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James Drewe
Dec 10, 20172 min read
Sinking Qi (2)
In fact it’s the act of not-doing… definitely a verbal contradiction.
I spent many years thinking that ‘sinking your qi’ was something that
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James Drewe
Jul 17, 20164 min read
Using Qi to Produce Movement.
You breathe (hopefully). Maybe you breathe efficiently, maybe you don’t, but in order to live you obviously need both an ‘in’ and an ‘out’
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James Drewe
Feb 20, 20165 min read
Energy, Flow, & Learning
Energy is flow; without flow there is no energy. A shortage of energy is therefore partly about a lack of flow … i.e. partial stagnation.
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James Drewe
Dec 12, 20153 min read
2-Person Exercises in Taiji – Maintaining Your Integrity (5)
Partner-work explains the differing uses of the torso and limbs – i.e. the ‘units’ of attack/defence: 1) the body, 2) the shoulders, 3) the
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James Drewe
May 19, 20154 min read
Sinking to Move (1) – The Lower Limbs
I’ve often noticed when teaching the Yang 24 that balance in certain movements often causes a problem for students – incidentally, this isn’
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James Drewe
May 19, 20153 min read
Sinking to Move (2) – Connecting the Upper Body
Sinking to Move (1) was about sinking the qi from the waist downwards. Sinking to Move (2) is about connecting the upper body to the lower
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James Drewe
May 1, 20153 min read
Gripping the Floor in Tai Chi & Qigong
Often in both tai chi and qigong it is necessary to ‘grip the floor’ – part of rooting and making the body more stable.
This is particularl
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James Drewe
Dec 26, 20143 min read
Yang 24-Step Form: Horizontal & Vertical
‘The word Peng’ (pron. ‘pung’ as in ‘sprung’) is used in a general way to explain the feeling of expansion/protection of the body as though
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