World Tai Chi Day – 5/1/17

World Tai Chi Day This last Saturday was World Tai Chi Day. It would been interesting to know how many Tai Chi players got out to celebrate by themselves or in groups. We here in Port Townsend, met at one of our waterfront parks to share our love of our art. Port...

Rare Tai Chi Video

  https://youtu.be/bD4oBBoZ1uA I am pleased to announce I have posted a very rare video of three generations of Choy Family as they demonstrate their Yang Lineage form. Choy Hak Pang was a student of Yang Chen Fu, grandson of the originator of the Yang Style.He is...

Man, Man, Man – 4/24/17

Man, man, man, is a mantra (a sacred word or phrase used to invoke the divine) often heard when learning Tai Chi and other internal arts. Man means slowly in Chinese. Slowly in this context does not mean slow like a snail. It is more like a tiger charging at full...

Moving Chi the Tai Chi Way – 4/17/17

Moving Chi the Tai Chi Way https://youtu.be/4sHXUN-4WIs Many years ago I developed an exercise designed to help people who are interested in increasing chi, and learning how to consciously move this chi through the body. I called the exercise “Guan Gong Frolics”. Guan...

Uncomfortable/Comfortable – 4/10/17

Uncomfortable/Comfortable The process of learning Tai Chi, as well as most physical activities, involves educating the body how to do an action in a relaxed, yet efficient manner. In Tai Chi, the student first tries to mimic what the instructor is doing, without much...