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How To Study The Erle Montaigue System From the Tapes: Many have discovered that it is possible to learn from my tapes as they are just so comprehensive. Tiny movements, even one millimetre are explained in great detail. I teach on my tapes as I would in a class and indeed many of my tapes are filmed in class situation where the students also ask questions and I have to answer physically and/or verbally. This is the best way to learn. It's as if you are there in the class. It all depends upon what you wish to learn. I learnt in a haphazard manner, but that's me, I am total 'controlled chaos'! However, I will try to at least get you started with some ideas. It is always a good idea to begin at the beginning. Many have tried beginning at the middle or end, but have always come back to the beginning as they discover that they cannot build the house without the foundations. The Foundations:Taijiquan:MTG1, or MTG2. Depending upon which system you wish to begin with. If one has done some training already and feels confident that he or she can handle the more complicated "Old Yang Style", then this is the way to begin with MTG2. However, MTG1 (Yang Cheng-fu's Form) is easier to learn and leads one gently into the Old Style. You could always begin with MTG2 and see how you go, then if it's too much, you could go back to MTG1. MTG1 also teaches the very important area of "Basic Qigong". Here we learn about internal work, how to breathe, how to hold the body to gain the most internal power, how to heal your own body and to allow a more natural flow of Qi throughout the body thus healing every organ. How to use your own Qi for self-defence. Basic Qigong is included with MTG1 and is not included with MTG2. However, the tape, MTG10 teaches this wonderful exercise is detail showing exactly how to hold your body in minute detail. To advance in the form training, you go on as follows: For Yang Cheng-fu's form: All slow moving form with no fa-jing (explosive energy) movements, no leaps etc. MTG30, MTG21, MTG113, MTG115, MTG124, MTG130, MTG131, MTG139, MTG148. From there you could go on to the 'Small Frame' form.
Yang Lu-ch'an's form (Old Yang Style):After MTG2, you go through MTG35, 21, then on to the real eye opener of the series "Taiji To The Max" beginning with MTG56, 58, 60, 65, 69, 78, 80, 83. This series teaches how to perform Taijiquan at its most advanced levels other than 'Small Frame' (shown in the series of the same name). Here is where you learn about Dim-mak in Taijiquan and what every tiny movement is for. You learn about fa-jing, the motor of dim-mak and why Taijiquan is indeed the Supreme Dim-Mak art' above all others. Next: PUSH HANDS: MTG5.As you learn whatever form you have chosen, once you get to the end of the 'first third' (remembering that Taijiquan forms are broken up into "ENERGY THIRDS" not physical thirds so that the first third is actually much shorter than for instance the last third), you can begin push hands training. For this however, you must have a partner. This training will become the most important part of your training as it teaches you about interaction with another person, energy interaction and physical. You learn to detect what someone will do before they have done it as the brain always puts out electrical information long before the action has begun. Push hands makes one so sensitive to others that you will begin to feel what they are thinking, not so much word for word, but what the general ideas are etc. This training exercise is also important for the healing part of Taijiquan, all three areas, namely: Self-Healing, Martial Arts and healing others. It teaches you exactly what your body should do in a reflex way never having to firstly think about what is happening to you or how to react. This is the way of push hands. However, most people, especially in the USA and the UK teach push hands as a competition. When this is done, you NEVER rise above your own ego and will stay at the bottom level for ever, never realizing the greater aspects of the whole art. Push hands has many different levels until you get to the 'internal level' where each partner can actually feel every movement before it happens so there can be no competition, only learning. However, it is possible to advance without this area in the beginning by doing the forms and training exercises, but it will take a little longer. MTG5 is the basic Push Hands tape. It shows this exercise at its most basic level. However, even this lowly level is more advanced than most people's 'advanced' methods! MTG20 takes you into the little known or taught 'advanced push hands', the 'P'eng/hinge' method of push hands. This takes you into the self-defence area and also into the healing of others area, the medical Taijiquan by making you even more aware of the Qi (energy) of others. Then I have many more tapes teaching the more advanced levels of push hands. Just search out the catalogue to find these titles which are normally under "New Titles". You should go from the lowest numbers to the highest numbers. MTG118 and 120. There are also 7 volumes in the series, "Push Hands Corrections" which is a great