Author Archives: Mike Ritz

Website – Taking a close look: Individual Choreo

As announced, we are currently expanding our website. First of all, we are devoting ourselves to individual choreography as part of the BailongBall discipline. On a new page you will find interesting facts about this discipline with its forms "Single", "Sync" and "Synergy".

The Sport’s diversity on Our New Web Page

Wenn Du unseren letzten Blog Beitrag von Xiaofei Sui, verfolgt hast, dann weißt Du, dass die TBBF als europäische Dachorganisation unseres Sports die BailongBall-Disziplinen weiterentwickelt hat. Mit dieser Weiterentwicklung wurde nun auch eine länderübergreifende Vereinheitlichung der Namen der Disziplinen eingeführt. Diese Spiegelt sich nun auch auf unserer Web-Seite wieder. Mit unserer überarbeiteten Seite „Der Sport“ […]

A World of Variety - the BailongBall Disciplines

Your own name is an important communication tool, because it is usually one of the first words that comes up in a conversation with somebody who doesn’t know you. The name is like a business card that opens a door to your own (life) story for any stranger.

In a monolingual and monosystemic world, choosing a suitable name would be easier than in our real multicultural community. After all, language, pronunciation and characters have many country-specific facets.

On Stage Was in Front of the Stage

Am 16.7 lud Hochstädten zur offenen Bühne eine. Taiji am Neuhof war dabei und zeigten die Vielfalt von BailongBall. Unter dem Motto „Making of“, moderierte Peter Hetzler die Zuschauer durch ein typisches Training. Nach der Vorführung hatte man die Möglichkeit mehr über den Sport zu erfahren, was von vielen Zuschauern gerne angenommen wurde. Und auch das Ausprobieren mit Racket und Ball kam nicht zu kurz.

From White to Black – an Interview with Irina Rusavina covering the BailongBall Grading System

In our last post about the BailongBall grading system, Irina gave us some background on the nine levels you can achieve in BailongBall. In this blog post, we want to look a little behind the scenes and learn what the exam is all about, why somebody may be motivated to take a Duan exam, how the exam process works and much more. I asked Irina all this in the following interview – learn from one of our most experienced instructors which path she took to success!

Discours on the BailongBall Racket Sheet

As a BailongBall trainer of Chinese origin, I closely follow developments in my sport’s home country. Recently, a heated discussion about the equipment has flared up among the players in the social media channels. One proponent of the “back to the roots” initiative is Mr. Cao, who has been an officially certified instructor and referee since the birth of our sport. He advocates a solid basic technique and gives online lessons free of charge. More information about the lessons and activities of Mr. Cao Shu can be found on his Wechat account “gh_c82cddec20f5”.

National Kung Fu Championships Featuring BailongBall Disciplines

April 22nd to 24th, Moscow was host to the National Kung Fu Championship of Russia. This time, BailongBall was part of the competing disciplines. A total of 780 participants from 38 cities joined to torunament.

BailongBall in Chinese Sports Science

Since its invention by Prof. Bai Rong 30 years ago, 柔力球 BailongBall has become an ever more popular sport in its originating country. It has also become a research object of Chinese sports science. In this article, I would like to introduce you to one of the Chinese scientists who has been studying our sport for more than two decades: Prof. Dr. Wang Hong (王宏), from the Institute of WuShu at Wuhan Sports University.

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