Teaching/Random Tai Chi Ideas – 5/17/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip – #318 Teaching There will come a time, and I hope not too far in the future, when a person will be judged not by what he has, but what he gives. There needs to be a shift in thinking about what is valued and important. There...

Embryonic Breathing/Staying Safe – 5/10/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 317 Embryonic Breathing There is a practice in Tai Chi Chuan called Reverse Breathing. This comes through the Daoists, as opposed to the Natural Breathing of the Buddhists. I learned this technique from Master Jou and, at the...

Genius Plays Tai Chi/Schedule Change – 5/3/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip – #316 Genius Plays Tai Chi Leonardo de Vinci was thought to say, “Start with what you can see, and learn from what you discover.” That idea is so important to me as a student and teacher. The form was given to me by a...

Tai Chi and Nerves – 4/26/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 315 Tai Chi and Nerves The body and mind are interrelated, and at the core, one and the same. Both developed from one cell that was a combination of an egg and a sperm cell. It is convenient to talk about a human as composed of...

Tai Chi And Music – 4/19/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip – #314 Tai Chi And Music I went over to visit a friend, and she promptly sat me down in a comfortable chair and commenced to play me a piece of music on her piano that she was going to be performing that very night. As the...

Who, What, Where, When, Why, How – 4/12/21

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 313 Who, What, Where, When, Why, How  When I was in high school, I took a journalism class and worked on the school paper. We were taught to use the 5W’s – who, what, where, when, why, and also how. Let’s see if that...