The article Humility is reprinted on Slanted Flying website with the permission of the author Sam Langley from his personal Blog. If you practice Tai Chi regularly you probably have some sense of gradual improvement. Personally, I find that the better I get the more I practice, and it seems to me that an increase … [Read more…]
Some years ago I met a Taijiquan & Qigong teacher who expected all her students to take off their jewelry during class. Even the wedding ring!
Film maker Valdas Kotovas has produced a beautiful film capturing the events and people celebrating World Tai Chi and Qigong Day in Greenville, South Carolina.
The latest documentary by Empty Mind Films looks at the Wudang schools of Tai Chi Chuan. Once again, as with all of the Empty Mind Films productions, it is beautifully filmed and in quality HD format. The film features Taoist master Zhong Yun Long and other schools of the Wudang style of Tai Chi Chuan.
My experience with Energy Arts and Internal practices began in earnest some years ago with a Qigong form called Opening the Energy Gates of the Body, I bought Bruce Frantzis’ seminal book of the same title and arranged to have a few lessons with an instructor. After a lifelong but sporadic interest in martial arts … [Read more…]
Tui Shou, or push-hands, can be used to train many things in the study of Taijiquan, and different schools likely have numerous specialized methods for using this training tool.
Why practice Tai Chi? When I ask new students why they are interested in learning Tai Chi, they usually have difficulty coming up with an answer.
All across the globe at 10:00 am local time on April 30th, of people from more than 80 countries will celebrate the practice Tai Chi and Qigong. They will gather in small and large groups, and from large cities to small towns. The celebrations will first begin in Fiji, at 10:00 am their local time. … [Read more…]
n the 2007 movie “Hot Rod”, Andy Samberg and his co-star Isla Fisher perform a scene in which they are practising Tai Chi on the shore of a beautiful lake.
Even as a senior student when I taught a beginner it was always a great experience for me that they learned something. Not just a physical movement (like a strike or a weight shift) but the concept.