What is Internal Power Martial Arts? DVD 1 by Fumio Nakagawa

Relax your body and discover the power of your tanden

Develop your "internal energy" -- a tremendous power that goes beyond muscle strength and physique!

After training in various martial arts, Nakagawa Fumio, a master of the Tai Chi Renshinkai, has mastered Chinese martial arts including Bajiquan.
This DVD carefully introduces the various training methods taught by the master and how to use them.
Develop your internal energy -- a tremendous power that is generated by relaxing your whole body, releasing tension and lowering your center of gravity!

Contents

■Brief biography of the master

■Relaxation
Swaying forward and backward (how to do it, practice, verify)
Swaying left and right (how to do it, practice, verify)
Foot heart exercise (how to do it, practice, verify)
Relaxation exercise (how to do it, practice, verify)

■Standing wood spring (Tantou)
How to do it, practice, verify

■Nioken
Nioken form, explanation and verification, kumite

■The reality of internal force
Tai Chi (Tui Shou, Weapon - Tai Chi Stick)
Bakkyoku Spear (Ran (outside) and Na (inside))
Aiki

■Performance - Li Style Small Baji -

Filming assistance ◎ Akihiro Ehara, Masataka Tochiyama, Kunihiko Suzuki, Shu Inoue, Tomoki Nakaguchi
Assistance ◎ Tai Chi Renshinkai

Instruction: Fumio Nakagawa
Born in 1948. After training in various martial arts including Karate and Aikido, he encountered Chinese martial arts. At the age of 28, he began learning "how to live as a human being" and "how to move the body" from a Japanese Zen monk, and studied alone for 28 years. Currently, he serves as a director of the Tokyo Martial Arts Tai Chi Federation and is dedicated to promoting Japanese martial arts Tai Chi and improving techniques. He also presides over the Tai Chi Renshinkai, where he teaches the essence of martial arts that his master discovered.