Comments on: How I Found Taiji

By: S.Smith

S.Smith — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:26:06 +0000

Not stupid, day… Another great story with subtle drama in the background. To me every story here is better to read than my own. I want to hear more.

Robin, Francisco, Josh, Nate, and Loc: thanks for sharing yours too. Your stories are striking too. Please continue revealing them.

By: day

day — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:45:17 +0000

At junior school, I read a manga ‘Kenji’ and was fascinated with bajiquan.

At high school, for a girl I did some silat. Many qigong type of training, but too mystical and scary.

Two years ago, I was “researching” some way to attract girls effectively, mostly based on novel ‘the game’, finally found ‘authenticmanprogram’. There was suggestions to do yoga or taiji etc. so I tried yoga, very difficult so I gave that up.

Next, taiji, no teacher around so I bought some dvds from ymaa, but I found the “controversial” wtba taiji, tried it and now tied with it. Too nice to give it up.

Kinda stupid story, eh?:)

By: Loc

Loc — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:55:15 +0000

I was a Wandering…Bruce Lee, in my Past Life, and Combat was something more of a…How shaLL We Say…I imagine, Priority, but things have changed, and my Priorities have Soften’d…

Perhaps, I speak in Conjecture, or perhaps, I’m using this as a MetaphoricaL AnaLOGY…

hahaha…Let’s just say, an AngeL from Heaven gave me Some Guidance, and said, Ah, So, Taiji, neh?

I Wager, a Monstrous Disaster could be “avert’d” just from this…

hah…Tao is the Way…Peace is the Way…

Be WELL, ha…!!! STrike to HeaL!!!!

Softness is Subtlety & Hardness is ConceaL’D…

The Secrets – Hidden Meaning is within…

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:56:48 +0000

Better late than never right?

Writing about it here:

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=236738746732

By: Josh Young

Josh Young — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:51:24 +0000

Steven,

I did put a longer version of how I met my teacher at my blog you suggested. But what I wrote there is more than a story of meeting my teacher. It is a story of my relationship with violence.

By: Francisco

Francisco — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:39:42 +0000

Having grown up at a time when Bruce Lee was Kato on the Green Hornet and my older cousins into martial arts started me on my road, lots of Kung Fu and some Karate. Well one day when I was about 12/13 my older cousin gave me a white crane book that was two books in one and the back of it was Yang Style Tai Chi, I marveled at it and tried it the best I could.

Now more forward 25 years later and I am seeking peace and health in my life. Every morning as I walk to work downtown I pass a gentleman in the middle of the intersection who always smiles looks me in the eyes and says good morning. Then came the new from my doctor to do something about my stress or start buying a plot and getting things in order.

I remember Taiji from that book and what I had heard about it being good for my health. I call around and only one place calls me back so I show up on Saturday morning as directed and there is that gentleman I had seen every morning for months, he turns smiles and says good morning. Two months in I am off all pills, sleeping, smiling and living life. Yes Taiji saved my life, no joke.

I am going on 15yrs at the same center, teaching now and learning constantly.

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:26:27 +0000

I feel like I’ve already run my story into the ground, ha. There was no magic or anything in my story either – I was just extremely stressed out and was inspired to take up Tai Chi as a way to deal with that (it all started with a beginner’s course offered at the University of Texas at Austin). Needless to say, I got much more than I originally bargained for. And thank god for that.

By: S.Smith

S.Smith — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:34:27 +0000

Good stuff, Josh. I appreciate you're sharing that. It's a good story and I'd like to hear more of it...(perhaps in an article on your Wuji site ?)

By: Josh Young

Josh Young — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:20:39 +0000

I found taiji in the Tao De Ching.
Not long after I met my teacher.
I was walking along with a friend and we saw a man doing a taiji form. It was something like 9 or 10am on a Saturday morning and it was very cold, it being winter. My friend said we should go watch because he had been interested in taiji. So we went over and met the guy, I was so hung over I just sat and did nothing. My friend did some form work. I learned that the man taught free lessons on Saturday and told him I would be back the next weekend to try it. I came back every chance I could for more than a year and began to do weekly push hands sessions in addition.
One thing I learned, I never could have figured it out on my own, the feeling of the movements and of the art was something my eyes could not see.
I had been very interested in real taiji swordsmanship for more than a year before I met my teacher. Meeting my teacher and being initiated by being able to feel the energies involved and receive the teachings put everything I had learned regarding sword into an amazing new perspective.

The effects upon my life have been so profound and beneficial that I have been very grateful for the path which is known as Tao, including taijiquan.