Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Still Point of Kyudo

Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Still Point of Kyudo: One of the things I have always liked about Kyudo as a Budo, is the stillness and settling which takes place before the shot. It's almo...

Tired?

 I recall my teacher telling us in a class that if we were only physically tired we should still practice our Tai Chi.

On the other hand if were mentally tired, then we should abstain as we would only be practicing being tired.

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Martial Arts Forms Applications

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Martial Arts Forms Applications: Below is an excerpt from a post that appeared at Applied Methods. It addresses a topic that I find quite interesting. When teaching an appl...

Tai Chi Added Power - George Xu

George Xu talking about throwing the Dantien to add power.

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Thoughts on Lineage

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Thoughts on Lineage: Over at Thoughts on Tai Chi , there was a good post about lineage; what it does and does not mean. The full post may be read here . An excep...

Flourishes

 Years ago my teacher advised us not to make flourishes in our form.

This is an affectation, a reflection of Ego.

Hey, look at me, my tai chi looks pretty.

Tai Chi as a form is not meant to look pretty. Flourishes are an external manifestation.

ENSO Workshop 9th May

 Adele Cloony will be running another fantastic ENSO workshop in London on the 9th May.

Follow this link for details and to register for a place: https://london.shambhala.org/event/845096-zen-enso-painting-workshop