Using Gravity! The Power of Standing Zen

Connect with the ground and channel Earth's power!
A martial arts method for producing power that ”goes beyond muscle strength”

Put gravity on your side and maintain your posture when three parts of your body (both soles of your feet and one more body part) are in contact with an external point!

A fundamental yet ultimate concept in Chinese martial arts and Qigong!
A rational power generated through Ritsuzen (Standing Zen).

Never lose physical clashes again in sports like soccer and basketball!


（Introduction）

●Chapter 1　A Mysterious Power Handed Down in the Martial Arts
Power That Doesn't Come from Muscles
Meeting the Zen Monk
Discovering the Rubber Ball Power

●Chapter 2　What is the Tripod Method?
Something That Comes Before Form and Muscle Strength
Birth of the Tripod Method
The Three Principles of the Tripod Method

●Chapter 3　Mastering the Tripod Method
Experiencing the Tripod Method
Exercise 1: Center Push
Exercise 2: Fist Push
Exercise 3: Chest Push (Front, Staggered)
Exercise 4: Fist Walk
Exercise 5: Front Arm Push
Exercise 6: Tenchi Saiki (Heaven and Earth Qi Cultivation)
Exercise 7: Ritsuzen
The Office Chair Experiment
Upper Wall Push

●Chapter 4　Exploring the Rubber Ball Power
Move as If Your Whole Body Was One Muscle
Generating Power from the Belly
The Rubber Ball Power Is a Central Power
Suspended from Above: The Power of Axes
Transfer Force Without Straining
Move the Parts That Aren't Touching Your Opponent
Motionless Power, Unmoving Power
An Innate Ability Taken for Granted
Use Your Arms Like Your Legs, and Your Legs Like Your Arms

●Chapter 5　Using Your Mind to Harness the Power of Your Body
Correlation Between Physical Sensation and Awareness
Don't Cling to the ”Correct Forms” of a School
Ball of Qi (Qi Sensation)
Subjective and Objective: The Two Sides of Power
Expansion and Contraction/Diffusion and Concentration
Martial Arts Is Communication
Martial Arts to Enhance Homeostasis
Three Types of Shuai Shou and Their Axes
Relying on Many People

●Chapter 6　Lessons from Sparring
Sparring for Fun: Playful Sparring
Developing Quickness Instead of Speed
There Is No Distinction Between Offense and Defense
Strike Without Thinking
Aiuchi: The Fundamental Yet Ultimate
Defend and Attack the Center
Strike Without Startling

●Acknowledgments




Author: Ojiro Matsui
Director of Taikiken Buzen-kai. Born in 1972. He was a former vice-captain of the Waseda Nipponkempo Club, where he won technical awards and other prizes at student championships. After graduation, he practiced mixed martial arts and later began training under Master Michio Shimada of Taiki Shisei Kenpo Kikou-kai. He has since won numerous awards, including winning a Sanda competition, and is currently working to spread Taikiken, mainly in Sapporo. He is also a non-regular contributor to the martial arts magazine 'HIDEN' and regularly interacts with martial arts instructors from various schools.

●Translator: Remy Castella
Graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and currently works as a freelance translator based in Sapporo. He has practiced various martial arts since childhood, including Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Capoeira, and now trains under Master Ojiro Matsui of Taikiken Buzen-kai.