Monday, 3 February 2025

Understanding T'ai Chi's Martial Perspective

 A while ago I shared an article written by Sifu Alan Ludmer on the value of push hands.


Here is another excellent article understanding-tai-chis-martial-perspective/ which can be found on the Violet Li Tai Chi website.

Wednesday, 29 January 2025

Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Five Striking Energies of Taijiquan

Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Five Striking Energies of Taijiquan: Over at Thoughts on Tai Chi , there as an interesting article about the five different striking energies used in Taijiquan.An excerpt is bel...

Tuesday, 21 January 2025

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Imperfect Practice

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Imperfect Practice: It is said that practice makes perfect. That has been updated to perfect practice makes perfect.  But we are imperfect people. There was an...

Sunday, 5 January 2025

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Striking Targets

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Striking Targets: At the Art of Manliness blog, there was an article on striking targets for self defense. An excerpt is below. The full post may be read her...

Sunday, 15 December 2024

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Taijiquan Instructional Drawings

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Taijiquan Instructional Drawings: At Brisbane Tai Chi , there is a large number of instructional drawings which illustrates key details of practicing taijiquan. They may be ...