Cook Ding's Kitchen: Taijiquan and Non Violence

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Taijiquan and Non Violence: There was recently an interesting post at Thoughts on Tai Chi about Taijiquan and Non Violence. An excerpt is below. The full post may be r...

DAOI Talks (69): Daoism, Martial Arts & Qigong w/ Ken Cohen 🇺🇸

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Martial Arts and Aging

This is a very timely post as I am nearing the time when I am eligible for a Bus pass 😊

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Martial Arts and Aging: As I grow older (I'll be 68 in a couple of month), this topic becomes more and more important to me. Below is an excerpt from a post tha...

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Wu Family Style Taijiquan Applications

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Wu Family Style Taijiquan Applications: Here is a short video of some Wu style taijiquan push hands applications, from the 4th generation of the family, Wu Dakui.    

Flexi Bar

 Does anyone use a Flexi Bar as part of their fitness / exercise routine?

I bought one years ago and have found it incredibly useful. I alternate it with dumbbells and resistance bands.

Here's a video of exercises you can do

Sun style Taijiquan

 This is Sun Jianyun, daughter of Sun Lutang, with whom my teacher Dave Martin studied.

This is one of my daily forms practice.

Balance

 

It's all about balance................

On Cook Ding's blog there is a great post about balance in Kyudo, the essence of which we can apply to our Tai Chi and life.

Read it here