Transformations with Mark V. Wiley

Grandmaster Dan Medina was first introduced to martial arts with a combination of Judo and the Navy Seal Quick-Kill method. In 1978, he was stationed in Baguio in the Philippines and joined the Black Masters Sphinx Karate Clan of the Philippines and discovered the art of Arnis 63 Generals. He also joined Philippine Martial Arts Studio and studied with Shihan Raynaldo Gingco, a Kyokushin and Kuntaw Instructor.

In 1980, Dan became a student of Grandmaster Narrie Babao learning the arts of Arnis Batangas and Kuntao. From 1984 to 86, Medina mastered the Ocho system and Modern Arnis Ernesto Presas Style under the tutelage of Philip Pabalinas. In 1986, Dan Medina moved to Hawaii and became a disciple of Great Grandmaster Braulio T. Pedoy and his son, Batikan Eduardo J. Pedoy. Currently, Dan is the founder of Majapai and Master of Derobio and Rajah (6thDegree Red & White belt), Florida V.P. for Sphinx Karate & Arnis 63 Generals. With a 3rd Degree in Kobudo, Dan has received a Doctorate for his contributions to the Martial Arts, he also holds an honorary Black Belt for his contributions to the art of Kajukembo by Grand Master Sam Allred. From 2001 to present, G.M. Medina has been inducted into the International Karate and Kickboxing Hall of Fame, Eastern USA International Blackbelt Hall of Fame, Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors and World Head of Family Sokeship Council Hall of Fame. In 2014, Grandmaster Dan Medina has been nominated as a Legendary Figure in the Martial Arts by W.H.F.S.C as well as a Nomination to the Masters Hall of Fame.

0:12 Introduction

1:11 Introduction to FMA in 1978 while stationed in the Philippines. Black Masters Sphinx Karate Clan and Arnis 63 Generals, kuntaw, Kyokushin karate, Jimmy Gales. 5

:09 Dan studies Batangas Arnis and Kuntaw under GM Narrie Babao and Sphinx under Manny Deleon.

9:29 Dan stations in Hawaii, GM Snookie Sanchez, becomes a student of GM Braulio Pedoy in Derobio Escrima.

12:31 Dan meets GM Floro Villabrille, Hawaii Karate Congress, Tournament Competition, saves Greg Alland from being jumped.

20:51 Early interest in kung-fu and training in law enforcement methods.

25:15 Dan becomes an in-demand teacher, and his evolution as such

29:54 Teaching FMA through a progression – pass, check, disarm, lock, counter…

35:52 Big demos is not filmed, but Dan is prepared.

39:29 Dan's cross training and how he kept the arts distinct

42:49 The stick is not a blade. The methods are different. You react as you train.

48:46 Components of Derobio Escrima, transitioning from weapon to empty-hands, sharp blade demos.

55:33 Counter locks of GM Faustino Ablin and Braulio Pedoy.

1:00:30 Buy Dan's book, Secret Art of Derobio Escrima, and proceeds go to help Maui, Hawaii through December 2023.

1:02:52 Majapai meaning, Dan's methods of FMA

1:08:43 Turning 70 and what the future holds!

GM Medina's Website - https://rajamartialarts.com/grandmaster-dan-medina/ GM

Medina's Book - https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Art-Derobio-Escrima-Philippines/dp/1943155046/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=secret+art+of+derobio+escrima&qid=1695602524&sr=8-1

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Henry McCann is a licensed acupuncturist and doctor of East Asian (Chinese) Medicine with a private practice in Madison, NJ. He finished a BA and BM at Oberlin College following which he studied at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan as a Fulbright fellow. He then attended the New England School of Acupuncture, after which he completed his doctoral degree at Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, followed by a certificate in Japanese Psychology with the ToDo Institute in Vermont, and coursework at the PhD level through Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine in China. In addition, Dr. McCann is a 12th generation lineage holding disciple of Chen Style Taijiquan, a 3rd generation lineage disciple of Hunyuan Chen Style Taijiquan, and a disciple of a Qigong lineage transmitted by Hu Yaozhen that originated with the Daoist Immortal Chen Tuan.