way to learn as I instruct my own students and correct them in their own training. Next:MTG3: The Pauchui form or Fighting Sets of "Small and Large San-Sau".Here you learn how to interact with an attacker and again this area also teaches about healing as well as self-defence. Again, there are different levels, 3 in fact of this great training aid. In the beginning you learn Small San-sau one of the best methods to learn about dim-mak and street fighting. You learn where to strike, the correct direction for the strikes, the most deadly strikes (my children learn this form first!), how to move economically and to react to the attacker's movements rather than trying to put onto him your own movements. This is what 'reflex' fighting is all about, allowing your body to react to a situation naturally with the correct opposition so that you always maintain the upper hand. This initial form takes you through the applications of the movements from the basic and advanced Taijiquan form up to the posture known as "Single Whip" and gives many different applications for each posture. This too has a basic level and an advanced level, also shown on my later tapes. Large San-sau is a training method that involves both solo and two-person work. You learn a fighting form that teaches every conceivable attack and defence situation. How to move the body naturally, how to gain what is called "Fa-Jing Power" so that you will be able to strike with great power over very short distances. And that's where fighting happens, in your face. You simply do not have time to pull your fist back to your hip and line up your body for the perfect "reverse punch"! Nor do you have time do perform the perfect Washi-geri! Fighting happens in an instant and your sub-conscious brain must be ready to react often even before the attacker has moved! This exercise teaches this area. You learn two sides, then put those sides together with a partner. However, beware, there are two styles of Pauchui that comes from two distinct lineage. The one that comes from the Yang Cheng-fu lineage is dancier and I am not impressed with this method. The more realistic and internally alive version comes from Yang Cheng-fu's brother, Yang Shou-hou. Although it uses much the same movements, it is based upon the "Old Yang Style" and therefore is harder in nature in the beginning. Remembering that one MUST begin harder and then go 'softer' towards the advanced end of training. To begin 'soft' is to stay at a beginner's level forever! I only teach the Yang Shou-hou version of Pauchui form and San-Sau. My videotapes also show the basic MTG3 right up to the advanced methods. MTG61, MTG64, MTG76, MTG128. Advanced Small San-sau is also a must. MTG53 and MTG134. Training Methods:The training methods should be looked at at this point as they really enhance your training thus far. MTG54 teaches the "Post" exercise. This is the best training method to teach you about balance, cantering and co-ordination. It comes from Baguazhang however any system can gain by its use. Others in the series are MTG59, MTG63. The Workshop modules are also a great way to learn and include many training methods. You should also take a loo at Training Basics Volume One. MTG177. Fa-Jing:MTG34: Fa-jing is the 'motor' of Dim-Mak and as such it is also the 'motor' of Taijiquan. Without 'fa-jing' (Explosive Energy), you cannot use the internal martial arts for self-defence or healing. You have to use some other style of martial art that uses purely physical means in defence! Learning fa-jing is like opening a door that leads you to many things other than just how to strike from very small distances. It also teaches you about internal work and about yourself and your place in the Universe. MTG67 is the follow-on from this tape although all of my more advanced tapes teach Fa-jing as it is such an integral part of my whole system. Dim-Mak: MTG23:If you are VERY new to Dim-mak, then perhaps you should begin at MTG15. However, I have found that MTG23 is the starting place for this deadly and also healing art. Taijiquan IS dim-mak that's what it was called before it was called "H'ao Ch'uan" and later, Taijiquan. It is the art of striking precise points on the human body to cause a great effect from very little energy expended. You can cause anything from a simple knock out to death. But advanced healing methods also use the same energy as that which we use in dim-mak, so you also learn how to heal others and yourself using this method. From there, you can go on to any of my Dim-Mak titles. However, most of my tapes on Taijiquan and Bagwa contain Dim-Mak information. But if you want something more definite, then go as follows: MTG26, MTG 29, MTG36, MTG37, MTG41, MTG47, MTG50, MTG55. All of these teach HOW to USE dim-mak. You also learn about points, where they are and how to strike them, but mainly it is how to use it in a real situation. It is not use learning a bunch of points if you cannot get in first of all to use them, or more importantly be able to defend yourself! All the points in the world or being able to knock out a 'sitting duck' (a student in workshop conditions) will not help you if you do not know how to react