287. Baguazhang Taoist Cultivation – The urban path (10): What is Yi 意?

For those of you too impatient to listen to my #baguazhang #八卦掌 podcast, yi 意 is your will or intention. That’s it. For the rest of you, I finally delve deeper into the mystical side of baguazhang. This is a stage of Taoist cultivation that’s rarely openly discussed because it’s usually a very private and/or personal journey that a practitioner has to confront alone. I have also added a special message to Frank regarding Bruce. And while I normally don’t get involved in other people’s issues, this one involves Baguazhang directly, so that makes it an ongoing concern for me. Not the issue itself, but rather as part of cultivating their Tao 道…

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Here you will learn that there is more to the Taoist internal martial art of baguazhang than just self defence, becoming a fighter, Kung Fu master or retiring to a monastery. The Tao leads some to become a martial arts boss in search of their true spiritual identity. Perhaps by listening in, you too could discover your own guided path up the mountain. This is one man's internal martial arts journey to Bagua Shan 八卦山.