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6 HARMONIES & 8 METHODS

(LUI HA BA FA)

1. Tai Chi Ruler

Understanding that the Tai Chi Ruler has its long history in Wah Shan over 1,000 years in China, I have great interest in exploring its use related to Kung Fu.

Though years of research and study, I conclude the discovery with the following statements.

1. The essence of Tai Chi Ruler is on the purpose of how it helps generate Qi.

2. I name the Tai Chi Ruler, a Qi catalyst. The Qi relates to Taoist Qi Gong.

3. Movements of Tai Chi Ruler follow the principle of Taoist Qi Gong. The Qi cycles round the body.

4. The purpose is for acquiring Qi, rather than for fitness training. So the movements of Tai Chi Ruler have no relationship with those of Fit Ball, or weight lifting.

5. I design a Ziboce Tai Chi Ruler based on the characteristics of the flow of Qi. The flow relates to weight transfer, momentum, acceleration, speed, mass, resistance, impact, resonance, reactance, vertex, pulsation, regulations, potentials, etc.

6. Dynamics of the Qi generated stimulates the internal organs to react.

7. Movements of Tai Chi Ruler involve body stretching & swinging, breathing, and mindedness.

Peter Ziboce August 13, 2005

2. Water Boxing

Question:

Hi, I watched your video clip of the 6 Harmonies & 8 Methods of Water Boxing on YouTube. I was wondering if you have made a video of this form?

I also wanted to ask you what style water Boxing you practice. I read an article that said there are many different schools of Liu He Ba Fa. There are schools in Guangxi, Sichuan, Shanxi, Guangdong and Shanghai. The article said the movements of their styles are quite similar, the only difference lies in the height of the postures - high stance or low stance.
Is your style high or low stance?
What school is it from?
Many thanks for your help!

Ziboce:

Thanks for viewing.
For your question of places, Wu Yik Hui's origin was Shanghai. Leung Tsz Pang learnt from him in Shanghai and taught us in Hong Kong.

At present, you can see second, third, fourth generation. Other inputs are inevitable due to development.
In my understanding, high/ low stances do not matter. It is the core value and character of LHBF, not shapes and forms.
For example, water - flexibility, fluidity, compressive, expansion.
resistance, tides, waves, vortex, potential height, weight, momentum, impacts, rhythms, etc.

However, these are only materialized things. How we appreciate LHBF, is on the Mindedness, ie. perception, predictions,
counter-balancing, etc. These builds on a concept of Yi Quan (Zhan Zhang).

My generation tree is http://www.geocities.com/zibocekungfub/6hop1n

My style relates to my understanding of various types of kung fu, and streams of LHBF. But at the moment, I only teach in person and have no plan to release the full set in video form.

My form with applications is mainly inspired from
1, Wu Yik Hui -Leung Tsz Pang - Sun Di - Ho Ka Hing
2, Wu Yik Hui -Leung Tsz Pang - Fa Pak Shing
3, Wu Yik Hui - Ho Yu Tin - Tsui Kun Chow

However, my sifu who has made a home video documentary of LHBF, which has not yet been released to public.
Sifu Ho Ka Hing belongs to stream Leung Tsz Pang- Sun Di
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wW1ZPKOr2wI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1RXJMx-wTOw

Peter Ziboce March 22, 2007

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