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Awareness and Attention in Taiji and Beyond

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Awareness and Attention in Taiji and Beyond

Tai Chi: the Way of the Dragon

And Jack Black’s in it.Ha. You thought Tai Chi was some silly, gentle art about peace ‘n stuff… We’ll see. It sure sounds silly. I searched for some appropriate links and I found lots of garbage. What happened to the internet? I try to be tactful with ads on RealTaiji.com, and I steer toward no ads at all [...]

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Tai Chi: the Way of the Dragon

Maintain a Sense of Equilibrium with the Earth

Taijiquan Quote of the Week “Maintain a physical and psychological sense of equilibrium in relation to the Earth (i.e., a sense of being ‘grounded’); never commit yourself fully — always have in mind the possibility of retreating if you advance or of advancing if you retreat.” —Power TaijiNo doubt: one should strive for Earthy equilibrium in daily life, [...]

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Maintain a Sense of Equilibrium with the Earth

5 Taiji Eye Exercises to Help You See

There’s a whole lot of great eye exercises that can make your Taiji, your martial arts, and your life better. But you may already practice some. If you practice an articulate Taijiquan Form, you do these eye motions:Gaze far away. Soft focus. Look left while seeing right, or look right while seeing left. Allow your eyes lead your body. Let [...]

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5 Taiji Eye Exercises to Help You See

Never Have Equal Strength in Your Palms

Taijiquan Quote of the Week “Never have equal strength in your palms, as this is also a variation of being double-weighted.” —Power TaijiIt’s little and simple. To a normal observer, one’s palms may appear to press (or push) together, but watch close. Notice that one leads the other, arriving slightly ahead of the other. In my practice of Grasp [...]

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Never Have Equal Strength in Your Palms

In Lifting Up or Pulling Back, Inhale

Taijiquan Quote of the Week “In lifting up or pulling back, inhale; in pushing forward or stepping downward, exhale.” —Power TaijiIt’s a natural and instinctive way to move. Even something as simple as standing from sitting: use an inhale to inflate your body and standing up is easy… likewise, exhale to sit down in your chair. Flavor [...]

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In Lifting Up or Pulling Back, Inhale

Pull Your Backbone Up

Taijiquan Quote of the Week “Your head should be held as if suspended from above by a string. This will pull your backbone up and sink the qi to the lower tan-tien.” —Power TaijiIt’s a tricky mind trick to feel the pull-up. There’s nothing to cling to, after all. But it’s possible. It works to feel that [...]

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Pull Your Backbone Up

Reflecting on Yang Chen Fu’s 10 Important Points of T’ai-chi Chuan

Who is Yang Chen Fu?Yang Chen Fu, grandson of Yang Style founder Yang Lu-chan, receives great credit for popularizing the Supreme-Ultimate Fist Form. He emphasized health components of the system. Check out Yang Chen Fu’s oral instructions in Yang Family Secret Transmissions (aff link) or in The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan (aff link) to [...]

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Reflecting on Yang Chen Fu’s 10 Important Points of T’ai-chi Chuan

6 Surefire Ways to Circumvent the Loop

Taiji offers a good amount of relaxation-talk. Depending on who you talk to it can be the end or it can be the means. Physically, relaxation is the means towards efficient movement. Efficient movement is movement that uses only the necessary amount of tension required. The idea of relaxation is simple, but the execution takes [...]

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6 Surefire Ways to Circumvent the Loop

Fa-Jing Chuan—Explosive Energy Boxing

Fa-Jing (or Fa-Jin) means explosive energy. Chuan: Boxing. T’ai Chi Chuan teaches Fa-Jing, slowly and surely, as long as we practice accurately and consistently. Robin, over at Obey My Blog, spent two years studying T’ai Chi to get it: “…that beautiful squishy center o’ mine generated a PA-PA-PA-POW! And totally surprised me.” —In Yo Face! We gain Fa-Jing by [...]

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Fa-Jing Chuan—Explosive Energy Boxing

Pistol Qigong Is A Blast

[From 31 July 2008] “No pistol shooter, no matter how expert, can hold a pistol in firing positions without some motion. This is called the arc of movement. The very best that any shooter can do is to keep the arc of movement at a minimum—it cannot be eliminated” The N.R.A.’s Basics of Pistol Shooting (57). Minimizing [...]

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Pistol Qigong Is A Blast

Flow in Slow and Even Rhythm

Taijiquan Quote of the Week “Try not to stop at the end of each posture once you start feeling comfortable with them. The movements should flow together in a slow and even rhythm.” —Power TaijiIt’s clear instruction, and it’s good advice. One preemptive way of getting smooth moves, especially between postures, is to learn larger chunks of form [...]

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Flow in Slow and Even Rhythm