This week Frank, Jon and Shawn discuss Understanding Qi

- In this episode, you’ll discover

- Is Qi a mystical magic force

- Why is it hard for people in the west to understand Qi?

- Can you enhance your Qi through practices?

- What practices work against Qi development?

This week Frank and Shawn discuss the upcoming mixed martial arts fights happening on March 6th as part of the UFC 259 event.

- In this episode, you’ll discover

- Are all the matches competitive?

- Who are our predicted winners

- How will each win effect the respective weight classes

- Who do we think will fight next for the belts depending on who wins?

- And much more fight talk…

In this episode, you’ll discover

- Review of last 5 Internal Principles, the moving principles and conceptual principle

- Moving Principles: Unity of Movement, Continuity of Flow, Opening & Closing and Continuous Lengthening

- Conceptual Principles: Harmony of Yin & Yan 

- How do these principles apply to other aspects of life

- Does internal mean soft and slow?

This week host Frank Allen, Jon Molenar and Shawn Garcia discuss Internal Principles, we cover the first 4 of 9 principles in this first episode and cover the rest in our episode next week.

- In this episode, you’ll discover

- Review of the first 4 Internal Principles, the static principles

- Static Principles: Posture, Breathing, Vision and Mindset

- How do these principles apply to other aspects of life

- Does internal mean soft and slow?

This week Frank and special co-host Jon discuss developing a personal training practice

- In this episode, you’ll discover

- Can you train martial arts on your own?

- How should one structure their time alone?

- Is solo training a real way to advance your practice?

- Benefits of training through hardship

This week Frank and Shawn discuss the History of Fight Sports

- In this episode, you’ll discover

- Where did combat training begin for humans?

- Is our love for combat sports morally wrong 

- How did organize sports originate

- Does sport help or harm training in the arts or for self defense?

This week Frank and Shawn discuss Chinese Religion in the Martial Arts

- In this episode, you’ll discover

- Are martial arts heavily influenced by Daoism and Buddhism?

- Does kung fu come from the Shaolin Temples of the North & South of China

- Daoist practices in the Internal Martial Arts

- Separating fact from fiction

This week Frank and Shawn do a Fight Prediction/Analysis of the upcoming MMA lightweight match Poirier vs Mcgregor II

his week Frank and Shawn discuss the unique and exotic weapons of Baguazhang

- In this episode, you’ll discover

- Major weapons of Bagua

- How do knives lend themselves to the coiling techniques of Bagua 

- Unique weapon forms and also how you can incorporate weapon training into your current practice

- Each weapons unique lineage

This week Frank and Shawn discuss a brief history of Chinese Martial Arts in the New York City scene

In this episode, you’ll discover

- When did Chinese martial arts become openly available in NYC

- The unique NYC experience’s influence on martial arts

- Notable figures in the NYC Chinese Martial Arts scene

- How are people still working to promote the arts in NYC