「趙堡鎮」到「香港」(English)

太極拳在趙堡鎮的承傳體系中，共歷十代不同姓氏的掌門，從其第一代掌門人蔣發，流傳所說，太極拳是由元、明之際的張三豐所創，至今已有超過四佰多年的歷史。張三豐以其高深的拳藝，配以易經的理論，創出太極拳。太極拳發展歷數百年，於傳授中，寄拳意內容於太極圖號，做成各人領略有所不同，而演變出今天的各門各派。

太極拳先祖王宗岳，經商途經趙堡鎮，因機緣而收蔣發為徒。蔣發隨王習藝七年，回到趙堡鎮，成為「趙堡太極拳」第一代宗師。趙堡太極拳是唯一以地方名稱為號的太極拳。其間歷代掌門公正無私，擇賢者而授，故歷代掌門姓氏不盡相同，唯其中亦有枝幹，以姓氏把其私有化。

「趙堡」實為戰國時代的趙國屯兵要塞。趙堡鎮內亦一直保留「趙堡太極拳」實而不華的內功勁法，直到二十世紀三十年代，趙堡太極拳宗師鄭悟清先生(第十代傳人) 避戰亂定居於西安，才廣授門人。其中女弟子紀昌秀師尊，於 1980年代移居香港，開始廣授門人，彭漢強老師，亦於此時投身其門下，歷十年之久。

「趙堡太極」到「勁太極」

由於太極拳用於記意的雙魚圖是既深且廣，卻非專一的力學程式，於是套路便很快按主觀的經驗發展起來，情況現在還是一樣。「趙堡太極拳」第八代宗師和兆元則曾整理架式、重新歸回圓形力學當中，惜並未持久。

紀昌秀老師，為第一位把趙堡拳架（當時稱和式太極拳）帶到香港及海外的宗師。趙堡拳架以其實而不華的技擊方式聞名於世，渾勁時內力純厚、變化多端、形架豐富、無明顯的發勁動作、引人入勝、印象深刻、難以忘滅，亦深深吸引彭老師的注意。

彭漢強老師於2000年回到香港，不久建立「趙堡太極拳發勁研究中心」，以單一次的出力，來研究發勁的基本單位：「勁」。掌握「勁」的三個內在特性：重量、速度、方向與功法的關係。後經天地圖書之陳松齡先生的邀請，於2012年6月出版了極具影響力的「趙堡太極拳內勁揭秘」一書，當中破解了「氣聚丹田」、「無極生太極」的物理謎團，解釋了重力流動和匯聚於骨盤中央的物理現象，並掌握了盤骨內「重心」的物理位置。

在「太極拳勁之剖析(趙堡架)」一書(天地圖書2015 年) ，彭漢強老師，運用重心「動量」方程式，在影碟中分解及重演十位世界級太極大師巔峰造藝之作，並且建立了有效提高功力的訓練程序，而且由好幾位友好實踐到不同界別的武術和體育運動中，均甚見成效。在文章中，彭老師清楚表明，書本內容並未參考古代繁多的太極典籍，完全以現代力學結構作依歸，首次以現代人體物理力學的機械原理，分解趙堡太極套路中各類形的發勁機械原理，粉碎太極拳「十年不出門」的鐵律。

「勁太極」拳架、課程特色

無論「勁太極學院」或「發勁研究中心」，都並非以傳統拳館的方式傳授，而是以現代專科院校的板模形式傳授發勁功夫，課程內容深而且廣，兼備分析力的培養，範圍包括物理力學、人體結構和陀縲發勁建構，以三個月為一學期。「勁太極學院」是網上自學，每年為會員預備幾次聚會學習的幾會，「發勁研究中心」則每週在香港均有活動。「勁太極12式」易學易用，實為趙堡太極的六招，以左右一次的方法，編成為十二式，血氣因而怏速旺盛，保建效果很好，亦因其簡短易學，學員幾星期後即可投入發勁功夫，如「掤履擠按」四正法的研習；是適用於學習太極拳、中外武術、和世運體育項目，不可多得的科學發勁課程。

「勁太極學院」的網址是嵌入在「太極拳勁之剖析(趙堡架)」的應用程式中，但可完全獨立運作，程式可掃描本頁底部的QR安裝，推動以力學勁法為本的「勁太極」，使太極拳革新運動，走得更深更遠更廣。配合「定式發勁」、「露形演繹」、「陀螺槓桿」等，達到興趣和安全兩者平衡，做到養生、保健、發勁、自衛、減壓的五個目標。成為都市人不可多得的優質運動，成為祖國具代表性的國技。以下介紹三種使用本網站進行公開學習的方法：