REFLEXIVELY! SO these tapes teach this area. MTG62: Takes you on to the 12 most deadly forms or katas. (I only use 'Katas' even though it is a Japanese word, because that is the most widely accepted word for 'a set of martial movements'. This again teaches about dim-mak, and the second set of dim-mak form to learn. It teaches about fa-jing as well. MTG 81 teaches you the FIRST SET of dim-mak forms, which are for the most part very simple and brief movements that teach a huge amount of sub-conscious work. Dim-Mak A to Z: The Series: MTG81 This series takes you from the very beginning with MTG81. The very first forms that were invented by Chang San-feng, the man who invented dim-mak! The rest of this series, shows many of the acupuncture meridians, points and how to strike each point giving some techniques to strike each point, what they do and how to use antidotes if possible to revive someone who has been struck. This information is also in my Encyclopaedia of Dim-Mak Volumes One and Two in Book form. MTG81, 82, 86, 87, 90, 91, 93, 109. SELF DEFENCE:The series, beginning with, MTG125: teaches how I learnt about self-defence. It takes you right from the very beginning to advanced methods over tapes. MTG125, MTG132 MTG137. You should also see the series "Internal Gung-fu" Beginning with MTG 141 as this also takes you from scratch. Also MTG142, 143, 153, 156, 172. Qi Disruption: This series beginning with MTG107, is the most highly regarded set of forms ever invented. These 9 forms are the beginning of everything. From these nine, come Taijiquan, Baguazhang and H'sin-I ch'uan. You learn about healing and very deadly fighting methods as well as how to disrupt someone's Qi with the wave of a hand! The hand sets up adverse electrical currents along the attacker's own meridians thus draining him of energy in certain precise places in his body. From here, the catalogue is your oyster as by this stage you should have some idea as to what it is you are looking for and what each of my tapes means to you. So it now comes down to reading each description of each video to find out where to go next. Baguazhang:MTG4: Bagwa (Baguazhang, or Pa-Kua Chang) is one of the most beautiful internal martial arts and most deadly. It is said to be the 'daughter' of Taijiquan. It uses mainly palms in attack and defence. The whole initial form is performed around the circumference of a circle relating your own centre to that of your attacker (the centre spot). Once learnt, you then go on to learn the lesser known but equally deadly and beautiful, "Linear Form" or Fighting Form. This is the longest form of any martial arts system and teaches you everything there is to know about self-defence, in all situations. Both the Circular and Linear at their most basic levels are included on this tape including a look at the whole forms non-stop done by myself. Dim-Mak is also inherent in Baguazhang so all of the dim-mak tapes should also be viewed in order to advance. MTG25: Shows the fighting methods taken from the Linear form of which there are 32 methods when doubled doing them on both sides you get back to the number 64, (64 hexagrams of the I-ching.) The Bagwa Essentials series, shows the Applications from the circular form at their highest levels. MTG38, 39, 40, 43, and 45. MTG70 teaches the advanced linear form along with MTG85, 89 and 92. The series "Bagwa to the Max" takes Bagwa to its highest levels the way that a student would normally progress to over time. MTG99 beginning. The "Fighting Methods" series also shows many of the Bagwa fighting methods. Along the way you will discover many other tapes, like the "Warrior's Magic" series and the "Moments of Magic" series that show esoteric areas of the internal martial arts such as energy use, how to utilize the Universal energies, how to use 'ground Qi', how to relate to your environment, different types of Qigong etc, etc. MTG11 Teaches you how to use Taiji and Bagwa at their basic levels. Like how to punch and kick etc. Weapons:Taiji and Bagwa have some of the most beautiful weapons forms and three of these are taught on my MTG8 tape. The production quality is poor but the content is the highest anywhere! I teach, the very little known, "Taiji Short Stick Form", again one of the longest weapons forms. Also taught is the Bagwa Pole form and Double Knife (sword) form. My advanced Stick form beginning with MTG84 takes you on with the Taiji Stick form showing nine beautiful and useful brief forms that are always taught before going on to the advanced stick methods. My MTG12 and MTG57 teach how to defend yourself against knife attack as well as how to attack using a knife. This is a realistic tape that shows that much of what is taught to our law enforcement officers just does not work! I hope that this suffices as a beginning to the Erle Montaigue System and that you will delve further into the catalogue and web site. It is impossible to represent each of my tapes with just one name as I put so much onto my tapes. I also tend to diverge and go off on tangents during my teaching, so although one tape might have a 'name' there will be much more than just that subject learnt on any particular tape. Kind Regards Erle |