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The Martial Side… Should You Bother?

Learning the Tai Chi Form. When I first started learning taiji, the most important thing for me was to get through the sequence of...

Why Tai Chi & Qigong as Exercise?

I’ve always loved both tai chi and qigong. Initially my interest was sparked by a close encounter with violence in the street, and it...

Ting (listening) in Tai Chi & Qigong.

What is ‘listening’ in tai chi & qigong? Ideally, listening is very light; it is being able to sense and respond to the gentlest of...

Buoyancy – letting go.

Is it possible to relax and still hold up your arm? Strictly speaking, and depending upon your interpretation of ‘relax’, it’s a bit of...

Change in Taiji & Qigong

Going with the ups & the downs. How do you ‘convert’ one movement to another in Tai Chi or Qigong? Perhaps, if I can understand these...

Pulling up Your Undercarriage.

Feeling it. If you are unsure where it is, it’s the same muscle you use when trying to stop urination in mid-flow, as well as the one...

Putting Backbone Into It (Shadow Boxing)

Crown of head (not to be confused with the hair whorl) Perineum (muscle between genitals & anus) Point directly on the line between your...

What is a Tai Chi ‘Form’?

Is Tai Chi just a sequence of movements? In a previous blog, I mentioned something that had happened many years ago in a class: I had a...

Song 松 & Peng

Following the previous blog, a question was posted about it: “… How does Song relate to the other thing which is said regularly, that...

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