我是研究中国古代文化的德国人,名叫Ansgar Gerstner (安思格)。
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我是研究中國古代文化的德國人,名叫Ansgar Gerstner (安思格)。
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The Laozi and Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass

The Laozi (= Daodejing = Tao Te Ching) and Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Listening to the audio version of Braiding Sweetgrass it became crystal clear to me that the thought of the Laozi–I do not want to say Daoist philosophy in general, because it concerns the Laozi in particular–makes so much more, and deeper sense, if you approach it from the perspective of indigenous knowledge traditions.
WeiterlesenFreedom
Elders
Enchanted
Beings – being
Windows into oneself
Selectiveness
Eyewitness
Eternal moments
Older siblings
Layers
Seeds of knowledge – seeding knowledge
Vibrations
Focus
Standing
Willow windows
Miniatures
Pairs
I we schools
Intertwined
Calligraphy
The wisdom of trees
Open energetic cylinders
Extending
Roots
Balance
Kinship
Treasures
Congeniality
Becoming acquainted
Birds
Awakenings
Life-giving
Connected
Circularity
Sustainable centers
No autocracy
Stillness and movement
Complexity
Comprehension
Coordination
Options
Islands
Confidence, no pride
Extensions
Encounters
Pavilion
Simultaneousness
Convergence
Joy
Disturbances
Listen
Healing
Humbleness
Intertwined
Step by step
The common good
Flow
Details
Passing through
Being non-being
Online-Seminar an der Kneipp-Akademie: „Die Shaolin-Methode zur Transformation der Sehnen“

Online-Seminar an der Kneipp-Akademie: „Die Shaolin-Methode zur Transformation der Sehnen“
29.01.2022, 09:00 Uhr – 30.01.2022, 16:00 Uhr (Teil 1), 26.03.2022, 09:00 Uhr – 27.03.2022, 16:00 Uhr (Teil 2)
https://www.kneippakademie.de/kurs/die-shaolin-methode-zur-transformation-der-sehnen/
Contemplation
A part of a continuous flow
Falling apart – being a part
Blending in
Light
Time
Rainbows
Undivided attention
Rain
Calligraphy, two
We, two
Background foreground
Wavelengths
Parts, two
Sinking
Parts
We
Sleepwork connecting
Bridging the ungraspable
Both at the same time
Calligraphy
Storytelling
Discipline
Recovering hidden details
Distortions?
Details
Searching for patterns
Floating
Preventing petrification
Perspective
No separation
Reversing petrification
Mountains
Content simplicity
Permanently
Ephemeral
Exploring
Facets
Simplicity complexity diversity
Fountains of eternal springs
Perspectives
Arising and dissolving
The way out of a labyrinth of tensions
The illusion of a center
Adapting
Roots
Components and layers
: general #194
: general #193
Same difference
Seasons – cycles
Alike
Patterns
Beyond
Being non-being
The size of a cell
A room of my own
Looking for a passage
Say that again
Me
Pairs
Memories
Emerging
Bridges – transitions – passages
Living concepts
Equilibrium
: general #175
Texts
Listening
Inscribed mindfulness
Integrated
Bridges
Transforming
Voices of spring 2
Voices of spring
Resonating
Resonance
Beneath the surface
Beyond the obvious
Becoming
Open-heartedness
Duality
Sharing economy
In between spring and summer
Action non-action
Living in a cell
Regeneration
Reflections of reflections
Extensions
Limitations
Immersion
Nightfall
Shining through
Exploring space
Open-mindedness
Upside down 2
Neighborhood 3
Neighborhood 2
Neighborhood
Together
Taking care
The spirit of the valley does not die 谷神不死
Revisited
Same different
Bridges
Internal journeys
Darkness
Hope
Sides of the story
Landed
Landing
Pulse of life
Air
Clarity
Taking sides, again
Taking sides
Containing
Light 復歸其明
The tree of life
Long life 死而不亡者壽
Change permanence 無以易之
Framed
What you see
Archaic patterns
One way or another
Same place
Nowhere 2
Nowhere
Frozen time – carved already
Macrocosm
Depth
Home
Falling in place 損之又損以至於無為
Temporariness
Inner landscapes 內景圖
Ruins
Living ornaments
Left
Holding on
Past
Complementary 2
Complementary
Let it be
Together
More and less
Occupation
Reality blurred
Sheets 3
Sheets 2
Sheets 1
Surface
Inseparable
Background 2
Proximity
Inclusiveness
Transience permanence
Segments
The relativity of hardness 2
Interferences
Flowers
Always
Basic research in self-organizing patterns
Varying perspectives
Stuck
Black and light
Extending
The way you look 2
Alive
The relativity of hardness
Patience
Rest 2
Pieces 2
Background
Upside down
Building blocks
Seasons
Flying
No authoritarian patterns
Fluidity 2
Pieces
A fine line
A fine line: general #61

Options
Inside out
Turnaround
True colors
: general #56
Returning
Heartbeat
On thin ice
Broken whole
Rest
Flock 2
Flock
Inside
Transformation
In between
Wing Chun YouTube #25: Gestures and natural languages
Gestures and natural languages: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #25 Double Tan Sau 詠春拳的雙攤手

