Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 402 Tai Chi and Religion Tai Chi Chuan is a martial art, not a religion. Using a Martial Art means that one or more people or groups can’t agree, and one person or group attempts to impose its view on others through the use...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 401 Knowledgable Strength This is a term I have just come up with to describe how the body is used in Tai Chi. And how do we arrive at “Knowledgable strength”? Experience through practice. And how do we gain that...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 400 Congratulations We have arrived at #400 – Monday Morning Tai Chi Chuan Training Tip. It took your encouragement and interest to keep me going all these years. As I said in Tip #1, published on 12/23/2015, I planned on...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 399 “This is like your own version of the Yang Family Tai-Chi. It is not as taught by Yang Jun, who is 6th generation Yang Family. Sorry, I don’t like your style.” I love hearing from people who view my offerings on YouTube....
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 398 Tai Chi Weight Lifting When I was 13, or so, years old, I got interested in making my body look a certain way – big and strong – so I bought a set of weights and started a regular regime of lifting. It wasn’t long...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 397 Yin/Yang of Clean-Up As I’ve said many times, these Tips are not designed to teach the physical movements of Tai Chi, but to give you motivation to practice what you know, or to seek out an instructor, online or in...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 396 Crows and Empty/Full Beautiful morning. Went to Chetzemoka for an early morning practice. Sun up, barely. I was the only person in the park at this time. So lovely. I went over to the bluff and looked at the Straits. The tide...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 395 Greetings. We are so fortunate to have a form of exercise/meditation that is so lovely that it can be practiced anywhere, at anytime, and not disturb anyone or anything. Animals and Tai Chi This morning I went to Chetzemoka...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 394 Important Health Advice What is the essence of Tai Chi Chuan? Why do most people study this art? My personal experience after over 50 years of sharing Tai Chi is that most people are interested in improving and maintaining...
Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 393 Push the Earth Away The more I practice Tai Chi, the importance I place on the awareness of and engagement of, the kua, grows. This area, where the earth chi meets and blends with the yang chi, is the home of the lower dan...
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