DAOI Talks (39): Cheng style Ba Gua w/ Dave Meikle

[@kass1]

David Meikle is as awsome live as in his writings in rsf 😎

[@reyrene]

Great to hear from Master Meikle. Make it a series! I'm a Bagua bro training with Shifu Mace.

[@illiJomusic]

My teacher is Mike's martial brother. I only trained with Yang a handful of times and hung out with him an equal amount. His stepping method was unparalleled to anything I've encountered anywhere else. The level of consciousness and intent his method carried is insanity. At the same time Yang was a unicorn of unfiltered honesty, judgment and poetic insults. Such a gem. "Wei!!! Your no listen!" Forever humbled.

[@laurentmorin1923]

That was very interesting, thanks to you both!

[@kaisekiryori]

The way Meeks describes bagua's mud-wading step is basically identical to the way I learned Mocabu in Yiquan - my hunch is that it's v likely that Wang Xiangzhai imported that whole practice from bagua in the first place!

[@yew2oob954]

Wang Xiangzhai practiced at the same park.

[@chengbaguadude]

I actually forgot to mention - at 73 years of age he beat the living crap out of me every day I trained with him, which is a big part of why I went back to my students and quit teaching after 2 weeks...

[@opensourceinternalarts3783]

I love watching Canadians attempt to throw shade apologetically

[@yew2oob954]

This was not "Meeks" from rumsoakedfist...entirely too polite, measured, and a complete lack of innuendos!! All this nonsense talk about Bagua, mudding the waters of walking with all these exercises!?! He's passing himself off as Yang Guotai's disciple and talking about walking...and not once mentioning "heel no up?" This is clearly staged. 😉