Yin and Yang of Joints/ First Saturday Workshop – 11/26/18

Yin and Yang of Joints Tai Chi, in my humble opinion, is the perfect exercise. As an exercise, it combines relaxation, flexibility, strength training, balance, mind/body connection, philosophy for living, martial arts and socialization. Wow! I tell my students to...

Make Your Life Your Work/Special Practices Workshop – 11/19/18

Make Your Life Your Work Beautiful morning for practice on the wharf. The sun peeking through the layers of clouds, lighting up the bottom of the clouds and the top of the water with gold sparkles. After practice I went for a walk on Water St. which is the main...

So You Want to be a Master of Tai Chi – 11/5/18

So you want to be a Master of Tai Chi First let me say that there is a popular misconception about being a “Tai Chi Master”. We tend to think that such a person has reached a near mystical state. When we say someone has mastered carpentry, or painting, or sailing a...

Tai Chi Levels of Practice/Push Hands Workshop – 10/29/18

TC: Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced Definition: Beginner – From first thought of learning to working on a basic form (short or long). Usually can’t go through a form by oneself, but can follow well enough. Read basic material on what Tai Chi is – history and...

Essential Nature and Sat. in the Park Update – 10/22/18

Essential Nature The most powerful martial art, and life skill, is meditation. If we have a calm, relaxed mind, we will be able to see clearly and be able to deal with situations before they build up to a point of no return. Only when you stake out a position and...

Success and Saturday in the Park – 10/15/18

Success My wife Dana was going through some old papers and came across this piece of advice. It was passed to her from her grandmother who passed away at 101 and was so sharp, even at her advanced age. It certainly rings true to me. I hope it does to you also. I know...

Qigong Exercise – The Eyedropper – 10/08/18

Greetings. I hope you give this exercise a good try-out. The Eyedropper This exercise is designed to help you practice breathing into your Dan Tien, relaxing and cleaning all body systems, and connecting the center to various parts of the body.  1) Begin by standing...

The Hose/Push Hands – 10/1/18

The Hose I was watering plants in my garden recently and had this Ah-Ha moment about Tai Chi. There is a very large container holding a 65 year old Maple tree. In order to water it thoroughly, I take off the sprayer head attached to the hose, and let the full, smooth...

Small Wonderful World/Life and Death – 9/24/18

What a Small and Wonderful World The beauty of Tai Chi is that one can use it to express whatever ideas and philosophy one is living with or examining at the moment. After my first book “A String of Pearls” was published, I received a letter and a book written by a...