Cook Ding's Kitchen: Cheng Man Ching 37 Taijiquan Form Circa 1946 Photos

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Cheng Man Ching 37 Taijiquan Form Circa 1946 Photos:   A good find.  Thia is an AI enhanced video of photos used by Cheng Man Ching promoting his "simplified" 37 form in a newspaper. ...

Flyer for Immortal Essence,Dao Bones

This is the flyer for Heron Beecham's book. I've just finished the first section looking at some of the teachers he has had which is insightful and provides context for the second section.

This is well worth adding to your collection if you are at all interested in Chinese Martial Arts.

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Boring Practice

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Boring Practice: Over at Thoughts on Tai Chi , there is a nice article on what it may mean to be bored with one's practice. An excerpt is below. The full...

SOARING CRANE Standing Meditation

 

SOARING CRANE Unite with the six directions before the Chi

 

The Relaxed Way to True Flexibility: An integrated Mind-Body approach

My student and friend Michael Cronin has written a small book on flexibility that has just been published on Amazon.

The approach integrates mind and body and the book is fully illustrated with key points and descriptions for each exercise.

It's available as both an e-book and printed version.

Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Dan Tian

Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Dan Tian: A central topic in almost all martial arts revolves around the DanTian (Tanden).  Below is an excerpt from a post that appeared recently at ...