Push Hands for Fun and Profit – 4/8/19

Tai Chi San Shou, also known as push hands, join hands, or sensing hands, is a training device in the study of Tai Chi Chuan. It contributes to the understanding of applications, energy generation and movement, sensitivity, awareness, relaxation, and mastery of the...

Focus on the Inside – 4/1/19

Focus on the Inside Internal Arts means doing actions with the focus on the inside of the body. We are concerned with howan action is done, not just the end product of an action. If I want to move from here to there, I do not focus on there. I look at how I am getting...

Enlightenment – 03/25/19

Enlightenment Greetings. To the park this morning. Worked on the 216. Not easy, but, oh so interesting. We have been experiencing record high heat in the last week – the warmest days of winter ever. Positive (nice warm sun) and negative (always fears of drought during...

Application Principles of Tai Chi Chuan – 03/18/19

Application Principles for Tai Chi Chuan Intention is the Master Key to Tai Chi. Applications create intention – deciding what to do, when to do it, and how to get it done in the simplest fashion. Intention (through understanding applications) creates energetic...

Correct Stances/New Class – 03/04/19

Correct Stances The only stance that is correct in Tai Chi, as well as other internal arts, is a natural, comfortable stance. If it is not natural and comfortable, you will lose relaxation, causing tension, which will result in loss of strength, speed, clarity of...