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How forms are destroying Tai Chi and why we still need them.

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In the 1950’s Liu Wan Fu fought in the last full contact death matches in China.

He never won a match with a clean technique straight from the form.

He told me this when I studied from him in the early 90’s. So I asked him “Why are you teaching me forms?”

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The Power of Now

The Power of Now is one of the most fundamentally basic and important mental and spiritual practices that exists.

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One of the fundamental mistakes that many Tai Chi players Make.

One of the fundamental Tai Chi principles is relaxation and softness. Relaxation and softness are a very significant part of Tai Chi training because it is important for health and also for fighting the Tai Chi way. However, do not confuse things. Relaxed does not mean Collapsed. The Tai Chi masters say, “Relaxed Not Collapsed!”

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Are you better than blankety blank? (part 2)

So, to continue with answers to, Are you better than blankety blank? I want you to first consider some answers to the questions that I posed last time. How do you compare stylistic and practitioner attributes for health and peace of mind? Also, just because someone is a better practitioner than someone else does that [...]

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Are you better than blankety blank?

Instructing for a living is a very interesting profession.

You get to meet lots of different people and get to interact with them in ways that are extremely rewarding and profound as well as downright aggravating and unpleasant.

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The busy person’s secret to training more.

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A lot of new students around the 3 – 6 month mark tend to complain about not having enough time to practice. Tai Chi as you know is a very deep and complex art so it is a valid question. I will tell you here what I tell them.

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Tai Chi Chuan, Bagua & Hsing-I

Tai Chi Chuan, Bagua & Hsing-I

I find that I commonly get asked quite a few questions about the 3 main internal arts of Tai Chi Chuan, Bagua & Hsing-I. These questions include but are not limited to:

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Defanging Yang Style Tai Chi (part 2)

The Chen family had developed a very formidable style of kung fu (what we now call Chen-style tai chi chaun) during the Ming period, taught only within their family until the early 1800s. Then the art was…

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Defanging Yang Style Tai Chi (part 1)

Unquestionably one of the penultimate martial arts – in fact, its very name means something along the lines “supreme ultimate boxing” – the entire family of tai chi chaun is struggling to reclaim its status as a martial art. How is it that tai chi chaun…

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Mind Intent

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The role of mind intent in in Chi Kung /Qi Gong is most important. Without mind intent very little would actually happen. One of the ideas/theories of higher level practice is that…

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