Yin Style Baguazhang Fall Tour 2011: Haverhill, MA, Oct. 6-9

The second visit of the Yin Style Baguazhang Fall Tour, 2011 edition, to Haverhill, MA, just north of Boston, taught by He Jinbao, is less than a month away! This third U.S. Fall Tour stop this year by YSB, International features the  Lion System at an intermediate level. Here practitioners will have a great opportunity to deepen their understanding of the foundational system of Yin Style Baguazhang.

Like all of the Fall Tour stops, the Massachusetts stop is open to anyone and everyone that is interested in attending. The curriculum will be on the shocking, blocking, seizing, and grasping palms of the Lion System, and as mentioned before, it will be at an intermediate level, so while it isn't required, some familiarization with the Lion System will be very helpful. Consider getting the foundational videos to prep yourself, which can be found on a link on this post of mine about getting started in Yin Style.

The drilling in Haverhill will include standing strengthening, basic strikes, strike combinations, footwork, striking while stepping, and forms, all presented with applications. In addition, there will be circle turning practice, including basic directions-changing drilling in both the Lion representational posture. As with the previous two seminars this year, each day's training will finish up with some footwork and kicking methods of the Monkey System, including a form.

Each day is, as in previous years, broken into two sessions, morning and afternoon, with a 90-minute break for lunch between them. The morning session will last from 8:00 am until 12:00 noon, and the afternoon session runs from 1:30 pm until 6:00 pm.

This year's Haverhill, MA, workshop will last for four days, October 6-9, a Thursday through Sunday, organized similarly to the other seminars. More specific details of the days go like this:

Thursday, October 6

• Lion and shocking palm standing strengthening 
• Shocking strikes and combinations with and without footwork 
• Applications will follow, then lunch.
• After lunch shocking and blocking standing strengthening will be trained
• As will blocking strikes and combinations with and without footwork and applications
• Bending kick methods from the Monkey System finish the day

On Friday, October 7

• Lion circle turning with direction changes 
• Drilling the powerful windmill shocking form, including drilling basic strikes from that form 
• Applications will follow, then lunch 
• After lunch lying step blocking with basic strikes will be drilled, emphasizing footwork
• Applications of the forms
• Monkey System stomping kicks

On Saturday, October 8

• Lion and seizing palm standing strengthening
• Seizing strikes and combinations with and without footwork
• Applications will follow, then lunch.
• After lunch seizing and grasping palm standing strengthening will be trained
• As will grasping strikes and combinations with and without footwork and applications
• Hip and springing leg kicking from the Monkey System finishes the day.

On Sunday, October 9

• Lion circle turning with direction changes
• Drilling the holding and lifting seizing form, including drilling basic strikes
• Applications follow, then lunch 
• After lunch drilling the windmill grasping form with basic strikes, emphasizing footwork
• Applications of the forms
• Monkey System form

To get yourself arranged for the YSB-2011-HaMA stop, contact Micahel D'Angelo for further details, including cost and location. Don't miss it!