Day: 20 April 2017

Open to All Practitioners

This will be a fun Saturday afternoon workshop to learn something new, challenge your motor skills and brain cells along with lots of laughs guaranteed. (And yes – food afterwards!)

I have adopted this ancient routine to make it work for all styles and levels and I cannot wait to share it with you. This workshop is open to everyone even if they are not a student of WELBY Holistic Healing as long as they are interested to learn something different.

If you knew any person who may want to learn this versatile routine regardless of their training backgrounds, please encourage them to join and we are more than happy to assist modifying the routine and to suit the person’s style.

Workshop

Introduction to Fan as a martial arts weapon; basic skills and techniques specific to the fan including strikes, thrusts, slash, chops, sweeps and flowering; integration of those basic skills into an elementary fan routine that can be adapted into kungfu, taichi and even a dance routine including a demonstration.

Elementary Fan routine is a blueprint form that is based on an ancient Shaolin Temple form with Huaquan (Flower Fist System) elements.

Contrary to Western concepts, Chinese fan is considered a scholar weapon primarily used by men and signify the balance of yin and yang. The folded fan could be easily carried and concealed as a weapon; hence a martial artist with a fan in his/ her hand at a social function could be at one moment be the elegant scholar, and in the next, a deadly fighter.

Nowadays fan is widely used by both male and female practitioners to balance and compliment the yin and yang qualities of energy (Qi).

Suitable for kungfu, taichi practitioners, martial artists from all styles and dancers of all levels.

Beginners and Advanced Students welcome!

Chinese Fan is a specific item and cannot be substituted with normal folding fan, if you are unsure or have not seen Chinese fan before, please inquire during your class.

*Chinese fans need to be ordered in advance, please advise as soon as possible if you intend to do the workshop or just would like to buy one for daily use.

According to the ancient I-Ching (易經) or the Classic of Changes, in autumn yang qi (energy) diminishes as the yin qi rises, the weather cools down and the temperature difference between day and night increases drastically, we are prone to getting unwell especially people with history of bronchitis, asthma, gastrointestinal tract issues.

Autumn is all about prevention.

Autumn’s element is metal which is corresponding to our lung functions in five elements theory therefore I-Ching suggests us to look after our lung during autumn in order to prevent more severe illness during winter.

Things you can try include:

1) Keeping your abdomen warm (15 minutes) with heat pack/ hot water bottle nightly before sleep

2) Keep yourself hydrated by drinking warm water (for a glass of water, mix 1/3 boiling water with 2/3 room temperature water)

3) The 4:6 breathing exercise combined with chest percussion technique we learned in class

4) Qigong movements e.g. Shibashi #1 Movement No. 2 Expanding the Chest, BaDuanJin Movement No. 2 Shooting the Eagle, Dawu Movement No. 1 Head Lifting Posture

5) Ping Shuai Gong* 易經甩手功第一式：平甩功 (Arm Swinging Qigong) – Please do minimal of 10 cycles and repeat 5 to 6 times a day, each time will only take you one to two minutes.

6) 13 Meridian Workout

In my experience the most effective ones are #2, 5 and 6, they are simple yet effective especially #5.

As my sifu (master/ teacher/ mentor) said – do not underestimate the most basic routines, they are basic routines for a reason and foundation, foundation, foundation.

* We have only done move #1 from and we will slowly introduce the rest of the seven in due time as we progress.