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0:00 Introduction

0:12 Background

3:54 Interest in Chinese medicine, Okinawan Isshin-ryu Karate, Shimabuku, Don Nagel, Robert Murphy, Mantak Chia, qigong, David Susi, acupuncture, Fullbright Fellow, Living in Okinawa, Takamura Kensho, Arsenio Advincula, New England School of Acupuncture

12:36 Ho past decisions link to future events. Different pathways into Asian practices

17:03 Watering down of martial arts, tai chi and yoga

19:06 Changing of internal arts, Tai Chi and osteoporosis, Parkinson's disease, fall prevention, balance

23:06 Different kinds of Tai Chi and ways people practice Tai Chi as light exercise, moving meditation, fighting art

27:27 Tai Chi as a fighting art, old school training

30:50 Henry's current training and practices. Wang Fenming, Chen Fake, Taiji stick and ruler, neigong, Gin Soon Chu, Yang tai chi, Hun Yuan Tai Chi, Cheng style Bagua,

36:12 Defining terms: Neigong, Qigong, Qinna, Bai Si ritual

46:28 Chinese martial arts family

48:23 Sharing stories about Japan

51:16 Language, Chinatown, Shaw Bros Movies, Isshin-ryu Training, Forms, kata breakdown, forms practice vs application of self-defense movements, sparring, technique repetition

57:34 Henry is attacked and what happens next… pro and amateur competitor vs hobbyist training, train for proper response

1:09:05 Bad Tai Chi training and false assumptions of movement application, how and where Tao Chi fails in training

1:12:44 Different methods of acupuncture, Korean method, Master tung method, Russ Smith, maintaining core principles 1:18:06 Mastering techniques and methods

1:22:05 Dr. Henry McCann's transformation over the decades.

Dr. Heny McCann's Amazon page - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Henry-McCann/author/B00F555YJM?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Dr. McCann's Clinic Website - http://www.newjerseyacupuncture.com/about

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Hendrik Santo is a retired power management semiconductor design architect based in Silicon Valley, California. He has over 40 years research in Wing Chun Kuen, and more than 20 years research in the Six Healing Sounds. He was a student of the Chan Patriarch, the late Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, a student of the late Grandmaster, Cho Hung Choy of the Yik Kam Wing Chun Kuen lineage, and a grand student of Grandmaster Ma Li Tang of the Six Healing Sounds Qigong.

Our discussion focused on the evolution of Wing Chun, from the mid-1800s to the present day, including its role in secret societies, the anti-Qing government rebellions, splitting into two factions (anti- and pro-Qing), Snake-Crane, Yuen Kay San, Gu Lao, Leung Jan, Ip Man, mapping into modern sports science and how to evolve to remain relevant today.

0:00 Introduction

1:49 New perspective in context

0:34 Is Wing Chun in trouble?

3:29 I-Ching, Diamond Sutra, "nothing fixed is always fixed"

5:14 Why traditional martial arts of today don't hold up, Evolution and Evidence

7:20 An incident in Fat San, China, in 2017 with leading kung-fu sifu

10:15 Anti-Qing, Heaven and earth Society, Hung Men, San Francisco Chinese Free Masons, Secret Salutations and Poems, Small Knives Society, Taiping heavenly Kingdom

14:49 San Francisco Free Masons' record of Anti-Qing Gua Pai Salutation

17:38 The real meaning of Wing Chun, Shanghai Small Knives Associations

19:35 Four continuous phases for improvement, Cantonese Opera banned, Qing atrocities, Red Boat replaced by pro-Qing opera group, Fine Jade Association

22:38 Snake-Crane Wing Chun Secret Note, 1850 Siu Lim Tao writing, pro- and anti-Qing Wing Chun, Ip Man's Wig Chun from Leung Jan is Pro-Qing!

25:46 1850s wing Chun from Ming dynasty military, Shaolin Temple, General Qi Ji Guan

28:14 Qi Ji Guan to Shaolin Short Strike, 1850 Wing Chun is a "four limb art"

30:08 Shaolin and Emei, Qi, Momentum handling, 1970 creation of the four wing chun sets

31:32 Shaolin Weng Chun and the wooden dummy coming to Wing Chun

34:11 Principles of 1850 wing chun: low gate, immovable elbow, body weight, footwork, close strategy

38:57 No vertical "sun punch" or Man Sao in 1850 siu lim tao

41:53 Breathing techniques, intra-abdominal breathing, mapping wing chun into sports science, "sink qi to dantian"

51:43 Stop tucking pelvis in Yee Ji Kim Yeung Ma, discussion, and diagrams on proper breathing methods

57:14 Mapping martial arts training, fighting and recovery into modern sports science

1:00:12 Historical teachings of wig chun, 1850 to 1870 to Snake Crane, Yuen Kay San, Gu Lao, Leung Jan, Ip Man

1:05:56 The whole story and situation summarized

1:10:36 Why Hendrik wrote his set of Wing Chun books

1:11:52 Hendrik's transformation toward being "ordinary", questioning Wing Chun and martial arts, and embracing the Buddha's four hearts teaching.

