Text on Yiquan (Standing in Stillness Postures)

The nice thing about such things is that it can inspire one to actually practice.
The bad thing about such things is that folks can spend time reading about the practice, rather than actually doing it, and it becomes an avoidance tactic.

But as a supplement, good stuff.
Thanks for sharing.

S

One of Japan’s most feared yakuza has renounced violence and found Buddhism. A genuine conversion? Or a desperate attempt to avoid assassination at the hands of his enemies? David McNeill reports…
-http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/gangster-boss-who-turned-to-god-1666851.html

Our Tate No Kai was nurtured by the Self-Defense-Forces. In fact, one could say the Self-Defense-Forces has been a father and an elder brother to us…We have been treated within the Self-Defense-Forces as quasi-members…and we have been receiving training without any strings attached.
-三島 由紀夫 (MISHIMA YUKIO)

From now until the year 2000, a series violent phenomena filled with fears that are too difficult to describe will occur. Japan will turn into wasteland as a result of a nuclear kweapons attack. An alliance centering on the United States will attack Japan.
-麻原 彰晃 (ASAHARA SHOKO)

…and had collapsed from his severe injuries. He was rescued by a Taoist sage known by the epithet Kasumi-gakure-“Hiding in the mist”-and escaped with him to the mountains of Iga. In time the sage accepted him as his student and trained him in the martial ways of ninjutsu…
-初見良昭 (HATSUMI MASAAKI), The Way of the Ninja

I don’t know that followers of Mo Pai or the other violent traditions you cite are following the principles laid out in the Tao Te Ching and–if you want to extend larger–the Dao Canon. If you feel they are, please cite your references.
-http://forum.healingtaousa.com/general/message/27066/

Sorry for my broken English.

Oral tradition is the ultimate source for authority in this respect.

If one doesn’t want to buy Saso’s book, it should be easy to find from local university library.

It’s very nice and informative ethnographical work.

There is also interesting link with Tendai Buddhism which Saso has also studied in the field.

HOWDY

http://www.rumisgarden.co.uk/uploads/5/2/0/7/52071889/daoist-master-zhuang_orig.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/Taoist-Master-Chuang-Michael-Saso/dp/0967794803

‘Cause I’m a freak
Yeah, I’m a freak
‘Cause I’m a freak
Yeah, I’m a freak
-ENRIQUE IGLESIAS

…a bit off-topic for this forum…
-http://forum.healingtaousa.com/general/message/27256/

Not, not at all necessarily.

It’s not because one might be urban dweller, because it’s same with rural people, if one’s physical activities are quite limited.

One should regard this parkour thing with complete ninja skills in mind.

Sorry for my broken English.

HOWDY

…and had collapsed from his severe injuries. He was rescued by a Taoist sage known by the epithet Kasumi-gakure-“Hiding in the mist”-and escaped with him to the mountains of Iga. In time the sage accepted him as his student and trained him in the martial ways of ninjutsu…
-初見良昭 (HATSUMI MASAAKI), The Way of the Ninja

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-parkour-athletes-energy-demands-tree.html

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the Universities of Roehampton and Birmingham in the U.K. has found a unique way to measure the energy spent by tree-dwelling apes when faced with gaps in a jungle canopy. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the team describes how they created an artificial canopy and enlisted the assistance of parkour athletes to find out how the different approaches to dealing with canopy gaps compared.

Living in the trees can sometimes require the expenditure of enormous amounts of energy, particularly when attempting to move between trees when there is a gap. An ape, such as an orangutan, must size up the situation and make a decision—try to jump, to swing across, or climb down to the ground and then climb up the other tree. Factors at play include the gap distance, fear of falling, estimated strength of the branches and the size of the ape. The researchers wondered if energy expenditure might also play a role—after all, the more energy an ape uses in getting around, the more food it must obtain and consume.

Figuring that it was likely impossible to measure the amount of energy being used by real apes in their natural environment the researchers looked for a viable substitute and found parkour athletes.
Parkour athletes are people who engage in moving around in urban environments without using any equipment—they jump from building to building, climb walls and do whatever comes to them as they attempt to get from one place to another. Similar in many respects, the researchers noted, to the behavior of apes up in the trees.
To test the energy requirements of dealing with canopy gaps the researchers created artificial tree branches from fiberglass poles and vines using ropes and ladders. They then fitted each of 28 athletes with a mask that allowed for monitoring oxygen intake—a measure of energy use. The researchers than had the athletes engage in a variety of activities meant to simulate the various actions an ape might take when faced with a gap.
In studying the data, the researchers found that climbing down and back up consumed the most energy by far—the energy requirements for jumping or swinging, on the other hand, were much more complicated. It depended on how stiff the branches were, the distance of the gap, number of sways needed and how big the athletes were.
The findings by the team offer some possible explanations regarding why some apes spend more time on the ground than others and perhaps why human ancestors abandoned tree-dwelling altogether.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2QNubqriLM

Acala (Sanskrit: “immovable”) is a dharmapala primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism. He is a protective deity particularly in Shingon traditions of Japan where he is known as Fudō Myōō, in Tangmi traditions China, in Nepal and Tibet as Candarosana, and elsewhere in Tantric Buddhism.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acala

Yakuza (ヤクザ?, [jaꜜkuza]), also known as gokudō (極道?), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan (暴力団?, “violent groups”), while the yakuza call themselves “ninkyō dantai” (任侠団体 or 仁侠団体?, “chivalrous organizations”). The yakuza are notorious for their strict codes of conduct and organized fiefdom-nature. They have a large presence in the Japanese media and operate internationally with an estimated 102,000 members.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza

I don’t know that followers of Mo Pai or the other violent traditions you cite are following the principles laid out in the Tao Te Ching and–if you want to extend larger–the Dao Canon. If you feel they are, please cite your references.
-http://forum.healingtaousa.com/general/message/27066/

…Chen Soule was of the tenth generation of the Chen clan, a nephew of Chen Wangting. He was taught by Chen Wangting and was highly skilled in the family system. Besides the daughter who now lived in Beipinggao, he had twin sons who who, at the time of the story, were about sixteen years of age. They were Chen Shenru and Chen Xunru, nicknamed “Big Sky God” and “Little Sky God.” Both were already proficient in the martial arts, having been taught by their father and supervised by Chen Wangting.
Upon hearing about the plight of Beipingao, the two young brothers volunteered to return with their sister to rid the village of the brigands. After consulting with Chen Wangting and getting his endorsement, the three siblings set off. That evening, the brothers surprised the bandits, as they were not expecting any resistance. The twins were heavily outnumbered, but nevertheles dealt with the bandits in one fell swoop. The two bandit leaders were defeated and slain…
-DAVIDINE SIM & DAVID GAFFNEY, Chen Style Taijiquan: The Source of Taiji Boxing

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