ZillaBilla

Hello all,

I have been doing Tai Chi for several years and would like to study some Xing Yi. Can anyone recommend a good school/teacher in London?

Cheers.

chris davis 200

probably the best guy in London would be Paul Whitrod. not sure he still teaches Xing Yi but he is extremely skilled.

Tel:020 8471 7130 / 07702 594 398

Another guy would be Arvo Tucker

http://www.palmchange.com/V3/hampshire.php

or if you wanna travel .... me!

Gloucestershire based.

Regards
Chris

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"Be alert. Be alive in the moment. Don’t imagine anyone who comes and asks you to ‘push’ or ‘spar’ will keep to a format, or even stay barehanded" my ba gua teacher !!

ZillaBilla

Thanks Chris, will think about it.

chris davis 200

Shifu Paul Whitrod is the guy to learn from if you can - he is very good - he is held in very high regard by my teacher Alex kozma

hope you find someone.

cheers
Chris

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"Be alert. Be alive in the moment. Don’t imagine anyone who comes and asks you to ‘push’ or ‘spar’ will keep to a format, or even stay barehanded" my ba gua teacher !!

ZillaBilla

Hi Chris,

I got in touch with Paul Whitrod, he still teaches Xing Yi, though his classes are only an hour long, twice a week, seems a bit short to me, though I guess home training is the core of practice anyway.

I also got this link from a friend on another forum:

http://www.geocities.com/alex_bagua/Baguaquan.html

I figure that the classes mentioned are no longer happening though, as I think you would have recommended them. Plus, I got some VCD's from your teacher not too long ago, I think he said he was teaching in Hong Kong or something like that. The VCD's were definitely good though, that’s what initially stirred my interest in Xing Yi. In the Tai Chi that I do/did (www.namwahpai.com) our training methods incorporate a lot of similar ideas that Alex was showing on the VCD's, ours is more linear, and striking oriented than most that I’ve seen n the UK.

It would be good if you's did a residential study program for Xing Yi, like the one you's do for 'Spectacles Cheng Ba Gua'. I think I would definitely give that a shot, don’t really have enough space to do Ba Gua circles at my place, have enough difficulty bumping in to walls with my Tai Chi.

But if you's do get around to doing a similar program for Xing Yi please let me know, or if its possible to arrange something else, I would be quite interested.

Thanks again..

chris davis 200

ZillaBilla,

Yeh alex is in Hong Kong at the moment teaching Internal Arts at a Muay Thai school there.

I think those two classes with Paul Whitrod would definately be worth your time. He is a very skilled martial artist.

If you even pick up one thing in each lesson and just practice that untill you see him next then you should do well. He may also do private lessons.

One key thing about Xing Yi is that you train detail alot, you make every movement full of power, so training the little details you get in each class is very important.

a residential course may be something that i will do in the future. Keep an eye on www.ukbaguainstitute.com it will be changing quite alot over the next few weeks.

happy training.

Chris

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"Be alert. Be alive in the moment. Don’t imagine anyone who comes and asks you to ‘push’ or ‘spar’ will keep to a format, or even stay barehanded" my ba gua teacher !!

ZillaBilla

Thanks again Chris.

Cheers.

chris davis 200

Zillabilla,

Just to keep you updated.

Alex will be back in london as of next week. He will be teaching Xing Yi.

Cheers
chris

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"Be alert. Be alive in the moment. Don’t imagine anyone who comes and asks you to ‘push’ or ‘spar’ will keep to a format, or even stay barehanded" my ba gua teacher !!

ZillaBilla

Thanks Chris,

Though, I think my Xing Yi attempts will have to be put on hold for a while, too much work to do at the moment, though will definatelly give it a shot if I can find some free time.

Cheers.