View of Tai Chi Practice Area/Something Special – 01/07/19

This is a view of Mt. Baker, looking East from our practice spot in Chetzemoka Park.The water is the Straits Of Juan de Fuca. We have been here every Saturday, 9 to 11 am, weather permitting, for the last 38 years. Come join us anytime. P.S. Something Special. Be sure...

Working With Energy

Compression, torsion, and rebounding are three of the main ways that we work with energy in Tai Chi, to produce seemingly effortless results. All of these actions are used in every day movements, yet when consciously applied to Tai Chi, we gain a great deal of...

Personal Challenge – Do Better Than Me

This is an article I wrote in 1995. I still think it contains some excellent ideas and I hope you will read it through and think about it. Personal Challenge I have a personal challenge for you and it involves youth, but first I want to give you some background so...

A Commentary on Push Hands Strategies

This is an article, my first, that I wrote after winning the Push Hands Grand Championship at Taste of China in 1994. It appeared in T’ai Chi Magazine Vol.18, No.5 October 1994. I appreciate Marvin Smalheiser, the publisher, letting me reprint it here. Also,...

Push Hands for Fun and Profit

Tai Chi Tui Shou, also known as push hands, join hands, or sensing hands, is a training device in the study of Tai Chi Chuan. It contributes to the understanding of applications, energy generation and movement, sensitivity, awareness, relaxation, and mastery of the...

The Unique Hands of Tai Chi Chuan

Use the correct tool for the job Use of the Hands in TCC At the most basic level, as well as the very highest, Tai Chi Chuan is a martial art. Every aspect of this art must adhere to the martial principles or it can’t be called Chuan which means martial form or...