Thanks to Ivan from Ukraine, through struggle, finally we can put this full version of Baduanjin on RU-vid at the channel of Wudang Taoist Wellness Academy.I wish it benefit to your health!
Thanks for a very clear demonstration 😀 Always nice to see variations of the Silk brocades. It helps in once own training to realize that movements can be done in variations. Looking forward to meet you soon.
Master Gu, i would like to thank you for sharing your knowledge here. Through your many interesting videos (and also George's videos) i have come to find peace when viewing them. I have been silently watching, learning from and admiring your work. I have also finally found my spiritual self in Taoïsm, so i cannot thank you enough for what you do. Know that your teachings have reached all the way to a small western country, called Belgium. I hope to save up enough to one day come to you, so i may learn from you in person. Then perhaps i can share your teachings here in Belgium :-) My sincerest regards, Yves
Thanks Master Gu! I wish I could come spend a few months with you but my work makes long term leave difficult. Hopefully at some point I'll make it out!
Very interesting video, to learn what the different movements do. I really like your calm teaching approach, having found you via George Thompson's videos. Just a general question (I hope it isn't a stupid one).I have been practising a Shaolin version of Ba Duan Jin for some years now. I could certainly recognise a lot of this in your form here, but it also varies a fair bit too (lower stances, some extra movements here and there). Is this just a case of different styles of this form being practised in different locations around China? Thank you for the video.
Interesting version. Like more of a light warmup type of version of it. It'd be more marketable to western audience done this way. Then again one could easily lack the understanding of true Qigong if they don't grasp the internal concepts more clearly demonstrated in other versions of it.
So you have a better source than a genuine respected master that actually resides and work in Wudang? I have trained with him in Wudang and I have a hard time imagine a more Wudang genuine source.
Kosmic Light. If you believe that, why are you here on the internet looking at someone performing them? How does that make any sense? Enjoy your own practice, let others enjoy theirs.
Correct - but it is a variant of the kind exported to the west, with much worse form. The Shaolin form some are mentioning in comments is closer to correct. There's an additional movement set which you'll find on occasion from Taiwan which I have seen a number of Chen family students practicing which is close to perfect, except their stances sometimes become too external heavy because of their great level of fitness and flexibility. As a basic sequence, it's sufficient to hit a couple of these different movements but it won't be quite authentic. How seriously you take that will depend on if you're a student of Gu (grandma in the park) or looking for a strict performance. Shi Heng Yi has a good form if you want to look it up.