Distance
Moments
Coordination
Orientation
Healthy individualism
Not a straight line
Light 光
Crucial
The night of day
Smallness
Native aesthetics and efficiency 自然
Reduction 損
Simplicity 素
Indigenousness
Daily night shift
Disconnect to connect
Straight to the point
A way out
No tampering
Strength is not the point
Knowing when to stop 2
Knowing when to stop
Self body 身
…
Fluidity
Roots
Nets
The functioning of weakness
Reversing returning
Wing Chun YouTube #24: Not cutting off
The chopping arm: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #24 Double Cham Sau 詠春拳的雙斬手

This video discusses the double Cham Sau, the double chopping arms movement in the Siu Nim Tau , the first form of Wing Chun from the perspective of internal practices not as a separating, but as an integrated and integrative movement.
The way you look
Sleeping gestures
Finite infinite
Brothers and sisters
Wing Chun YouTube #18: Straight line
Not simply a straight line: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #18 Palms to the sides

Beyond
Mindset 4 心
Mindset 3 心
Mindset 2 心
Mindset 心
About wings
Being non-being 有無相生
Perspective reality
Teacher
Against autocracy: 自化
The Daoist philosophical perspective is a clear rejection of authoritarian ways of organizing things, of authoritarian systems–not just politically. Authoritarian patterns focus on the accumulation of individual power. They are not community centered and not about empowering larger sustainable systems.
Read moreLanguage | 不言之教
Yangsheng – nourishing life 養生
Before I go into this blog post’s actual topic I would like to say something about my blog posts in general: Many among the readers who have been following me for some time, might already be familiar with many of the Daoist concepts I am writing about. On the other hand, it seems that many things need to be heard at least a „thousand times“ before one can actually listen to them for the first time. You might have experienced this yourself, but it is also an important insight for one’s own teaching.
Read moreWing Chun YouTube #23: Opening
Opening: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #23 Double Fak Sau 詠春拳的雙拂手

Wing Chun YouTube #20: Moving in between
Moving in between: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #20 Palms to the front

Wing Chun YouTube #19: Subtle Integration
Subtle integration: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #19 Palms to the rear

Wing Chun YouTube #18: Relativity
Relativity: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #18 Palms to the sides

Wing Chun YouTube #18: Wakening up 抱一
Wakening up 抱一: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #18 Palms to the sides

Wing Chun YouTube #18: A straight line is not a straight line.
A straight line is not a straight line: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #18 Palms to the sides

Wing Chun YouTube #15: Pulse of life within
Pulse of life within: Steve Cook and Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #15 Fok Sau – the crouching and hiding hand 詠春拳的伏手

Wing Chun YouTube #15: Complex patterns of gestures
Complex patterns of gestures: Steve Cook and Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #15 Fok Sau – the crouching and hiding hand 詠春拳的伏手

Physical education #02
Physical education #01
Wing Chun YouTube #12: Embodiment | building bridges 尋橋
Embodiment | building bridges 尋橋: Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #12 Jum Sau – the sinking hand 詠春拳的沉手 https://youtu.be/Jn0GV8jRQpI

Wing Chun YouTubes – general #01: Body and mind 自化
Body and mind 自化: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – Wing Chun YouTubes internal aspects – general 道家內功#01

Wing Chun YouTube #00: Interview about internal aspects of Wing Chun
Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – interview – YouTube #00 Internal aspects of the Wing Chun forms 關於詠春拳的內功基礎

Wing Chun YouTube #03: No will | lifting | it 自化
No will | lifting | it 自化: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #03 Lifting the arms

Wing Chun YouTube #08: Coming together | scattering 聚散
Coming together | scattering 聚散: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #08 From fist to palm – 詠春拳的日子沖拳成攤手

Wing Chun YouTube #04: Withdrawing | connecting
Wing Chun YouTube #06: Extending opening linking 一
Wing Chun YouTube #05: Spiraling movements | waves | pulsing
Spiraling movements | waves | pulsing: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #05 Crossed hands downwards – 詠春拳的下交叉耕手

Wing Chun YouTube #04: The grounding hand 根
The grounding hand 根: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #04 Withdrawing the fists 詠春拳的收拳

Wing Chun YouTube #03: Movement | tranquility – tension | relaxation 動靜 剛柔
Movement | tranquility – tension | relaxation 動靜 剛柔: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #03 Lifting two arms

Wing Chun YouTube #02: Initiation 自然 一
Initiation 自然 一: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #02 Initiating arm lifting

Wing Chun YouTube #06: Repetitions 反
Repetitions 反: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #6 Crossed hands upwards – 詠春拳的上交叉攤手

Wing Chun YouTube #16: Wind – unfolding 自化
Wind – unfolding 自化: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #16 Pak Sau – the patting/clapping hand 詠春拳的拍手

Wing Chun YouTube #17: The strength of no ego 損
The strength of no ego 損: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #17 Forward moving palm 詠春拳的正掌

Wing Chun YouTube #17: Continuity – continuum 常
Continuity – continuum 常: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #17 Forward moving palm 詠春拳的正掌

