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Tai Chi Chuan

Tai Chi for Self Defense?

November 30, 2009
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I often get asked if there is really such a thing as Tai Chi for self defense? How can Tai Chi be for self defense? After all the moves are performed slowly and smoothly and big.

First of all consider…

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What are Internal Tai Chi Skills?

November 26, 2009
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What are Internal Tai Chi Skills? Internal Tai Chi Skills are what is going on inside the practitioner of Tai Chi and…

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Nei Jia – 7 Criteria of the Internal Martial Arts

November 18, 2009
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…the very next thing that is evaluated and looked at are the internal aspects usually stated as “are they internal”. To someone who has not heard this before it obviously begs the question, “what is internal?”.

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Qi Journal: All Tai Chi

September 24, 2009

The new Qi Journal (vol 19, no. 3) is almost all about Tai Chi. Check it out if you don’t have one already.

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Body Tension, Mental Tension & Tai Chi

September 8, 2009

Steve Kerr asked “I understand what is meant by ‘isolated’ tension, but could you please clarify what is meant by ‘Systemic’ tension?” after he read the Push Hands Sensitivity article.
In basic terms what I am calling “systemic tension” means the whole body and often the person’s mind is also tense.
The average untrained person in America, [...]

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1 Touch Knockouts @ Family Gathering ‘09

September 3, 2009

(continued from “Uncle Bill Family Gathering“)
In my first teaching session I taught on Heavy hands, 1 Touch Knockout hitting and whole body energy transfer.  In my second teaching session at the request of Rex I taught a class on multiple attackers.  My 1 touch KO and  internal power session was very well received by all [...]

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Uncle Bill Family Gathering

September 2, 2009

FAMILY GATHERING 2009 (part 1)
This years Uncle Bill Family Gathering was Excellent! The gathering had about 70 participants. Thank you to Keith and the Denver seniors and many thanks to Uncle Bill and Auntie for putting on such an excellent event. Also, once again Conrad did an excellent job as MC. [...]

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I must know them, I must know me and they cannot know me.

September 1, 2009

1) I must know them.
What this means is that you want to have the ability to read, feel and understand the other person.

I want to be able to feel and look at their body and know where there alignments are and where their alignments are off.
I have to be able to look and see or [...]

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Tai Chi Heavy Hands

August 27, 2009

Weight Distribution & Transfer
Say you weigh 150lbs. That weight is contained withing you. If I take a sack of something heavy like sand that weighs 150 lbs and throw it at someone even if they catch it they’ll either fall or get knocked over.
So if I weigh 150lbs (and I’m actually more like 170) and [...]

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Body Mechanics & Alignment in Tai Chi

August 26, 2009

When we talk about alignment we’re talking about where and how everything is positioned inside the body.
When you go to push a heavy (but movable) object there is an alignment through the body and if the alignment is correct and true and all the way through your body you won’t have any problem moving the [...]

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