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    Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen: Training Methods of the Patriarch: Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen
    Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen: Training Methods of the Patriarch: Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen
    Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen: Training Methods of the Patriarch: Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen
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    Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen: Training Methods of the Patriarch: Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen

    By Edward Orem

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    This book addresses how to explore, generate and control energies not usually available to humans. 190 photographs and step-by-step instruction in two of the most influential and powerful training systems ever handed down: Shipalohanshou/18 Methods of the Enlightened Ones and Yijinjing/Muscle-Sinew Changing.

    It offers integrated training for those who wish to do the work of improving cerebral functions, coming to full understanding of the human experience, and maintaining multi-level health. It is based on the training methods from ancient India and China, as experienced by the founder of Chan/Zen Buddhism, Bodhidharma (Tamo) as he grew into adulthood and spiritual maturity. The Patriarch of Zen was considered a dangerous rebel by the status quo, and for good reason: his approach to human development rejected authority outside of oneself, including scripture and officials. Officials/Intellectuals within the Buddhist hierarchy have always had a hard time with Tamo's methods of direct pointing.

    This training information has been suppressed by almost the entire Zen hierarchy of Japan, USA and Europe. It is only because of the "fringe" members of the spiritual family, i.e. martial artists, that this information has been worked with and preserved. Includes extensive historical perspectives and cultural commentary.

    This is for both the thinking martial artist as well as the artist of life!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEdward Orem
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781524216566
    Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen: Training Methods of the Patriarch: Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen
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    Edward Orem

    Edward Orem’s mind-body studies began in 1964 and have included such diverse disciplines as Burmese kick-boxing, Shaolin Boxing, Hatha yoga, Kuang Ping T’ai-chi Ch’uan, Hsing-I Ch’uan, Kundalini Yoga, Pa Kua Chang, Chuan Fa, Tao Gah Chi Kung. His qualifications include B.A. in English, 8th Degree Black Belt (Zen Kempo-jitsu), 10th Degree Black Sash (Ch'uan Fa Kenpo), Certifications include Instructor of Tai-chi Chuan and Wu Shu Kung Fu. He was appointed to the Board of Directors, International Chinese Boxing Association, 2006-2011. He has studied at American University, Georgetown University, California State University (Arcata), Nyingma Institute of Tibetan Studies, Chi-Kung Institute, and with 10 martial arts masters. Mr. Orem has taught privately in Wash., DC, Senegal, Guatemala, British Columbia, San Francisco, and Costa Rica, as well as through health and education service organizations. He has written, produced and performed in 30 training videos in the fields of natural health and fitness, martial arts, and has written several training manuals, as well as feature articles for a popular on-line martial arts magazine. He was a regular consultant in stress reduction and instructor in exercise therapies with the Pitt River Indian Health Service, in northern California and has been Guest Lecturer at a community hospital, as well as Instructor at Central Oregon Community College. Workshops in various disciplines have been given in California, Oregon, and Florida. Mr. Orem offers private consultation in longevity arts, and teaches T’ai-chi Ch’uan, N. Long Fist, and Chi Kung through CenterPoint Integral Mind-Body Training, Costa Rica. Contact Mr. Orem through his website http://mindbodyimperative.strikingly.com  Special attention and training: Golden Phoenix Rising (for mature athletes). Check it out.

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      Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen - Edward Orem

      Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen

      Training Methods from the Patriarch

      180 photos with written instructions for Shipa Lohan Shou and Yi Jin Jing

      ––––––––

      by Edward Orem

      Copyright 2009 USA

      All rights reserved. You may not reprint any of this book for commercial purposes without prior authorization from the author- publisher. Anyone using anything longer than a sentence in any other format—print, digital, electronic—is forbidden without said authorization.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of author Ed Orem.

      Also by Edward Orem

      The Master’s Manual: Chuan Fa Kenpo Close Combat Arts (digital and paperback)

      Root and Branch (historical fiction, set in 1850’s California, digital and paperback)

      The Old World Order – The New America (socio-political commentary, digital and paperback)

      And 30 training DVDs in areas of health, longevity, integral training systems, and martial arts, including Chi-Kung, T’ai-chi Ch’uan, Rou Chuan, Hsing-I Chuan, Chuan Fa Kenpo, Shaolin Chuan. Available through the URL given at the end of this manual.

      DEDICATION

      To all the masters, their countless hours of hard training, their creativity, and their resulting proffered gifts. May we honor them by consciously evolving.

      Chinese Medicine, Meditation, and Martial Arts: Revealing the Ancient Connection

      The notion of holistic healing is a newcomer to Western health care delivery. In fact, it is still so strange that it is regarded with suspicion, disdain, or fear by many within the allopathic medical community. Let’s put the idea of whole-human care and development into proper perspective.

      The Ancient Ones of China long ago devised a wholly integrated system of how to actualize human potential: in 2600 BC, Huang Ti (the Yellow Emperor) put forward into writing the first whole-system thesis of medicine. Huang Ti found that humans needed to integrate body, mind, and spirit in their lifestyles if they wanted to have long-term health. This paved the way for the Chinese to develop a myriad of practices which regard health maintenance as a good beginning, but not the goal of conscious living. Medicine based on treating symptoms of illness comes nowhere near this inclusive and harmonized weltanschauung.

      The ideas in Chinese medicine about effective health care delivery come directly from the roots of their ancient world-views. Vitality and tranquility constitute the two goals of both the philosopher-physician of old China and the modern Chinese MD.  And of course these goals were and still are chief targets of Chinese martial and yoga training.

      Your first thought might be, Surely the methods have changed significantly since ancient times. The reality is that since its inception 4,600 years ago, the Chinese paradigm of health and healing has changed little, and then only superficially. Given the immense transformations evident in western allopathic ideas and practices within the last 100 years, it may be difficult for us to grasp the reasons for the enduring quality of Chinese medicine.

      Here is the pivotal distinction between Western and Eastern medical practice: Whereas living to a ripe old age is the Western end-goal, virtually all native Asian medical systems explicitly put spiritual growth as the primary goal of life, with a sound body and mind as the best vehicle to get there. And the longer you can maintain the vehicle to learn from it and to extract the essences of spiritual growth, the better.

      Buddhism and Taoism have contributed immense practical (and low cost) information

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