Wing Chun YouTube #11: Not cutting off 不割
Not cutting off 不割: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #11 Kao Sau – the cutting hand 詠春拳的割手

Wing Chun YouTube #9: No isolation 和
No isolation 和: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #9 Huen Sau – the circling hand – 詠春拳的圈手

Wing Chun YouTube #10: Opening up space for offering and receiving 攤的意義
Opening up space for offering and receiving 攤的意義: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #10 Slow low Tan Sau – the slow low displaying hand 詠春拳的慢低攤手

Wing Chun YouTube #8: Condensing and dispersing 聚散
Condensing and dispersing 聚散: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #8 From fist to palm – 詠春拳的日子沖拳成攤手

Wing Chun YouTube #7: Reconnecting with the source 連泉
Reconnecting with the source 連泉: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #7 The fist in Wing Chun – 詠春拳的日子沖拳

Wing Chun YouTube #22: Connected distance 攔字
Connected distance 攔字: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #22 Lan Sau – the barring hand 詠春拳的攔手

Wing Chun YouTube #14: Female and male energies 護字第二
Female & male energies 雌雄,護字第二: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #14 Wu Sau – the guarding hand 詠春拳的護手

Wing Chun YouTube #14: Guarding 護字
Guarding 護字: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #14 Wu Sau – the guarding hand 詠春拳的護手

Wing Chun YouTube #13: Networks | cycles | constellations
Networks | cycles | constellations: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #13, another circling hand, Wing Chun’s Huen Sau 詠春拳的圈手

Wing Chun YouTube #21: Non-pulling pulling and non-action 拉的無為
Non-pulling pulling and non-action: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #21 Lap Sau 詠春拳的拉手

Wing Chun YouTube #21: Inner and outer spirals
Inner and outer spirals: Steve Cook & Ansgar Gerstner – YouTube #21 Lap Sau 詠春拳的拉手

„The Healing Aspects of Wing Chun“ – paper published in the Journal of Martial Arts Research

Now there is also an updated English translation of „The Healing Aspects of Wing Chun – An initial discussion of the Siu Nim Tau, the first form of Wing Chun“, a paper that was originally published in German. From this page of the Journal of Martial Arts Research (JOMAR) you can now download the German as well as the English version of this paper: https://ojs.uni-bayreuth.de/index.php/jomar/article/view/133
The origin of Wing Chun 關於詠春拳的起源 – Why a Buddhist nun?
There exist many versions about the origin of the martial art Wing Chun. And it is not always easy to tell which story or what part of which story is correct. Yip Man’s (葉問師公) story of Wing Chun’s origin was an important one to me, because I was a student in his lineage. It puzzled me for a long time.

Breaking up movements within the forms
The movements you can already see in the first videos and the ones you will be seeing in the coming videos of this series about the internal aspects of the first three Wing Chun forms on my YouTube channel, are not the complete movements from the Siu Nim Tau (小念頭). I take movements from the different sections of the Siu Nim Tau and break them up into tiny bits. This way it is much easier to see how you can take a step by step approach to come to grips with the internal aspects of the Siu Nim Tau.
After you feel that you got a better grasp of the overall connectedness within one of those bits, you do the whole section of the Siu Nim Tau it belongs to. Then you observe whether you can import the feeling that you have just developed within a mini movement into a more complex set of movements. It is a back and forth between these bits and the whole section, or even the complete form. The Siu Nim Tau is way too complex to get something meaningful out of it by only repeating it as a whole over and over again.
Eternal spring? 永春?

I will soon start a video series on the internal aspects of the first three Wing Chun forms (Siu Nim Tau, Chum Kiu, Biu Jee – 詠春拳的小念頭、尋橋與標指). It will be published on YouTube. Here you find the link to an introductory conversation between Steve Cook, San Diego, and me about the background of my approach: https://youtu.be/u585HnACyTk
Ewiger Frühling? 永春?

Ich starte bald mit einer englischsprachigen Videoserie auf YouTube über die inneren Aspekte der ersten drei Wing-Chun-Formen (Siu Nim Tau, Chum Kiu, Biu Jee – 詠春拳的小念頭、尋橋與標指). Hier ist der Link zu einem Gespräch zwischen Steve Cook, San Diego, und mir, das die Hintergründe meiner Herangehensweise ein wenig beleuchtet: https://youtu.be/u585HnACyTk (Gespräch auf Englisch)
内功与《老子》里「损」的观念
「为道日损。损之又损。以至于无为。」(《老子》第48章)
在上篇文章中我提到《老子》里有关内功动作与「自然」的观念。然而跟、观察及顺应其自然的动作却是听而容易,做而难。实际上放弃有意识地控制动作、听任动作、或多或少的观察及信任存于体内的动作知识是件困难的事。
內功與《老子》裡「損」的觀念
「為道日損。損之又損。以至於無為。」(《老子》第48章)
在上篇文章中我提到《老子》裡有關內功動作與「自然」的觀念。然而跟、觀察及順應其自然的動作卻是聽而容易,做而難。實際上放棄有意識地控制動作、聽任動作、或多或少的觀察及信任存於體內的動作知識是件困難的事。