Bloke on the Path

Students were usually introduced to fixed step double push hands once they started learning the long form. As if one hand pushing wasn't...

As part of his teaching of pushing hands, John  Kells introduced the concept of laying your energy alongside that of the other. This means...

One of the key concepts John Kells taught was to make a hole to draw in the energy of the other person. It happens immediately upon sensin...

Always put the other person first. Without this, you will always be using force to impose and one day this will not work.

We were gathered in the basement mirror room at the Tai Chi centre in Upper Wimpole Street ( sadly long gone ) John Kells explained carefu...

Fixed step pushing hands means you don't take steps. You have to learn to yield on the spot. I've come across a lot of people who ...

The Tai Chi classic writings mention that the joints of the body should be joined as if they were pearls on a string. Each joint should be...