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25/10/2010 22:02
I was talking to a long time taiji instructor the other weekend and I mentioned that I had made a list of qualities that students should be looking for when searching for a teacher and I had another list of the qualities that teachers might look for in a potential student. He thought...
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21/10/2010 16:52
I definitely make a distinction between Tai Chi and Taijiquan and explain it to students by incorporating the definition of Taijiquan which is, Supreme Ultimate Fist. It is the quan in Taijiquan that forms the distinction and must be understood.
There are hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of...
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19/10/2010 04:37
I made the trek down to Toronto for another great weekend seminar with Sifu Wing Cheung teaching the finer points of the Shibashi second set on Oct 16 & 17th.
Sifu was as calm and thoughtful as I remembered him to be from a year ago when I received my Shibashi set one instructor honours....
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05/10/2010 12:23
Q. What is Zhan-zhuang and where does it originate?
Zhan-zhuang are standing exercises which have existed since the creation of martial arts. Most martial arts systems including Shao-lin, Xing-yi, Ba-gua, and Taijiquan have standing exercises to increase their strength. Because of secrecy (masters...
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04/10/2010 15:11
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
- Carl Gustav Jung
When I read the above quote, I smiled and nodded.
That quote my friends, is what the internal arts are all about.
All the answers to all your questions are to be found within.
The trick is to be...
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30/09/2010 07:51
I was teaching one night and a student mentioned that it was his goal to finish learning the 40 forms and then dive right in and learn the 108. I kind of smiled and asked him why the rush? He replied that there was no rush but it stood to reason that after the 40 he should start on the long...
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29/09/2010 12:36
Qigong mode is a way of describing a state of awareness as taught to me by Master Wing Cheung. Master Cheung used excerpts from the classics to high-light the appropriate sense or goal for each of the four elements required to gain this advantageous state. I would suggest that starting and ending...
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27/09/2010 19:40
I first became interested in internal energy work because I was feeling energy coursing through my system and I didn’t have a clue as to what was happening. I was later told (by a very interesting woman in Hawaii) that I should be doing some sort of energy practice like Qigong and thus my practice...
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15/09/2010 13:47
I was watching a youtube video the other day of a “Sifu” playing Yang style and I found myself smiling as his enthusiasm permeated his performance. I always love to see people do Taiji, who love to do Taiji.
I was going to place a comment on his youtube page but thought better of it...
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15/09/2010 05:26
Q: How fast should I be practicing the forms?
A: Good question! First off, if you are practicing within a group environment, proper Taiji etiquette is to slow your pace down to the slowest member of the group. When practicing solo the simple answer is that you should be practicing the forms at the...
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