Author Archives: Mike Ritz

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Session 1 “Heaven & Earth”

Every two weeks any and all interested BailongBall players can join our free training session (60 min. each) . We will show you three small forms, which have been worked out by the respective trainers (Olga Ardasheva, Irina Rusavina and Susanne Ritz). Each form is a self-contained block of 6 training hours.

The trainings take place on Thursdays at 7:30 PM CET. The second block with Irina starts on February 10th. She will teach us her artistic creation “Heaven & Earth” during the second 6 sessions.

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: “Latina Form” Final

TBBF Always in Flow – online / kostenlose Live Trainings: “Latina Form” Final Have you missed last Thursday’s session, January the 27th or would you like to checkup on any of the prior five sessions? No worries – in this post you find all you need, including links to all recordings. About this series – […]

From White to Black – the BailongBall Grading System

In order to standardize and popularize BailongBall forms (Taolu), specialists from a number of sports organizations, such as Beijing Sports University (北体大), China Elderly Sports Association (老体协), Beijing National Traditional Sports Association (北京市民族传统体育协会) and others have developed a system of sports grades – Duanwei System, similar to what we find in Wushu.

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Up-coming Session 6 “Latina Form”

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Up-coming Session 6 “Latina Form” Back in the rhythm – this Thursday, January 27th, we’ll be continuing our free training session, covering the “Latina Form”. Don’t forget to join us. You missed the first four sessions? No worries – in this post you find […]

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Up-coming Session 5 “Latina Form”

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Up-coming Session 5 “Latina Form” Back from the holiday break – we wish you a happy 2022 and hope you have had a good start. Tomorrow, Thursday, January 12th, we’ll be continuing our free training session, covering the “Latina Form”. Don’t forget to join […]

2021 – The Year of Adaptation

30 years ago, Prof. Bai Rong invented our unique sport and established the four principles: “Rou, Yuan, Zheng and Tui”, which not only apply to specific movements, but should also have a positive influence on individual human actions. Now more than ever, we are writing the year two after the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, we bailongball players are influenced by these guiding principles and look back here on the year of adaptations.

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Up-coming Session 4 “Latina Form”

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Up-coming Session 4 “Latina Form” Coming Thursday, December 23rd, we’ll be continuing our free training session, covering the “Latina Form”. Don’t forget to join us. You missed the first two sessions? No worries – in this post you find all about it including a […]

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Up-coming Session 3 “Latina Form”

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Up-coming Session 3 “Latina Form” In two days we’ll be continuing our free training session, covering the “Latina Form”. Don’t forget to join us. You missed the first two sessions? No worries – in this post you find all about it including a link […]

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Up-coming Session 2 “Latina Form”

TBBF Always in Flow – Online / Live Trainings for Free: Up-coming Session 2 “Latina Form” Tomorrow we’ll be continuing our free training session, covering the “Latina Form”. Don’t forget to join us. You missed the first session? No worries – in this post you find all about it including a link to the recording. […]