Moving Chi the Tai Chi Way – 4/17/17

Moving Chi the Tai Chi Way https://youtu.be/4sHXUN-4WIs Many years ago I developed an exercise designed to help people who are interested in increasing chi, and learning how to consciously move this chi through the body. I called the exercise “Guan Gong Frolics”. Guan...

Uncomfortable/Comfortable – 4/10/17

Uncomfortable/Comfortable The process of learning Tai Chi, as well as most physical activities, involves educating the body how to do an action in a relaxed, yet efficient manner. In Tai Chi, the student first tries to mimic what the instructor is doing, without much...

Teachers and Students of Tai Chi Chuan – 4/3/17

Teachers and Students of Tai Chi Chuan Tai Chi Chuan evolved in China over a long period as a martial art based on the philosophies of Daoism, Confucianism, and Zen Buddhism. The knowledge of this art was necessarily kept very private, mostly passing from father to...

Trees and Mountain Climbing – 3/27/17

Greetings. I’m looking at some BIG numbers in my life right now. I am starting my 75th year on this planet. My 50th year of Tai Chi study, practice, and enjoyment. 45 years of teaching this fine art. 35 years of being happily married to a most wonderful person....

Observing – 3/20/17

Greetings. Spring is upon us. I watched as two Yellow Jacket Hornets came out of hibernation and sunned themselves on the black wrought iron of our deck surround. They would just lay there for a while, then change position, then hang out for a while longer. When...

Jing, Chi, Shen – 3/13/17

Jing, Chi, Shen Most of us who practice the internal arts know about the concept of jing, chi, shen. These three energies correspond roughly to body, mind, and spirit. Many people are sensitive enough to feel these energies as they manifest in the body. People who...

Stress – 3/6/17

Greetings. Snow this week. Our local weather can’t quite make up it’s mind. The Olympic Mountains, off in the distance to the west, are truly beautiful as the early morning sun reflects off all the snow. Be well. Stress Stress is not always a negative...

Tai Chi and Acting and Look in the Mirror – 2/27/17

Greetings. I really and truly love what I am doing. Tai Chi has brought me so many friends through the years. At the moment, I have several students from around the world who are on the Tai Chi Teachers training track. It is so wonderful to be a part of their new...

Tai Chi and Music – 2/20/17

Greetings. The weeks pass by so quickly with never enough time to do all that needs doing. Our Northwest Spring starts now which means lots of fun work in the garden. Today is President’s Day. Roosevelt was president when I was born. A good man. I hope all is...

Pleasure and Videos – 2/13/17

Pleasure Funktionshust is a German term for the pleasure taken in what one can do best. This pleasure – this happiness- may increase the tendency to do these things. This is nature’s way of creating excellence. From the first moment I started doing Tai Chi, I...