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Hendrik's books: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hendrik+santo&i=stripbooks&crid=2YXHGDBBKHPQX&sprefix=hendrik+santo%2Cstripbooks%2C114&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Shifu Lorne Bernard is an internationally renowned traditional kung-fu master and Canadian Black Belt Hall of Fame inductee, who has dedicated his life to the mastery, preservation, and propagation of authentic traditional Chinese martial arts most especially the Flying Crane branch of Fujian White Crane Kung Fu. He has written three books and runs a successful martial arts supply shop in Laval, Quebec, Canada.

0:00 Introduction

Kai Shanti was introduced to the kundalini shaktipat tradition in 1994 when she was 27 years old. Her kundalini was awakened by a shaktipat master and within a few months she was in full manifestation of the Divine Mother. She has since undergone a series of dramatic awakenings that have prepared her to work with others.

Our discussion focused broadly on her life from early trauma and following the Grateful Dead to becoming an exotic dancer, marrying a rock star, and having an out of body experience before meeting her Kundalini Guru, and the unfolding energy and life that followed.

0:00 Introduction

0:51 The current shift of world consciousness

6:04 Kundalini clearing of trauma emotions and a public service announcement

10:52 Kundalini awakening, relived experiences, false awakenings

11:46 Relatable personal trauma, early life, drug dealing, West Coast hippie scene, modeling, dating rock stars, therapy, Kundalini yoga

21:55 Nashville, Shaktipat, Kundalini Awakening, Divine Mother Kali Ma

23:30 Out of Body experiences, plant medicine, Woodstock LSD

25:26 Kundalini rising

27:40 Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas, Ananda Ma, Baba Muktananda

28:56 Shaktipat kriyas

30:36 Defining the "ultimate state" experience, the Bliss state, removing veils, love, Grace

34:15 Shiva and Kundalini states, Shiva Shakti Divine Love

35:36 Online Shaktipat, Ecstatic grace group sessions with Kai, trance state

38:21 What is channeling, what is the message, surrendering to God, Shiva, Kali, Jesus, Muktananda

41:45 Energetic channeling shift, ego drop, seeing as the Divine

44:10 Individual vs group Shaktipat healing, OOBE Mushroom Experience, All One Consciousness

47:44 Respecting boundaries, money is just a mode of exchange, burn out for nothing

52:00 Feeling and experiencing the energy of a person during a Shakti session

55:52 Playing the harmonium and singing

59:58 Traveling to India in search of a new Guru, God said 'stop it', Shiva said 'Kai is dead'

1:03:40 Future work, website, possible ashram, family matters, help more people

1:09:05 Moving on from the Guru's nest, love is there, clarity at death

1:12:19 Youtube, Mooji, affecting lives

1:13:41 closing comments

More Information: www.KaiShanti.com

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Dr. Luke Jih is a Daoist priest, philosopher, master of tai chi and qigong, meditation teacher, and professor of Chinese culture and inter-religious dialogue. Ini this episode we discussed broadly and also deeply on the topics of nature's energy, multiverse, conversion points, sacred writing Dao De Jing, Tibetan Book of the Dead, God's real, Lineage of masters, polytheism, baptism, deconstruction of religious doctrine, mind and body, consciousness, and the collective unconsciousness.

0:00 Introduction

0:47 Meeting a Daoism hermit at age 15 in Taiwan mountains, learning from him, nature's energy

7:36 Daoist Masters, mantra, multiverse, end of world is close, Lord of Universe Church TiendiJiao

12:40 55-Days meditation training, energy entering through the head

16:05 Mindfulness meditation, microcosmic orbit, divine energy, connecting organs to mother earth energy, cosmic energy, divine energy, Jesus, and Saint energy

19:46 Open beliefs, polytheism, 20 Word Mantra for virtue cultivation and healing

23:02 Sacred writing, Angel Gabriel, Bible, Koran, Buddhist sutra, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Dao De Jing, divine inspiration

25:12 Divine sources to help Humans awaken to higher realms of Universal energy consciousness

26:25 Are all great teachers throughout time reincarnations of one and the same? Gods' realm before the Big Bang

32:24 All cultures have Gods. Different Heavens? Hypnotized to see Jesus, the Divine figure is a manifestation of our belief system, practice, and spiritual path

37:20 Religious resonation, from Buddhist and Daoist to Christian baptism

49:30 Shopping-cart Catholics, religious synchronicity, Deconstruct sacred teachings

57:27 Confucianism as social philosophy and moral idealism to cultivate virtues

1:01:36 Luke moves to USA for PhD program at Temple U, starts teaching, religion and philosophy, meditation, qigong, tai chi, kung-fu

1:03:51 Tai Chi, Mind and Body, Bodymind, Heat-Mind

1:06:50 Does Consciousness reside outside the body? Mind is receiver, collective unconsciousness

1:10:04 Dr. Michael Maliszewski kundalini shaktipat, meditation in different realm

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