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Letting Go
The closest you'll get to not doing is meditating. Of course, once you try to sit there and do nothing you find it's impossible! You try to calm your mind and …
What the “Unbendable Arm” Can Reveal About Taijiquan
There is a quality that is somewhere between resisting and collapsing that we strive for in Taijiquan. This is reflected in the admonition to avoid butting …
Multiple Centers & Multiple Spheres in Taijiquan
Taijiquan (太極拳) practitioners sometimes think of the body as a cylinder, or as a single sphere with the center located at the lower dantien (丹田elixir …
Finding Feedback in Taijiquan
Without feedback, how do we know how and when we improve? Many sports have measurable criteria for detecting improvements , and these can be used as one form …
Peripheral Visual Awareness in Taijiquan
There are several ways that peripheral visual awareness is trained in Taijiquan (太極拳). For example, during push-hands (推手 tui shou) and fighting …
Master Chen Yingjun
Maybe it was when the floorboards shattered that I realised I was in the presence of a warrior. Taijiquan is a battlefield martial art and its original
Training With The Greats: Taiji Seminar With Chen Bing
I haven’t been training in Chen Old Frame for long, so when I had the opportunity to train with a Chen Master, I knew it would be an opportunity of a …
Does Size Matter in Taijiquan?
The concept of “four ounces moves a thousand pounds” indicates that size differences should not matter for someone skilled in the art of Taijiquan.
Language
The word 'Relax' is a pleasing one and I've yet to find a better word to replace it. It is, perhaps though, problematic.
Force from Structure vs. Acceleration in Taijiquan
Acceleration is also used in Taijiquan, there is an emphasis on using a unified (whole-body) structure, therefore emphasizing the “m” (mass)
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