For anyone who is interested in the old ways of doing WCK.
Technically, according to the TCMA Nei Gong practice, there is no different between race and nationality. It is a human technology.
The following are some general basic for the practice.
A, lower abs breathing is evoked naturally,
meaning effortless and let it resonance without any intention. any using of effort to do deep breathing, prolong breathing, shortern breathing, or unnatural forcing is the wrong way.
most people cant do effortless lower abs without proper training and proper breathing structure.
breathing is the bridge between body and mind, thus one needs a proper body structure and a quiet mind to induce a proper deep breathing.
Lower abs breathing is a transformation and not a using to mind to control activity. any using of mind and effort to control is trouble will cause stagnation.
Thus, it is damaging if one control the breath to be a long as the movements…etc. anything doesnt come naturally is problem and must stop the practice immediately.
one time the movement according to the length of the natural breathing, one dont disturb the breathing is the way.
If Ip Man can do it for 1 hours, he might have done it for only 5 mins the first year of his practice. and 10 mins second years based on his body’s transformation. That is the fact of all Neigong practice. Doing what the body cant do it naturally is not proper.
B, one might aware of one’s breathing in still meditation.
however, focusing in breathing is not the natural way of practice when it comes to practicing the long SLT or the WCK’s three sets.
passed down according to Yik Kam of the red boat era;
The full instruction on how to practice the long SLT set or the 3 sets is as the following 4 kuits.
1, Eyes track your hand
2, Hand / movement is in sync with intention
3, Hand / movement begin from the intention
4, it has to be a clear and solid coordination
#3 is the famous WCK kuit ---- hand issue from heart.
Thus,
The way of WCK set “meditation” practice is ----
using the aware/attention/ tracking of mind body coordination to sync and flow with movement, while quiet down the mind.
This is the training process of how to achieve " come accept, goes return… using silence to lead action." quiet down the mind is silence.
C, Since this is not physical exercise or cardio exercise or sport training,
in any practice of Neigong including the sets of WCK, one must not feel strain or sweat alots/too much . that is the wrong way. one must not feel tired after the practice, one needs to feel relax and energetic and mindfull after the practice.
the feeling has to be relax, warm, and light weight. the increase plenty generation of saliva is a key to know one is doing it properly. if the mouth is dry the practice is wrong.
one also dont do this before one go to bed to prevent over energetic body mind which stay alert.
D, never do the sets in a windy place, Wind is like an arrow which can penetrate one’s body, that cause damage and internal injury. only drink cool drink 30 mins after the practice, to prevent temperature shock and stagnation in the internal organs flow.
E, this is an excellent reference on the posture and breathing and fundamental needed for the three sets. it is simple and natural stuffs. the reasoning is complex but the practice is simple and brainless transformation. otherwise, one cant use it spontaneously.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAKI6mH3Ij8&feature=related
if you dont have a sifu to show you what is the Yik Kam’s Kuen Kuit on opening the YJKYM for SLT means.
1,
Collect the Intention/Attention union with the spirit in the Equal Shoulder stance
5,
Collect Qi in Dan Dien, handing the Du Medirian, while the spine is loosely discending.
The above youtube said it petty much. after you watch the clip carefully, re read the kuits and you know.
and there is no rooting but “levitate”. if you do it “rooting” that become Hung gar or White Crane or other Southern art. then later, when you want to do fajing. your practice doesnt fit well and cant work well with the WCK three sets.
so the notion is to gradually condition the body properly accord to the characteristics of the style; the snake engine, the WCK way of fajing will come naturally when one practice the set.
So, again, no secret, all technology. it is simple brainless practice for transformation.
BTW. the utube’s clip’s is the basic of Goulin Qigong . Goulin Qigong is also Emei 12 Zhuang influence so its fundmental applied to WCK practice when it comes to internal kung or nei kung.
