In Tai Chi & in Qigong, we are always moving forward, backward, left and right. If you can understand the differences and similarities between 'ordinary' walking, and Tai Chi & Qigong walking, it makes learning those arts easier. How you step one pace forward when walking. You place (e.g.) the right heel and move the weight forward towards the ball of the right big toe. As the weight transfers forwards on to the ball of the right foot, the body elongates on a vertical axis.

This has a major impact on the way in which we do not only Tai Chi or Qigong but any sport or activity that involves movement. In whatever..

When we walk, we need to create 'full' and 'empty' in the legs.  Most of the time we do it without thinking; it just happens...

If you picture your body as a mobile vertical line, what allows you to mobile is your ability to split that line at the base - in other ...

Practising the art of sinking is essential; it’s not going to happen on its own. The good thing is that you can practise it all the time...

If you want to take a step forwards, it’s impossible to move efficiently if you still have weight on one foot, even a minute percentage.

The main point is that you keep dropping in order to step, and what most people do is to drop, then stop dropping, and then stick the foot..