Daoism
Daoist tradition is one of the oldest in the world – its history extends back over five millenniums. The fact that it is extant proves its efficacy and reliability. Nowadays in China a large...
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Response to Carpathian retreat 2013
When planning to go for a retreat in a traditional style, I was a little nervous, because my daily meditations at that moment took less than 2 hours, and one year of practice is...
Personal retreat in China Mountains – 1
Report about personal retreat of students of Zhen Dao Pai in the Tianzhu mountains in the spring of 2011 The idea of having a long-term retreat has been wandering through my mind about for about...
Daoist monk Jia Yong Xiang
In China, in the mountains of Wudang, there is a cave where Daoist Jia Yong Xiang (贾永祥) lives. According to some of the sources, he has been living as a hermit for about 20 years. It...
Knowledge transmission lines in Taijiquan in Zhen Dao Pai
Taijiquan (太極拳), or “Supreme Ultimate Fist “, is a very deep art, which can be used as a system of self-improvement and also as an art of fighting. It is often said that, when...
Three Ways of self Improvement
There are many diverse Daoist schools. Essentially, Three Ways of improvement can be differentiated in general: Lower, Middle, and Great. This classification is very ancient, and was used even by Great Immortal Grandmaster Lu...
Variety of Tai Chi Quan
Tai Chi Quan is one of the most famous styles of Wushu in the world. At the same time, we can say that despite its fame it is still very little studied style of Wushu. How...
The study program of tai chi yang style
The study program of Yang Style Taijiquan in School Zhen Dao Pai is following: study of the basic principles of Yang Style Taijiquan (warming-up with the main principles, inner work, correct breathing, qigong/neigong, etc.) basic movements...
Xingyi Quan
Xingyi Quan (形意拳) is a form of Chinese martial arts. The name is translated as “the fist form and intention (thought).” The “form” implies external movements used in a battle, and Yi (intention, thought)...
