Silent Tao » Long http://silenttao.com The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao - Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:05:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Dragon and Tiger Kung Fu http://silenttao.com/2010/07/dragon-and-tiger-kung-fu/ http://silenttao.com/2010/07/dragon-and-tiger-kung-fu/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:31:32 +0000 Shawn Cartwright http://silenttao.com/?p=280 The Dragon and Tiger have long been totems of internal Kung Fu and symbols of Taoist internal cultivation. The highest levels of internal Kung Fu provide an entry point to Internal Alchemy (Nei Dan) cultivation. Here is a video of Dragon and Tiger free movement performed by Mr. Shawn Cartwright, TCCII Executive Director. It was [...]]]> The Dragon and Tiger have long been totems of internal Kung Fu and symbols of Taoist internal cultivation. The highest levels of internal Kung Fu provide an entry point to Internal Alchemy (Nei Dan) cultivation. Here is a video of Dragon and Tiger free movement performed by Mr. Shawn Cartwright, TCCII Executive Director. It was filmed at a Taoist temple on Wei Bao Shan, in Yunnan China.

In Internal Alchemy, the Dragon (Long) represents fire and the Tiger (Hu) represents water. In internal Kung Fu, the Dragon appears soft and subtle, the Tiger hard and ferocious. At first it seems as if the two interpretations are opposites. But to those initiated into the higher mysteries, the meaning is the same.

Can you find the harmony in the Dragon and Tiger? If so, then perhaps you are natural cultivator!

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