INTERNAL MARTIAL ARTS LAB CURRICULUM

Internal Arts Lab Curriculum 

 

4-Step Nei Gong Sequence

• Get the qi into Heart Chakra, Song, (Hmm, Huh, Hahah)

  • Cross stretch posture

  • Verticalize the heart

  • Lift and correct circulatory tree

  • Decompress T1-5

• Tendon Changing from MCO

  • Sink the qi, expand lower dantien(Ommm)

  • Koala bear hugs the tree (chest ball) posture

  • Ren/Conception Vessel from MCO = All tension releases down the front

  • Form the pill

• Ming Men (Ommm) 

  • Koala bear hugs the tree (belly ball) posture

  • Reverse abdominal breathing

  • Dantien: Dan (pill) into tien (lower field)

  • Decompress lower, then entire spine & head

  • Vibrate the qi (activate the pill)

• Wash Bone Marrow 

  • Du/Governor Vessel from MCO = Structure vertically aligns up the back

  • Curious organ activation*

  • Expand bio-field: Clean, thicken and whiten aura

 

Nei = internal, Gong = work, study or skill acquisition  It is a study in how to get the qi-energy quickly and abundantly. Internal alchemy may be summarized as expanding then contracting our energy body and in the process, releasing tension and “washing our bone marrow”. Shao yin (lesser yin, heart-kidney meridian) contains these functions; heart energy is expansive while kidney yin is contractile. These are the two basic motions of the universe of which we are microcosm. It is the fire (heart) and water (kidney) meditation.

 

*The curious organs in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) include the gallbladder, uterus, brain, marrow, bones, and blood vessels. These organs are unique as they function like yin organs by storing essence but have the shape of yang organs, being hollow.

 

Clearing the Midline Channel

• • Begin in Wuji (hands down) posture

  • Clearing hips clears lower extremities, too

    • Hold the box = internal rotation of hips

    • Open elevator doors = external rotation of hips

  • Koala Bear = this time means diaphragm, T7

  • Shoulders

  • Atlas: top neck bone

  • Ba Hui (Gv-20, crown wisdom chakra)

 

Microcosmic Orbit (MCO) and Counterforce 

• • Counterforce and MCO 

    • Find access chakra

    • Correct in Wuji 

    • You vs gravity: MCO balance point to Gv-20 atop the head

    • You vs patient, partner/opponent: extend your MCO loop to balance against their force

  • “Open the joints” = whole-body coordination

    • Cultivate from the hips and ming 

    • Taiji Ruler 

  • “Thaw the fascia”

    • Song: go back to heart chakra cross stretch 

    • Inflation & deflation 

 

Taiji Ruler

• • • Dantien rotation

    • Belt meridian

    • Figure 8/Infinity symbol: Ruler and hips

    • Yin-Yang symbol

 

Application

• • Fascia most reliable 

    • Inflation- deflation

  • Heart: Fire

    • Middle Dantien 

    • Electromagnetic force 

  • Lower Dantien: Water, most common 

    • Taiji quan 

    • Xing Yi and Yiquan IMA’s

  • Shen = spiritual body

    • Upper Dantien

    • Aura, halo, antenna