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Lift Hands The Internal Arts Magazine Volume 15 September 2020

Editor Nasser Butt

Copyright © by Nasser Butt, 2020 & Fa-jing Ch’uan Internal Chinese Boxing Schools

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Cover Photo (main): Mohamed Jabateh, Abass Ali & Dr Gregory T. Lawton Cover Design © Nasser Butt, 2020 Cover Photography: Abass Ali Back Design: Copyright © Nasser Butt 2020; Photography: Marios Eleftheriou

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contents

Editor’s Note Page 9

The House of Mouse The Art of Amy Faulkner Page 11

Martial Equilibrium - Part III Tony Bailey Page 13

Erle Montaigue’s Mother Applications To The Small San-sau Peter Jones Page 17

The Spear: The Wudang Hand Weapons Part 3 Nasser Butt Page 22

Kung-Fu Cooking Andy Haynes Page 31

Falling & Unfurling Ramakrishna Chedumbarum Page 34

Summer Campus 2020 - The Next Level Ramon Soranzo Page 38

The Medical Implications of Combat T’ai Chi Ch’uan Techniques: Investigating Blunt Force Trauma - Part 3 Dr. Gregory T. Lawton Page 51

I Am Love Andy Haynes Page 66

20 Questions with Gav Richardson Page 69

How Long…? Nasser Butt Page 77

Arise Dr. Gregory T. Lawton Page 82

What Can Go Wrong In A Conflict? Katherine Loukopoulos Page 84

The Energies of Taijiquan - Part 3 Nasser Butt Page 92

Going To Class Gavin J. Richardson Page 100

Hadjios Valley Camp 2020 Details Page 105

Peasant Talk Page 112

Useful Contacts Page 113

The Art of Louiseneige Be Page 114

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editor’s Note

Welcome to Volume 15 of the multi-award winning Lift Hands Magazine. We are now heading into the autumnal and winter months, with three quarters of the year elapsed already. Most martial arts dojos and schools are still closed, or working in an extremely diminished capacity. The scourge of the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions are still with us across the globe.

For the martial arts community, these have been trying times indeed, as it has been for most folk whose livelihoods have been severely impacted during the past six months. Having said that, as much as we all need to earn a crust or keep a roof on our heads, what drives the real martial artist and tutor is not the money - rather, it is a desire to be able to practice their beloved arts and to also pass that learning on to their students. Nothing gives us more pleasure than nurturing and developing our students - mentally, physically and spiritually - to the best of their and our abilities and capabilities.

So, this period of uncertainty may well prove to be a blessing in disguise… a test for both the teacher and the student.

Lift Hands Magazine, with each passing issue, has continued to increase its readership worldwide, which currently stands at 19.2K across 105 countries. You can see the list on the next page. This is no mean feat, nor is it the work of any singular person. I consistently receive emails on a daily basis praising the magazine for the good old-fashioned information it provides without pandering to egos or celebrity. As I’ve said already, this information is not of one person or style alone and to each and every contributor I thank you sincerely from the heart, it is you who have made the magazine what it is.

Volume 15 continues with the final parts of the excellent ‘Martial Equilibrium’ series by Tony Bailey, as well as the highly informative ‘The Medical Implications of Combat T’ai Chi Ch’uan Techniques: Investigating Blunt Force Trauma’ by Dr. Gregory Lawton and Peter Jones’ ‘Mother Applications To The Small San-sau’ - these are all consummate and peerless martial artists providing their knowledge and experience for free, and talking of consummate martial artists… well they don’t come with any better a pedigree than Katherine Loukopoulos Sensei, who routinely imparts her knowledge and wisdom in these pages.

I’d like to welcome a couple of new contributors to Lift Hands - Andy Haynes and Gavin Richardson - a great addition to the family.

Volume 16 of Lift Hands Magazine will, God Willing, appear in December - Yes, it’ll be that crazy time of the year called Christmas when we next meet! It’s going to be a special issue - that’s all I’ll say for now, so watch this space.

If you have any articles to submit, then please do so by the end of November latest. Volume 16 is going to require some preparation.

In the meantime, I wish all our readers and martial arts family the best.

Stay safe, stay healthy… and if you can lend a helping hand to anyone in these times of need, then extend your hand - this is the Way.

105 Countries

19.2K Readers

Albania Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Cote D’lvoire Croatia

Cuba Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Estonia Fiji Finland France French Guyana Gambia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Hungary Iceland India Indonesia

Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Madagascar Malaysia Malta Mauritania Mexico Moldova

Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Serbia Slovakia

South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Tunisia Turkey Ukraine UAE United Kingdom USA Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe