Interview with Sifu Peggy Chau

Martial Arts NY is pleased to present our exclusive interview with Peggy Chau, head instructor of Ng Mui Kung Fu and proprietor of the Fighthouse on West 27th street in Manhattan.

it doesn't have to do with breath at all. That's different about our style. I can do the winding of my abdomen and still I can talk to you, because I let the diaphragm do its natural breathing. But the compression is in the lower dantian. If you are a martial artist, you notice – for instance the karate teacher will do huh! huh! you know, each time. But in reality, it's involuntary. When you're doing fighting, you cannot control your breath. You cannot do like when you doing a form, it's entirely different. So Ng Mui is totally based on the moment of contact. It's very scientific. Everything is during that contact. Because it divides in Yi Jing. The Yi Jing is about changes. Its about changes and it's about growing.

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