學習法A

第一種學習法A是較傳統的模仿方法，以勁太極網址資料作為學院的課本。學員可順序閱讀已上載的十七頁內容，資料包括視頻、教學個案文件等，並且順序到「勁太極廣場」的練功坊、藏經閣、木人行、勁舞台和「勁之山」上的視頻和文件，學習功法原理，亦可到「便利店」各書櫃搜購相關的功法示範和說明。遇到困難時，可到「勁論壇」討論，如仍無頭緒開始，可報名參加八星期的分段網上「導學課程」，由專人帶領進行結構性學習。於會員日當天，設有自願性參加的分段考試，供會員評核自學的質素。預計三年能達大師級的功力。

學習法B

另一公開學習的方法亦十分有效，稱為仿真範例法。學員可從書櫃A和書櫃T選購有興趣的動作視頻，進行仿真模擬練習，紀錄自己練習視頻，進行對照比較，分析當中差異的物理功法成因，從：質量、速度、方向、和關節結構幾方面追尋原因，再到書櫃B、C和J搜尋原理，使發勁功力和保健養生得到最大的提升。

獨立成章的「勁至尊」課

無論是傳統的順序方法或是仿真範例法，在本院獨家的「勁至尊」課節中，一旦裝置了陀螺物理結構後，練習均變得十分有趣。它稱為「至尊」是它能管控內功勁力在體內的轉移，並且能藉它看到勁法功力，應用到其它運動的可行性。「勁至尊」課節可在書櫃中搜尋得到，亦可經網上學習，或向彭老師預約個人的一小時課節，hkwilliampang@gmail.com, 按標準價收費。此單一獨立課節在個人物理潛能發展上，緩減關節痛楚和改善體質方面都有立竿見影的果效，2014年底引進各專題工作坊後，有十分好的果效和評價。

本院隆重推介     Academy Promotion

勁太極廣場          King Tai Chi Plaza 「勁太極廣場」是以大學模式學習「勁12式」，分十段進行網上公開教授，以人體陀螺為勁力結構、應用於內功發勁，「勁」為偕梯，達到太極大師級的發勁自衛、保健養生，登上現代力學的武俠境界，一瞥如雲海般的壯觀領域，享受天人合一的宇宙韻律。廣場上的六處功能內頁：1.勁12練功坊－藉眾多的累進教學設計視頻，帶領學員練好十二式、共三十八勁。2.藏經閣－有分段考試內容和試題、網上學習個案、精華課程筆記、工作坊、專題講座、課堂實案等現場紀錄。3.木人行－有分段公開考試範例視頻。4.勁舞台－優秀學員的表演示範。5.勁論壇－討論學習路上的困難，尋求突破。6.便利店－處理各繳費服務：如購買書刊、各書櫃幾百項的功法視頻、申請入會、報讀課程、會員日等。(傳說中的「勁之山」，則須有決心的會員，才可前往的武學勝地。) There are six functional Pages on the “King Tai Chi Plaza”:1.Jin12 Practice Square－Through the many accumulative teaching design video, guide students experience the Jin12, total 38 Jins. 2.Paradigm Corner－Stores the examination criteria and mock questions, real web studies record, oversea concise fa jin notes, videos of theme based Seminars, Workshops, Lesson records etc.3.Woodmen Lane – mock examination videos and Questions.4.Jin Stage－performance and demonstration by outstanding students.5.Jin Forum－discuss problem encounter in the study and look for break through6.Convenient Shop－Handle all payment matter, like purchase of our paradigms publication, three hundreds videos clips on the Books Shells, application of membership, courses and Member Day.(Only determine member is allowed to visit our holy grail “King the Mountain” for fa jin study)

 From “Zhao Bao Town” to “Hong Kong”

The fa jin kung fu originated from an ancient town in China called Zhao Bao. There are ten consecutive generation of grand masters living inside the town in well documents. They have of different family names. The first generation Grand Master Chiang Fat, mentioned he learned this Zhao Bao Tai Chi from Grand Master Wong CO who visited Zhao Boa town for business reason. The tai chi fist was developed by its originator, the well known grand master Cheung San Fung during the time in-between the Ming and Ching Dynasties. However, the logo for fixing the meaning of the fist is of memory facilitating kind, not a precise physical mechanic nature. As a result, there were a lot denominations developed according to non-force reasons. Among the branches, some use their own Chinese family names to have the tai chi “privatized”. The personal feelings are so strong that some are no longer willing to discuss the mechanism publicly.

Zhao Bao was the warrior camp site for a small country called Zhao during the War Countries Ages of ancient China. The grand masters in Zhao Bao were able to preserve the fa jin tai chi skill uninterruptedly. Until the tenth generation grand Master Chang NC, moved to inner west  of China due to Warfare and started to teach extensively. Among the students, a lady Master Ji CS, migrated to Hong Kong in the 1980s, Master Pang our Academy chancellor, was among her students from the very beginning for ten years.

