Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 250 Training Track to Tai Chi Mastery I have been a full time Tai Chi instructor for 47 years. Sharing this art is my passion, as I know first hand how valuable our practice is or can be. It is my intention to outline the steps I...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 249 Yang’s Ten Essential Points We have reached the last of Yang’s Ten Essential Points for Tai Chi Chuan. I have enjoyed sharing my take on these ideas by the grandson of the founder of the Yang Style of Tai Chi...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 248 Yang’s Ten Essential Points #9 – Continuity Without Interruption This is probably the favorite element of my Tai Chi practice, one that really separates Tai Chi from almost all forms of martial arts and exercise. If you...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 247 Note: Please excuse the brievity of this tip. We are expecting a snow storm to hit this week-end so I want to post this early in case we lose power. Yang’s Ten Essential Points #8 – Unity of the Internal and External Yin...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 246 Year Number 5 For Tips This Tip starts my 5th year of doing Monday Morning Tai Chi Tips. I’ve never missed one Monday! It has been a joy and challenge, and I look forward to many more years. The more I practice and...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 245 Yang’s 10 Essential Points Yang’s Essential Points #6 – Use the Mind and Not Strength This one is mysterious and miraculous. One of those ideas that is easy to say and difficult to really understand. I will share...
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...
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