This is not a diatribe against modern society or the West, this is a Call for you to become something Greater. I invite you to be one of the few who finds renewed strength in the living art of Bagua.įrankly, it’s concerning to me how many people accept mediocrity into their lives without question, but you need not be one of these people. Or will you take Action? Seek Truth? And Re-discover Vitality? Must you accept body aches, pains, and stress as inevitable? I must ask… Are we to forgo health, strength and peace of mind in the name of progress?Īre we to be resigned to ill-health, pain, worry and anxiety? As a society, we have accomplished incredible feats in the name of technology and production.īut as we collectively ‘hunch’ over computers for long periods of time… Sit under artificial lights… Worry over deadlines… Stress about the family… And over-stimulate our nervous systems with coffee and unnatural foods… No man can argue that we’ve seen some incredible advancements in modern times. The world needs Bagua, now more than ever. The lineage of this program was passed down over thousands of years from Master to student in China, where I learned it from Master Liu Hung Chieh.Īs an American kid from New York, I know his decision to take me on as a student was not an easy one – but I believe his decision to be prophetic. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.Welcome to the re-release of the Bagua Mastery Program, the most comprehensive learning guide ever created for Bagua. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. By the performance of enchantment I mean the technical components that make up silat, the embodied skills that underlie silat, skills that when honed to perfection over years of practice may give the bearer the appearance of supernatural prowess. Earlier I noted that war magic should be regarded as having cognitive, performative and embodied aspects. 1 Together these components make up the performance factor of the performance of enchantment. The essential components of Malay silat, including its art and aesthetics, strategy, tactics, kinesthetics, training methods, stance, footwork, dance, patterns, weaponry, and rehearsed combat scenarios are reviewed. This chapter provides an abstract, general, anatomical impression of Malay silat as I work towards a concrete view of Seni Silat Haqq Melayu.

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