming, 198
Yi, 96–97
Yi Eng, 24
Yi power, 10, 34–35, 35, 225–26, 225
Yin Formation of Iron Shirt Structure, 42–43, 43
ying and yang, 4, 5, 16, 60–61
yin technicals, 92–97
Yue Fei, 13
Zhu Tian-Cai, 32