The adage “Mu Jing Xin Ji (目睛心及),” which means “See it with your eyes and feel it with your heart,” is an expression often used in Chinese art and calligraphy. In my view, this idea can certainly be applied to martial arts. The literal English translation of “Xin” (心) is “Heart,” which in Western medical…
Eagle Claw is one of the oldest and most famous Chinese martial arts systems of Northern China. Please give us an account of the system’s origins and background. The Eagle Claw system is a Northern Chinese martial arts style. It originated during the Song Dynasty (宋代 960-1279) and was made famous by General Yue Fei…
Zheng Manqing (鄭曼青, 1902–1975), also written as Cheng Man-ch’ing, was born in 1902 in Yongjia (present-day Wenzhou) in Zhejiang Province, China. Known as the Master of Five Excellences, he was highly accomplished in Calligraphy, Poetry, the Chinese Classics, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Tai Chi Chuan (Taiji Quan). A college professor, he became known to his Tai Chi students as Professor…
The posts on this Blog reflect the knowledge I have received from my teachers, and the volumes of information I have accumulated while doing research and conducting interviews with many masters, during the years of publishing the Wu Gong Journal and the Journal of Chinese Martial Arts. All the material published on this Blog is copyrighted. — Nick Scrima
