Varied Tai Chi Forms – 10/21/19

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 235 Varied Tai Chi Forms How beautiful and wondrous the varied styles and forms of Tai Chi! The current trend toward the standardization of Tai Chi forms for competition and ease of teaching is so limiting that I feel saddened....

Tai Chi Greeting – 10/14/19

Tai Chi Greeting Shaking Hands got its start because two strangers would show their empty right hand (the usual hand to hold a weapon) and this evolved into clasping hands as we do today in the West. In the East people are much more reserved, so they either hold up...

Tai Chi Chuan Opening and Closing Sequence – 9/30/19

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 232 Tai Chi Chuan – Opening and Closing Sequence There was a fabulous book written by Herman Hesse entitled “Magister Ludi”. One of the best books ever written. In any case, there is a line in the book that has always remained in...

Locking in Changes/Gaining Respect – 9/23/19

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 231 Locking In Changes Tai Chi and Chi Kung have been used for a long time to aid an individual in his or her quest for physical, mental, and spiritual growth. We practice and hope for positive results. We feel better after...

Internal or External – 9/16/19

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 230 Internal or External Most Tai Chi instructors and players are proud to say Tai Chi is an “Internal Martial Art”, and bad mouth Kung Fu, Karate, etc. referring to them as “External Martial Arts.” What is...

Master Key to Tai Chi – 9/9/19

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 229 Master Key to Tai Chi I view intention as the master key to Tai Chi. It is what gives purpose to movement. It makes Tai Chi Chuan different than any other psycho/physical exercise. We practice Tai Chi so we can become real,...

Tai Chi Philosophy in Action – 9/2/19

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 228 Tai Chi Philosophy in Action One of the most important truths contained in Tai Chi Philosophy in Action, is the idea that “energy follows the mind”. What you think, and where you direct this thought, results in action on a...

Embryonic Breathing/Schedule Update – 8/26/19

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 227     Embryonic Breathing     Breath is life. Breath affects every aspect of our life – physical, emotional, spiritual. I think we can all agree that the more one breathes, the more alive one feels....

Two Wise Souls – 3/11/19

Two Wise Souls Greetings. Spring is right around the corner, yet it doesn’t quite feel like it here in Port Townsend. Still cooler than normal. One never knows when something someone says will resonate and have a nice, positive affect. These spoke to me and I...