Waist Stuff

Interesting bit from " Running with the Mind of Meditation" by Sakyong Mipham

"The Psoas muscle behind the sternum and inner thigh initiates lifting the leg. Visualize the legs starting directly below the sternum in the upper part of the torso and back, for that is where these hip flexor muscles that initiate leg movement begin"

It gives a different flavour to your tai chi. The Waist is the commander!

Jessica Kolbe & Dr Roger Jahnke on SBTV Santa Barbara

Wu Yanxia demo Part 1 - this is just great!

Scott Meredith: Some Taijiquan Training Methods

Interesting article by Scott Meredith, author of Juice and other books on tai chi.



Cook Ding's Kitchen: Some Taijiquan Training Methods: The following is an excerpt from an article written by Scott Meredith on some training methods of Taijiquan at Budo Japan . The full artic...

Lower Back is first to command

This is interesting. It is from Paul Brennan's site where there are a lot of really interesting translations of tai chi, xingyi etc books.

"The lower back is first to command, the throat second to command, solar plexus third to command. The elixir field is first to obey, palms second to obey, the soles of the feet third to obey."

The full text can be read here

Careful reading is required and there are many gems that can be discovered.

Attention

Mr Zhang - Sun Taijiquan