Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 244 Yang’s 10 Essential Points #5 – Sink the Shoulders and Drop the Elbows This is good, common sense advice for all aspects of our lives. All the Essential Points have something to do with growing a deep root to bring up...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 243 Yang’s 10 Essential Points #4 – Distinguish Empty and Full Now here is one that on the surface appears simple. Take a glass and fill it with water – full. Now empty the water out – empty. Simple. But wait. When you...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 242 Yang’s 10 Essential Points #3 – Relax the Waist The Tai Chi Body can be thought of being divided into three sections – the legs, the waist, and the upper body (includes the head). These three can and should function on...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 241 Yang’s Ten Essential Points 2. Sink the Chest and Raise the Back The most effective and powerful results happen as a result of using the torso to do an action. Look at any sport – tennis, baseball, golf, track and field...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 240 Yang’s Ten Essential Points of Tai Chi Chuan These are ten essential principles or points that make Tai Chi unique among meditative/martial exercises. You must study and contemplate these ideas until your mind has...
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