Author Archives: Mike Ritz

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.

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Get Ready for Game, Session 2

Unser Zoom Angebot, „TBBF always in flow“, geht in die nächste  Runde.

Für alle interessierten BailongBall Spieler bieten wir alle zwei Wochen eine kostenlose Trainingsstunde (60 min.) an. Wir zeigen Dir verschiedene BailongBall Disziplinen. So hatten wir bereits Sessions mit BailongBall Formen von Olga Ardasheva und Irina Rusavina. In diesem Block, der auch wieder aus 6 Sessions besteht, geht es um die Disziplin XPlay (auch Multiplay genannt).

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Get Ready for Game

Nach der „Latina-Form“ von Olga Ardasheva wechseln wir in diesem Block von den BailongBall Formen zum Xplay. Auch dieser besteht wieder aus 6 Sessions, in denen Philippe Marty uns dieses Mal Grundtechniken, sowie fortgeschrittene Techniken zeigen wird.

Teaching XPlay via Web is of course a “special challenge”, considering the missing partner! And yet – Philippe has impressively demonstrated in his first session how basic techniques can also be practiced alone. With your own momentum or with the help of a wall – preferably windowless, in order not to distirb the neighbors ;-). Of course you can also ask another person for assistance – maybe the neighbor can throw a few balls?

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Get Ready for Game, Session 1

Unser Zoom Angebot, „TBBF always in flow“, geht in die nächste  Runde.

Für alle interessierten BailongBall Spieler bieten wir alle zwei Wochen eine kostenlose Trainingsstunde (60 min.) an. Wir zeigen Dir verschiedene BailongBall Disziplinen. So hatten wir bereits Sessions mit BailongBall Formen von Olga Ardasheva und Irina Rusavina. In diesem Block, der auch wieder aus 6 Sessions besteht, geht es um die Disziplin XPlay (auch Multiplay genannt).