From Week Five on Sensei Bryce’s Shaolin experience in the Kunyu Mountains of China
Anyways, what I was going to say is that I’ve begun to learn the palm channelings for the circle walks. The palm channels are poses that supposedly help to channel and center the yin and yang energies needed for particular techniques. In this case, one arm provides and controls the yin, and the other handles the yang. I’ve progressed up through the 5th channel, and my understanding is that there are… 8 of them? I’m not entirely sure.
Master Qu (pronounced Chew), is an incredible teacher. Looking at him in his streets you would never think him to be a master martial artist and renowned street fighter. He’s short, even by Chinese standards, and is rather wiry for his height. He wears big circular glasses when he’s not teaching, and his hair is kept short.
His teaching style is… interesting. If you mess up while he’s working with you, one of three things will happen: A) He’ll move your limbs into place and then try to explain in broken English what is you should be doing. B) Shake his head and yell at one of the other more experience students to help you. C) Kick you in the back of the legs while yelling.
Overall, it’s a great experience. From what I’ve seen, we’ve (we being the Mantis/Bagua group)got the toughest master. Harder workouts than most of the other teams, and his power stretching is brutality incarnate.
So, dudes, connect me to your worlds too! I’m missing a lot that’s going on back home. Fill me in! What are you guys doing? How are you doing it? Why? When? How? I look forward to hearing from ya’ll.
Stay happy. Stay safe
~Bryce
Videos of Master Baqua Instructor Qu PeiWen
Sensei Bryce’s latest blog on his training regiment:
So I heard through the magic of long range communications technology that some of my students are worried that they won’t be able to keep up with me upon my return to the western world. So, to help ease some of your fears (or possibly make them worse XD), here is what my easiest day of training looks like during the week. See if you can keep up! You only get to rest if there is a space between the exercises.
