All Roads Lead To Taikiken

Just a brief thought dump today as a follow up to the blog post we published back in June called ‘All Roads Lead To Yiquan’.

In the June blog post we explored Yiquan as a product of later stage evolution in internal training. Given the facets of training we prioritise, it would be reasonable to take this a step further and look at the more naturalistic approach to Yiquan as interpreted by Kenichi Sawai. Who Kenichi Sawai did or didn’t train with is something of a moot point. The fact of the matter is, the more resonant approach of Taikiken is highly practical in respect of a number of axis’ of development and in our very humble opinion, has the advantage over Wang Xiangzhai’s art mechanically speaking. It also has a really cool and compelling aesthetic. Over the years we have spent an eye watering amount of money on our respective training journeys but if there were an accessible teacher in this art we could be tempted to rip open our velcro wallets one more time.

It’s a shame there is something of a dearth of literature on Taikiken in the English language. Though sometimes following a trail of breadcrumbs has it’s own rewards.