Great River Taoist Center

China's Manchu Archery
is the latest GRTC Video produced by senior student Greg Wolfson, featuring Center Director Scott M. Rodell. Many of the same principles and body mechanics used in taijiquan are employed by Manchu archery. For those interested in this art, there is a GRTC Archery group that meets Sundays in Virginia. Beginners are welcome but required to have their own arrows and thumb ring. Contact Rodell Laoshi at 703-846-8222 for more information.

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


China's Manchu Archery
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A fun short I put together on shooting traditional Chinese Manchu archery. Thanks to my martial arts teacher, Scott M. Rodell, for his kind help on this proj...

Come out & Support your classmates playing in the

Full Contact
Chinese Swordplay
Tournament
This Saturday
January 28th at Noon
in Chantilly, Virginia at the Northern Virginia Sportsplex (http://www.northernvirginiasportsplex.com/).

Then on Sunday (1/29) we’ll have our annual
Push Hands Open Practice for all levels.
at the DC Center, starting at 10, followed by pizza & Kungfu Movies.


http://www.northernvirginiasportsplex.com/
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Taiji Spear is the last part of the system that a serious student learns. The reason for this is, the heavier the weapon, the softer the student needs to be to handle it properly. So few students make it to spear training. This video of Baji Spear play is very typical of of the way the long, pike like spear is used, including in our Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan system (???????).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=F5ksPwIEdEI



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