Ground Up

 Let the Ground come up through you.

This means surrendering to the ground instead of trying to force your way into it.

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Water and Martial Arts

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Water and Martial Arts: Below is an excerpt from a post at The Okinawan Empty Hand blog on water as a metaphor in martial arts (and beyond). The full post may be r...

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Knowing vs Understanding in Taijiquan

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Knowing vs Understanding in Taijiquan: In the theory of Taijiquan, there are discussed a number of different "energies" or "jins." At Thoughts on Tai Chi ther...

Root your Energy - Ideokinetic Facilitation

Sit on the edge of a chair

so your Perineum is on the edge

Legs naturally apart and not pressed together

Ankles in line with your knees

Feet flat on the floor

Imagine your energy running/sinking down the front of your body

Don't stop at the lower Tan Tien

The energy continues straight down the front

Between the legs

Into the ground

A steady and continuous flow

Give way completely, don't try and hold it

Now keep this feeling throughout your Form

More Hindu Squats

 So I'm working on doing Hindu Squats, which are not for the quads but instead for the kinetic chain.

When I finish doing them I feel glued to the floor.

Here's some further details

Kickbutt Hindu Squats Made Easy

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Taijiquan Postures and Applications

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Taijiquan Postures and Applications: Below is an excerpt from Thoughts on Tai Chi , where the topic of finding the applications int he Taijiquan form in discussed. The full post...