From the monthly archives:

January 2010

March 26-28 ‘10 Combat Tai Chi Workshop

January 30, 2010

You don’t want to miss this event! Participants will receive live hands on instruction and correction for a fraction of the cost of the DVDs. This workshop will contain a lot of the high level hard to find information that many people spend years just trying to find, much less acquire. We highly recommend that you bring a notebook and take a lot of notes. Plus everyone who attends the workshop will receive a 50% discount on the DVDs we film that weekend.

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Peng Jing

January 28, 2010
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Peng Jing translated into English as Ward Off is classically considered to be the first posturally based Tai Chi energy taught to beginners.

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Peng, Lu, Ji, An

January 27, 2010
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Peng, Lu, Ji and An are considered to be the first 4 primary physical jing energies in Tai Chi Chuan.

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Combat Tai Chi Workshop #1

January 25, 2010
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The first Workshop in our Combat Tai Chi program was a great success. Topics included: Fa Jing, Advanced Dim Mak, Poison Hand, Leading into Emptiness, steel wrapped in Cotton, Whips…

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13 Kinetic Postures of Tai Chi

January 25, 2010
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The main thing to understand about the 13 Kinetic Postures of Tai Chi, as they are referred to, is that they are really not…

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Fa Jing with Breath and Steel Wrapped in Cotton

January 23, 2010

The title says it all. Day 1 of our Combat Tai Chi Workshop was packed with great stuff, but my personal favorites were…

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Tai Chi Ground Path with Fingers

January 21, 2010

Tai Chi Ground Path training is essential work for rooting and peng jings. Here’s a video clip of using your fingers with the Tai Chi Ground Path.

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Shen Mind Intent

January 21, 2010
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Shen Mind Intent refers to the emotional or heart mind intent. If I am working with someone who is not well and my heart goes out to them and I wish them well and have compassion for them and a healing effect takes place it is due to the projection of shen mind intent. Essentially the emotion directs the energy.

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Yi or I Mind Intent for Healing

January 20, 2010
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Yi or I means intellectual mind intent. This essentially means that the mind is used to direct energy and heal in a very precise kind of a way in the same manner that…

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Mind Intent

January 19, 2010
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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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