Breaking Free – 1/1/2024

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tips #452 Breaking Free From the first moment of our lives, we are given boundaries. When we cry, the boundary might appear in the form of a pacifier. The boundary says, “Stop crying”. If we crawl around too actively, maybe we are...

Various Tai Chi Practices – 12/25//23

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 451 VariousTai Chi Practices What is now called Tai Chi Chuan has its roots in the WuTang mountain area of China in the T’ang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906). This system had evolved from the earlier martial art now known as Sholin...

Very Wise Teachers – 12/18/2023

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tips #450 Very Wise Teachers One never knows when something someone says will resonate and have a nice, positive affect. These spoke to me and I hope they will for you. Enjoy. Alan Watts Alan Watts was very instrumental in popularizing...

Forward and Reverse – 12/11/2023

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 449 Reverse Thrusters I live in a community surrounded by water. We have a ferry that connects us to the longest island in the U.S. I ride this ferry on occasion and one day found it a source of Tai Chi enlightenment. Let me share...

Fiji Practice – 12/4/2023

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 448 Excuse Me Sir In 1978, I was on my way to New Zealand to teach a series of Tai Chi classes, and stopped along the way in Fiji. A beautiful country. I was staying in a small guest house in a quiet part of Suva, one of the main...