Opening Joints & Connecting The Body
When pushing or pulling an object, we usually tighten muscles automatically. If you want to push something heavy, you compress, or 'get...
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James Drewe
- Mar 1
- 4 min
Controlling Energy From The Feet
These days I'm not so interested in the 'Forms' (sets of movements) of Tai Chi. I'm more interested in the way in which we generate and...
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James Drewe
- Nov 1, 2023
- 2 min
Look at the Spaces in Between
There are so many activities that we do where we spend our time focusing on the limbs. Tai chi and qigong are but two examples out of...
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James Drewe
- Oct 1, 2023
- 3 min
Shoulder Alignment: The Practicalities (2)
If you've read the blog 'Shoulder Alignment: The Mechanics (1)', and played around with it, and particularly if you've noticed that...
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James Drewe
- Jan 6, 2023
- 3 min
The Martial Side... Should You Bother?
You don't have to be interested in martial arts, fighting, defending yourself, or contact sports of any kind in order to do taiji. Most...
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James Drewe
- Mar 29, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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James Drewe
- Jan 22, 2020
- 3 min
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 a...
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James Drewe
- Oct 31, 2019
- 5 min
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...
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James Drewe
- Jan 9, 2019
- 2 min
Pulling up Your Undercarriage.
The perineum. Between the thighs, approximately midway between the genitals and the anus, is the midpoint of the muscles that can be used...
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James Drewe
- Jul 15, 2018
- 4 min
Putting Backbone Into It (Shadow Boxing)
The Spinal Line. Crown of head (not to be confused with the hair whorl) Perineum (muscle between genitals & anus) Point directly on the...
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James Drewe
- May 29, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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James Drewe
- May 15, 2018
- 2 min
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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