“Zhao Bao Tai Chi” to “King Tai Chi”

The double fish logo of tai chi was good for memory, but fail to provide an exact reason for understanding from a scientific point of view. Without a cue for understanding, the skills cannot be passed on efficiently and effectively and its always take many decades of study to have the correct feeling and experience, here is where the tai chi iron rule “Without graduation at least 10 years” gained its ground. In fact, the eight generation grand master He SY did attempt to re-inforce the moves into circular path again, but with no long lasting effect because f the enormous variations allowed by the tai chi figure.

Grand Master Ji, is the first to brought this Zha Bao Tai Chi to Hong Kong and was called once the “He style”. The Zhao Bao tai chi is famous because of it jin was impressively strong and without observable chase of  movement and it attracted the eyes of Master Pang ever since the beginning.

Master William HK Pang returned back to Hong Kong in the year 2000 and later, established the “Zhao Bao Tai Chi Fa Jin Research Centre” which focused on the investigation of a single power, Jin. The internal factors composing a jin are: Mass, velocity and direction that produces the impacting force in fa jin performance according to the physics formula(Impacting momentum = Mass X Velocity). Later, invited by Mr Chan CL of the Cosmos Books, Master Pang published the influential paradigm “ Zha Bao Tai Chi-Unveiling the Secret of Fa Jin”(2012 Ed in Chinese only) which cracked open the physical process of “Air condensing into Dan Ten”, thus grabbed the ball for momentum fa jin to operate.

In “Tai Chi Jin Mechanics—Zhao Bao style”(Cosmos Books 2015 Ed.), master Pang went further to describe the motion of jin, or momentum,  in our body by physics law of momentum. In the attached DVD, Master Pang re-acted ten world class tai chi grand masters performance by using these physics principles only. Furthermore, he used the Jin skills to boost fa jin skills in other sport and martial arts through members of the Centre, cracking the ancient iron rule of tai chi “Without graduation at least 10 years” into powder. His performance of fa jin is also very impressive in the DVD.

The King Tai Chi Curriculum Features

The “King Tai Chi Academy”(www.kingtaichi.org) was founded by the “Fa Jin Research Centre” when the second paradigm “Tai Chi Jin Mechanics-Zhao Bao Style” was published January 2015. The Centre locates in Hong Kong and performs functions on a weekly basis. The Academy, on the other hand, is a web embedded inside an application which can be downloaded via the QR code at the end of the page. The web itself is fully functional, and the Academy prepares several day of learning function severing members from all over the world annually.   The Academy provides all levels of support to facilitate the learning from anytime, anywhere, any pace in the world with a textbook like pricing if public wants to get it further deep. Learning methods are safe, observable and interesting; skills like “Freeze Fa Jin”, “Observable Performance”, “Gyroscopic Lever” are all with apply physics mechanism during interactive practice. There are several ways to conduct the open learning through our Academy.

Study Method A

This is the Traditional Sequence method using the www.kingtaichi.org material as our school textbook. One can go through the details uploaded, including videos, learning cases documents etc, on the seventeen pages, then emulate in sequence the action videos posted in King Tai Chi Plaza, Practice Square, Paradigm Corner, Woodmen Lane Quest, Jin Stage and King the Mountain pages one by one, and referring to the bio- physics principle on Book Shells from time to time. Whenever encounter problem, can look for help from the Forum, if still no idea where to start, can enroll in eight week on-the-web course for each level. Level examination is available during Member Day although it is not compulsory; to verify the quality of self-learning. It is expecting to reach grand master level in three years time.

Study Method B

The other way to do the open learning is through a well known effective method called Emulate-Worked Example. Student can start to select worked examples items from either Book Shell A and T, then video the actions on their own, extracting the difference in between, analyzing the aspects causing the gap, including: mass, velocity, direction and the joint structures, follow up to understand the principle behind that create the difference in fa jin power and health issues by looking around theory backup from items on Book Shells B, C and J.

The independent “King Prime” Session

Both the Traditional Sequence method and the Emulate-Worked Example method are interesting once the human Gyroscope is being installed during the Prime King Session. It is called the “Prime” because the physical structure could regulate the movement of jin inside the body and foresee the jin application to other sports in a healthy way. The “Prime” can be purchased from Book Shell or via on-the-web learning or one-to-one personally by booking with Master Pang, hkwilliampang@gmail.com ,with a standard pricing. The single one hour lesson is very effective in improving personal power potential, relieving joint pain and improving health issues right on the spot. Very positive results and comments keep coming ever since year 2014 employed in theme Workshops.

It is wish that with our revolutionary design and effort, the benefit of fa jin can be more and more popular in the near future and more and more people can be benefited from fa jin and health throght the king web.