Tai Chi Practice Problem – 10/19/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 288 A Tai Chi Practice Problem This is a question send to me this week. I think it is a problem that many students face. “How should I divide up my time if I want to strengthen the body with warm up exercises, read about tai chi,...

Questions from Students – 10/5/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 286 Questions from Students After my Tip on Elbow Sinking (Tip #267), I got a question from someone online. He asked: “ * I tried doing the exercise as you suggested, and it doesn’t seem to do anything. I don’t feel...

Tai Chi Makes You Smarter – 10/12/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 287 Tai Chi Makes You Smarter    Practice the internal arts and you will become smarter. Exercise increases growth hormones in the brain that stimulate the neurons to increase their size, and the number of their connections to...

Random Tips to Improve the Form – 9/28/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 285 Random Tips to Improve the Form Tai Chi is a martial art based on deep internal principles. The forms most people practice are based on the efficient utilization of the body, to do the most work with the least effort. Here are...

The Monkey Mind – 9/21/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 284 The Monkey Mind San Francisco was the center of counter-culture in the 1960’s and 70’s. I was fortunate to live there and to be exposed to so many diverse, alternative (at the time) teachings. Most of us young...

Yin and Yang of Learning – 9/14/20

Monday Morning Tai Chi Training Tip # 283 Yin and Yang of Learning How often have you heard someone say “ Learn from your mistakes”? I’m afraid I have to shoot that question down. Do you think people like Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos spent time looking at all the...