Janis McGrath
I am co-owner of an internal martial arts/healing arts school. We teach the arts of Hsing yi, Ba Kua, Tai Chi, and QiGong. Our students are dedicated individuals willing to do the hard work it takes to achieve excellence and spiritual growth. I am the written voice of my partner who has taught martial arts for 15 years. He rejected a death sentence by western doctors and sought healing and life through the Eastern Healing and Internal Martial Arts.
Blogs by this Author
Valley of the Kings
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 10/3/2008
The normal activities at our school range from meditation to throwing an opponent or taking an opponent down using Hsing Yi, Ba Kua, or Tai Chi combined with the Pre-Heaven energy. The victor in any ...
Getting Unstuck
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 08/11/2008
We have recently lost a few students in our internal martial arts school. The first said he felt he was too old to “get it” ,meaning too old to understand the instruction that he was gi...
A Full and Balanced Life
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 07/7/2008
A prospective student/curiosity seeker walked in our school this afternoon with many questions for John about the internal martial arts. They got into a detailed discussion about methods of generat...
Lifting the Sky, Taming the Earth
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 06/27/2008
Those are just two of the Pre-Heaven forms that our students learned this past Sunday, when we were honored to have Master Wei-Chung Lin teach a Pre-Heaven Power seminar at our internal martial arts s...
Rescuing baby ducks
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 06/23/2008
As I was getting ready for work this morning, I looked out the bathroom window and saw a police SUV parked on the street to the back of my home. Then, I noticed four people, a female police officer, ...
Avoiding The High Cost of Health Care
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 06/16/2008
The secret is to take responsibility for one's own health. We all know that many chronic illnesses and diseases could be lessened or completely eliminated by the choices we make each day. Choices in...
Demon of Anger
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 06/11/2008
The words that follow were written by my business partner, John. He continues to struggle with the demon of anger each day. ANGER IS A CONSCIOUS CHOICE
BROUGHT UP BY PROGRAMMED MEMORY OF
PAST E...
Prevent Child Abuse
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 05/23/2008
I just returned from attending the Prevent Child Abuse America conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Attendees came from as far away as Japan, looking for understanding of the root causes of child ab...
To Harm or To Heal
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 05/21/2008
The energy that is generated in learning the internal martial arts can be delivered to an opponent, abruptly stopping the attack or it can be used to heal. They are opposite sides of the same coin. ...
A Warriors' Heart, A Healer's Hands
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 05/14/2008
I wrote this about John last September. It just begins to tell his story.
“At fourteen years old, I held a knife in one hand, a gun in the other.” John, the youngest son of an unrele...
Forced Relaxation
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 05/9/2008
As you are learning Tai Chi, the best time to practice is after a day or perhaps week of hard physical labor. At that point the body is completely exhausted and will surrender. This state of relax...
This is Your Journey
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 05/3/2008
What choices will you make for this journey? Will you choose weakness or strength? Will you choose sickness or health? Will you choose to quit each time that something gets difficult or painful or ...
Like a crashing wave
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 04/30/2008
Monday, I was teaching the Tai Chi short form to two brothers, seven and five years old. John keeps telling me that children that young can't understand the concept of chi, or jing, or internal energ...
Delusions and Illusions, Surrender and Release
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 04/28/2008
The path of a true martial artist brings spiritual and emotional growth along with the physical discipline of the art. If the spiritual and emotional paths are set aside or denied, all energy is de...
It's All About Fluidity and a Soft Connection to the Ground
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 04/17/2008
The opening words of Ba Kua internal martial arts class. John continues "Both feet are at a 30 degree angle to the center of your circle. From here, I'll lock out my left arm and twist on the left t...
Martial Art, not martial sport
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 04/16/2008
Hsing Yi class at the Internal Martial Arts School. In Hsing Yi, John teaches the students to form a solid, stable, spring-like structure to drive forcefully toward the center of their opponent. ...
Internal Martial Arts School - Daily life
- By Janis McGrath
- Published 04/14/2008
As I said in my biography, I am the written voice of an internal martials arts instructor. John was diagnosed with kidney disease at age 32. The specialists insisted that he would die if he did not ...