wudang kung fu- nei jia- doc

part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i389fw9JKSY

part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boK4OP_-Pfg

part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=XnA-7amndlw&feature=endscreen

part 4

power of chinese boxingsouthern
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Rf2YGc7C3CQ

secret of the warriors power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xWnHxbt0Qw

wudang-movie


hard boiled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4PpJya8R8Q

shaolin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8qVNrnYcLM

Two Taoist virtues :Letting things take their natural course and being detached from all worldly strife

inner clarity and fortitude.
-The ultimate objective of practicing Kung Fu is achieving harmony and merging with nature.

prides deadly fury

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b95vcp0X1Dg

Very important Interview
http://www.emptyflower.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=8854&st=100

Liu Fang Pipa and Guzheng
http://www.philmultic.com/

Zhonghu - On the Prairie 草原上

and other Erhu music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdCTxI4j3-8&playnext=1&list=PLAE6996B7D363746C

 KUng Fu Stretches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH-yqJuNbNw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVOr7M5ZaIo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsxExCvXXQY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD7aOGf_na0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lBJZZc1DJM

The 10th Guild has a New Home and a Rebirth

The 10th Guild has a New Home and a Rebirth and can be found here:
http://bohemianjianghu.blogspot.com/

The Perfected warrior, 2011, ink and watercolor on rice paper; Charles Sabba

In December 2010, I started the 10th Guild blogspot in which I was attempting to document my artistic endeavor to change the anatomy of my brain and enhance the power of my mind. I was attempting to do this by thoroughly utilizing a combination of art and aesthetics, orthodox Chinese martial arts and all of the latest developments in cognitive science (which encompasses neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology). The blog was mainly was a personal documentation of my progress and was sort of a personal notebook in which I could jot down main points while at the same time it was open for the public. My project was originally intended to be a ten year study, mainly because of expert studies on chunking and the development of synapses in the brain (ten years is a significant time period in becoming expert at subjects, like playing chess for example), but I eventually realized that this kind of undertaking would have to be a life time pursuit. The other game changer in my program came from self-examination and my Bagua Quan teacher. I realized that, while I could indeed empower my mind and make my brain much more effective, able and stronger, and in the process change the anatomy of my brain, my motives were very superficial and selfish. I was in pursuit of power. I did not realize this at the time, but I was in pursuit of power and, even though that power I desired was brain/mind power, it was an unhealthy desire just the same. My teacher's teacher, Gong Baozai once stated: "The problem with superficiality is not unique, but has been prevalent in all humankind since time immemorial. The challenge for humanity has always been to place higher value on personal integrity than on selfish reward." "A perspective narrowed by self-centeredness, greed, or arrogance breeds a disposition that demands that one always ends up on top," Gong Baozai taught. "This leaves little opportunity for gestures of genuine sentiment, which allow for the possibility of equal exchange. Without trust, respect, and sincerity placed at the forefront, practice of physical arts has a hard time penetrating to levels necessary to see this."  "A superficial understanding of oneself is like forever lightly brushing the surface of a canvas; sustaining a prolonged inquiry will always, in time, reveal more of a subject matter's inherent color, flavor, and substance."

I had to admit to myself that all I was planning on accomplishing through my neural/cognitive artistic project was in pursuit of selfish reward and power.  It is for this reason that I am slowly dismantling the blog http://the10thguild.blogspot.com/ and starting this blog "Ma Jianghu et Ma Boheme *See below". 

Bagua Quan is not for fighting: while it is indeed a very effective martial art, and its practioners are truly dangerous if attacked unjustly, it is, instead of a path of attaining raw power and deadly fighting techniques, a path of self cultivation and a means to attain a higher intelligence."Martial arts  embodies medicine, mysticism and character; They employ principle above strength, rather than strength above principle." "You must channel the warrior force inward and upward for development of the higher intelligence, in addition to outward and downward. Open the body and release repressed anger and fear, nourish the brain and open the mind. Use the powers one garners to heal one's relationships and seek deeper insight into life. The original temple standard of being a master meant far more than being a proficient fighting technician or healer."

So, you see, while I am ashamed to admit it was the allure of power that propelled me to delve into my brain/mind project and my investigations and research into cognitive and neuroscience, I am pleased to say I came to my senses and discovered those superficial, selfish motives. So, I am after something different now and I will slowly dismantle the 10th Guild blog and re-post the posts that I want to retain here on this blog, then I will continue with what I hope to be a much more significant train of thought and research. First of all, I was after a powerful mind and a strong brain. Bagua Quan helps one develop an unwavering mind based strength. Bagua Quan fosters the development of a higher intelligence. Second, Gong Baozai adamently stated that Bagua Quan could not be "applied" to life because it IS life. I want to apply the spiritual aspects and deeper intelligence of Bagua Quan to my art work, my aesthetic thought and my life as an artist. I have always declared that I adhere to the tenet of living ones life in unison with art. Life must be lived as if it were a work of art. Every day must be a work of genius (more on this in later posts). Don't take this the wrong way, I by no means wish to create something new or break off on some heretical path: I am firmly convinced that the way my teacher transmits his teachings, that is, very traditional and orthodox as his teacher taught him, is the proper way to learn and I declare I will be his loyal student for as long as we both walk the earth and I plan on being a perennial student of Bagua Quan. I simply want the culture treasures of Bagua Quan, that is the intelligence, the awareness, the spirituality, to be applied to my life as a visual artist. I feel this rich and traditional Daoist temple art can indeed enrich my artistic life, give clarity to my artistic voice and aesthetic thought, and keep my motives as an artist pure, unselfish and benevolent (in a rough art market where market place values and concern for sales dominate the art world). Please visit again.

