Baguaquan

20200114 Thoughts about fascia from class and other materials

The fascia is part of the JIN system as you can read also at Interview with master He Jing-han on Bagua quan post from 2011.
“We try to develop so called Jing and we call it the Jing system. It consists of muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia. Thanks to this system we can connect each individual joints. When the tendons are short this connection is not possible. This means that we use muscles by stretching them.”

Lecture about fascia and its training, stretch the joint to train them and …

Watching a video and discussing it
About fascia, and why does internal style practice fascia?

There is quite a few material available on the internet, here are some examples, chosen just as personal preference
TCM meridians and fascia: what do they have to do with the internal arts?

THE SECRET OF FASCIA IN MARTIAL ARTS

Tai Chi, Fascia & Biotensegrity

Winding and Fascia Changes
This might be partly familiar from the classes as well
…. “Winding is a method by which we put a pressure on the body tissues via specialised stretching and rotation that will result in quantifiable change.
Placing the right demand on the tissue is extremely important as our body begins to adapt.”

How Tai Chi Targets Fascia and Connective Tissues

Tai Chi, Fascia and Whole-Body Movement

One simple google search in the topic

Just about Fascia, among many books maybe worth to see this one
Fascial Fitness by Robert Schleip (Author), Johanna Bayer (Author)


HeJingHan BaguaQuan, Baguazhang Teaching Taipei.
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[中華武育學會] 推敲太極拳/八卦盤龍
Instructor: https://www.facebook.com/hejinghan
Email us: baguaquan.hun@gmail.com
some materials could be added from HeJingHan book:
Bagua Quan Foundation Training
ISBN 978-1848190153

Class Location

No. 50, Lane 65, Xingyi St, Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 330
Class Schedule for Baqua quan application
Every Saturday 14:30
Class Schedule for Tai chi quan
Every Saturday