Category: Blog English
My focus in practicing and teaching 詠春拳 Wing Chun, the 少林易筋經 Shaolin tendon method, the 陰陽五行功 Yin Yang and the Five Phases method as well as a 導引功 Taoyin method is clearly on the internal aspects of all of these practices.
Such an internal approach to movement traditions based on Taoist philosophy and spirituality cannot only enrich a movement practice, but it can also more generally support deeper transformation processes. With the material I present here, particularly with the text photo pieces on this blog, I want to offer additional inspiration to reflect on Taoist thought — a Tao Te Ching (Lao-tzu / Daodejing / Laozi) commentary in image-texts. With this, I want to contribute to a wider conversation.
sensing patterns absorbing knowledge
context 8
context 7
context 6
context 5
context 4
context 3
context 2
context 1
individuality
branching
reversing withdrawal contractions shackling
bodywork
transformative. text. context.
looking
rock
crossing
rocking
going backward
going forward
standing tall
being
relativity dimensions
techniques
letting it be
elders. teachers.
liveliness
forms
observers participants
eternal. moments.
stillness
the spirit of the valley
the way
standing alone
background foreground
up and down
natural texts
forgotten connections
embedding
ancient healing methods. physical emotional mental individual social environmental spiritual.
kindness. transforming.
natural drawings
focusing
admissions
images. transformations.
habits. transforming.
segments. learning.
teachers no masters
unconnected connected
my teachers the trees
corresponding across dimensions
liberating the spine
movement practices reflecting
perpetual motion the stream of life
no overreliance on intellectual weaknesses
independent. interdependency.
centeredness. multiplied.
cells. walls.
deconstructing walls. redesigning.
receiving. nourishment. nourishing life.
multidimensional extensions
the pragmatic side of basic research
concrete abstract
moving below the surface
lineages
blending
in the stream of time. consciousness.
environmental social mind body. web.
up and down. flow.
integrative individualism. individual integration.
reflecting me
simultaneous ancient permanence
design without designer
reviving. buried paths. junctions.
opening connecting capabilities
celebrating connection. with every breath.
taking a path
feeling by connecting
time and time again