Ziranmen means Natural School or Natural Style. It is a rare and unique traditional martial art that includes methods of flexibility, nei gong, self defense, forms, weapons, and body conditioning. It calls for the use of the entire body in an integrated way that exercises and strengthens all the muscles, tendons, and ligaments. It has similarities to both Shaolin and Wudang styles meaning it has the strong points of both internal and external styles. Classes teach confidence, patience, and discipline while improving your grace, strength, agility, and self defense skills.
Ziranmen emphasizes three styles of gongfu–soft, hard and light. It teaches three character traits–wisdom, benevolence and courage, and four virtues–trustworthiness, righteousness, chivalry and bravery. Ziranmen, as indicated by its name, calls attention to a natural state during practice. As in learning any skills, in the beginning one will feel very unnatural (which is but a necessary precursor) before one can attain naturalness. Without following the rules coupled with hard work, how can one achieve that day of natural fulfillment which is Ziranmen Kungfu? With time spent practicing the set forms and adherence to the principles, over time one shall attain this natural state.
The Ziranmen stances, movement, qigong training and mind set are combined with specialized training methods to enhance the practitioner’s inherent force.
According to the "Zhongguo Wushu Shiyung Daquan: Ziranmen training apparatus include iron rings, a wooden ball, sandbag training, wooden dowel training and post kicking. Martial application and physical cultivation are practiced together. At the highest level the spirit guides the action naturally.
Traditional Martial Arts Training - Refers to Martial Arts training that has retained traditional training methods.
