Moving Energy in the Body
Try this… Hold your arm out to the side of you, parallel to the ground. First, try lowering it back to your side as though it’s a...
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James Drewe
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Opening Joints & Connecting The Body
Spread the effort For example, if you are pushing a heavy object, there is an inclination to tense the shoulders and the upper arms and...
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James Drewe
- Feb 1
- 1 min
‘Full’ & ‘Empty’
‘Full’ & ‘Empty’ What’s it All About? The Body Mass This means that you need to feel the weight of your own body passing downwards...
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James Drewe
- Jan 1
- 1 min
Using Your Legs.
Having knees makes all the difference. Not only can you stabilise the centre, but you can also move it up and down – it’s no longer...
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James Drewe
- Dec 1, 2023
- 1 min
Moving the Arms in Taiji, Qigong, & Yoga
Many taiji forms begin with the arms rising ahead of you, something that also applies to many qigong and yoga exercises. Raising the...
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James Drewe
- Nov 1, 2023
- 1 min
Look at the Spaces in Between
Gradually though, you start to realise that the movements of the arms have no power unless the core of your body is the initiator. You...
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James Drewe
- Oct 1, 2023
- 2 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
- Aug 19, 2023
- 3 min
Suspended by a Silk Thread
You often hear the expression that you should stand in both tai chi and qigong as though you are ‘suspended by a silk thread’. This is...
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James Drewe
- Jul 3, 2023
- 2 min
Shoulder Alignment: The Mechanics (1)
Shoulder tension is often a problem for people when learning Tai Chi or Qigong; in fact, it’s probably a problem for everybody, whether...
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James Drewe
- Jan 6, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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James Drewe
- Aug 9, 2022
- 3 min
Tensegrity & Tai Chi & Qigong
Noun: The property of skeleton structures that employ continuous tension members and discontinuous compression members in such a way that...
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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
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
‘Connecting’ the Body.
What does ‘relax’ mean? Try holding your arm out in front of you, stretching it out ahead of you. Leaving it in that position, relax 1)...
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