Riding the Tai Chi Bicycle – 5/31/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip – #320 The art of Tai Chi Chuan is based on the philosophy of yin and yang. There is nothing mystical or magical about this philosophy. It compares two things, and only at one brief moment in time. Everything in the Universe...

Progress/Reminder – 5/24/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 319 Progress Progress in Tai Chi is hard to gauge. In most other martial arts there are levels of attainment as signified by belts. A black belt is said to have reached a higher level then a brown belt, for instance. In Tai Chi,...

Teaching/Random Tai Chi Ideas – 5/17/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip – #318 Teaching There will come a time, and I hope not too far in the future, when a person will be judged not by what he has, but what he gives. There needs to be a shift in thinking about what is valued and important. There...

Embryonic Breathing/Staying Safe – 5/10/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 317 Embryonic Breathing There is a practice in Tai Chi Chuan called Reverse Breathing. This comes through the Daoists, as opposed to the Natural Breathing of the Buddhists. I learned this technique from Master Jou and, at the...

Genius Plays Tai Chi/Schedule Change – 5/3/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip – #316 Genius Plays Tai Chi Leonardo de Vinci was thought to say, “Start with what you can see, and learn from what you discover.” That idea is so important to me as a student and teacher. The form was given to me by a...