Odds and Ends – 1/4/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 299 The Pacific Northwest has a reputation for being cold and damp, with lots of wind. On New Years week-end we had our 180th Tai Chi session in Chetzemoka Park without missing a single meeting since we started this Covid induced...

Yin Turns to Yang – Last Tip of the Year – 12/28/2020

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 298 Yin Turns to Yang – Last Tip of the Year Congratulations to you and me. Me, for starting my sixth year of Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tips, and you for reading them and encouraging me to keep going. I always say that it is...

Knowledge and Trust – 12/21/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 297 Knowledge and Trust    Internal artists prepare daily for their death. We do not welcome nor hope for death, yet we prepare, and we do it in the same way we prepare for any encounter – with knowledge and trust.   Internal...

Educate Yourself – 12/14/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 296 Educate Yourself It is my experience as an instructor that most students, if they are learning from an instructor in person, will just follow along until the choreography is learned. Not much outside study. That was the way...

From the Ground Up – 12/7/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 295 Building from the Ground Up    At this mornings practice, I noticed a couple of the newcomers trying to follow along, and they needed help. Most people are attracted to Tai Chi for the flowing movements, with the hands and...