Hi, my name is Adrian Murray & welcome to my web site.

I hope that you will find some interesting general information here about 'internal' Chinese exercises (Nie Jia). Since a teenager I have made studies of the following;
T'ai-Chi Ch'uan, Hsing I Ch'uan & Chi Kung of various kinds
(please note; you will see these terms are also written 'TaJi Quan', 'XingYi Quan' & 'QiGong'. Here I will often use the common conversational abbreviations 'Tai Chi' & 'Hsing I')

All three exercises can be learnt in different 'styles'. If you like, each one is a kind of game (i.e. ball game, field game, throwing game) and within each there are different kinds (i.e. tennis, squash, racquets). In this site I write a little about the kind of Nie Jia I have practiced & what I teach.

My Chi Kung area is in general health rather than spiritual, martial or medical Chi Kung. But all Chi Kung contains these aspects to a greater or lesser extent.

Tai Chi is an excellent aid to general fitness and it also promotes mental & physical relaxation. The underpinning ideas of Tai Chi are based in the theory of YinYang. It is full of philosophic ideas and becomes an elaborate exercise with much variety. Yielding is it's primary characteristic.

Hsing I is also a good exercise with health benefits. It takes it's structure from from Chinese five element theory. It's form is very simple in comparison to Tai Chi and provides relatively easy access to the system. It is also commensurately unforgiving - requiring much repetition & exactitude. It is very direct & spirited. T'ai-Chi Ch'uan & Hsing I Ch'uan are both martial arts. Both have a significant health & fitness aspect. Both also provide a chi kung. My interest in them tends toward the softer aspects. This is very common in the West. Though I have learnt much of the martial aspect I harbour little interest in fighting.

Chi Kung is simply exercise that promote the well being of your chi - your energy. This involves the training of it's vessel - your body & discipline of your mind harmonising your Chi. It is a vast subject and contains much variety.

If any of this grabs your interest there is also info on how you can take classes with me. I teach Tai Chi in London & other parts of the UK.
I welcome students of all ages, fitness& abilities.