How to use Tai Chi to win a fight in 3 simple steps!
June 16th 2020
How to use Tai Chi to win a fight in 3 simple steps: Step 1: Don’t fight yourself. Step 2: Make sure Isaac Newton is on your side. Step… read more
Why write this blog?
June 2nd 2020
Many people have written extensively about Tai Chi for hundreds of years . When I started this blog, I wondered whether I should or shouldn… read more
Root + Suppleness = Agility
May 19th 2020
The next of the Ten Essentials I’m going to look at is “Separate Empty and Full”, or “Distinguish Empty and Full”. I talked a little bit… read more
Two Bows
May 5th 2020
Yang Chengfu’s Ten Essential Principles are a guide to the correct way to practice Tai Chi. As usual in Tai Chi, it’s not so simple. There… read more
Relax
April 21st 2020
Recently a Tai Chi brother sent me a video in which Shinzen Young (a meditation teacher) talks about “zooming in and out” with your… read more
Which Taiji?
April 14th 2020
"Taiji is the mother of yin and yang." Which Taiji? When discussing Taijiquan, it's important to be clear which taiji you're talking about… read more
Spirit of Exploration
April 7th 2020
”Learning is finding out what you already know.” -- Richard Bach No one can teach you Tai Chi. Arguably no one can teach you anything, but… read more
Yin Yang Theory
March 26th 2020
One of the core philosophies underlying Taijiquan is Yin Yang Theory, so it can be helpful to understand a bit about this theory as you… read more