Hi all, I've recently been reading up on the more 'obscure' Neijia styles, particularly Ziranmen, or Natural Boxing. Is there anyone on MAP who is familiar with this style, or actually practices? J
I've got some of these, and they're pretty decent as applied kung fu dvds go http://www.dragonbrother.co.uk/wanls2.php
The only person I know of that practices Ziranmen would be Serge Augier. He's written quite bit about the internal arts including quite a large section on Ziranmen in the beginning of Alex Kozma's new book 'Warrior Guards The Mountain'. Definitely worth reading. He's got a website set up under the title 'Urban Taoist' and is based in Paris. There are currently two people that I am looking to train with at the moment. One of them is a student of Serge - Alex Kozma and the second is Serge himself. Both guys really seem to know their stuff!
I gave this set to a friend practicing MMA who was looking for a perspective on the "internal" side of things. Granted, I bought it elsewhere at a much lower price; as much as I love the info on PlumPub their prices are twice what I paid. http://www.plumpub.com/sales/dvd/dvdcoll_ziranmen.htm I have not practiced it but I can see that it has some very interesting aspects to it. Some of the standing exercises almost reminded me of Aunkai's tenchijin. I think the closest instructor to me here in the States is in Texas. Although Serge Augier is supposed to be in San Francisco soon I don't think I can afford to pay a visit while he's in town.