*"Ma Jianghu et ma Boheme!." A Jianghu is an alternate universe of Internal Kung Fu warriors in Chinese mythology and Wuxia movies where honor, integrity and creative force take first priority. I liken it to Shakespeare's quote: "my honor and my life, both grow as one, take honor from me and my life is done." And we can say that our life is art and our art is honor and how we create our art is honorable so, our life and art are one and take honor or art from us and our life is meaningless. Life is given meaning from art. Art is life, it is what makes life meaningful and joyful so we can smile from within. I am smiling from within when I paint and create within my Bohemian Jianghu.

Yin Style Bagua Quan

A brief intro to Bagua Quan and animal influences:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk3WipJCwHQ&feature=player_embedded#!
circle turning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crXYjl1RLcY&list=PL71133DAF134E8DCA&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9cL3EFab0&list=PLEFF90ACDF5A6F3C7&feature=plcp
http://www.shaolin.org/

The Shaolin Monastery

The Ten Shaolin Laws are non-religious, and transcend all cultures and races, i.e. people of any culture and race would agree that they promote values that are worthy and desirable. Laws, in the Shaolin tradition, are not meant to be punitive or restrictive, but as practical means to help followers achieve set aims and objectives; in this case to help them attain the best possible results in practising Shaolin Kungfu for combat efficiency, joyful living, mind expansion, and spiritual fulfilment.
There is no legal binding on the Ten Shaolin Laws; one cannot be prosecuted in a law court if he breaks these laws. The binding is moral. But they are not forced upon the follower; the follower accepts them because he chooses to, because he believes they are helpful to him in his physical, emotional, mental and spiritual cultivation. If he breaks the laws, despite sufficient warnings, he may be asked to leave the Shaolin training, not as a punishment, but because the training is not suitable for him.

The Ten Shaolin Laws

1. Required to respect the master, honour the Moral Way and love fellow disciples as brothers and sisters.
2. Required to train the Shaolin arts diligently, and as a pre-requisite, to be physically and mentally healthy.
3. Required to be filial to parents, be respectful to the elderly, and protective of the young.
4. Required to uphold righteousness, and to be both wise and courageous.
5. Forbidden to be ungrateful and unscrupulous, ignoring the Laws of man and heaven.
6. Forbidden to rape, molest, do evil, steal, rob, abduct or cheat.
7. Forbidden to associate with wicked people; forbidden to do any sorts of wickedness.
8. Forbidden to abuse power, be it official or physical; forbidden to oppress the good and bully the kind.
9. Obliged to be humane, compassionate and spread love, and to realize everlasting peace and happiness for all people.
10. Obliged to be chivalrous and generous, to nurture talents and pass on the Shaolin arts to deserving disciples.

Conoscere l'arte per difendersi meglio

Conoscere l'arte per difendersi meglio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRFavOP2W_8

Caeavaggio spiegato da Dario Fo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoYDkvJqCBo&feature=related

The Power of Art caravaggio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUeGRGLGXFY&feature=related

Vittorio Sgarbi Caravaggio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwz5PQ_d3YY&feature=related

Rinascimento: Roma cinque secoli fa= Ulisse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0uMO0g2ViM&feature=related

La Grande Firenze dei Medici
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifal9IN2yUE&feature=related

Achille  Bonito Oliva and Vittorio Sgarbi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOfNe6NUzaE

Giuseppe Conte e Stefano Zecchi

***Art is the nutrition that humanity needs, not only for perfecting the essence of life and for strengthening what is essential in life, but for its survival and its development of a new and true humanism***

Giuseppe Conte ha creato gli dei, ha ri-creato gli esseri umani, ma poi ha guardato oltre tale realita' e di questa entita' metafisica, in maniera forse confusa, ma certo suggestiva, ha elaborato trepide e sapide interpretazioni. Dai tempi delle caverne, da quarantamila anni, attraverso la civilta' classica, fino alle molteplici suggestioni odierne, il mito, "il canto che continua qui dentro l'universo", ha nutrito gli uomini, continuamente ancora oggi lo ricercano, per alimentare i propri sogni e ancorarvi la propria identita'.
http://www.giuseppepuppo.it/conte.html

http://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/1847/thesis.pdf?sequence=1

http://www.cesil.com/1198/itsoli11.htm

Capaire l'Arte
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HLz5aPtN7c

Arthur Danto on Art

Artjur Danto on art
http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/2010/03/04/episode-16-danto-on-art/

Nelson Goodman on art as epistemology
http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/2010/10/31/episode-28-nelson-goodman-on-art-as-epistemology/

Barbara Bolt on art and Heidegger
http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/2011/02/15/barbara-bolt-on-art-heidegger/