Soft Push

Great post from Scott Meredith's blog about pushing, trigger and reaction.

Step Aside

Healing the eyes, ears and the head.

Systema stick work pulling it all together

Love this clip and the yielding.

Tai Chi Hand Position - Sam Masich

The Best Exercises for Health - Chinese Therapy Balls - Lesson #1

Love this. John Kells taught us that the hands weren't these lumps at the end of our wrists in our Tai Chi. Instead they were active and alive.

Mostly these exercise balls are quite light. John gave myself and other students some large steel ball bearings instead and you could just about fit two of the smaller ones into your hand. Working with these really opened and stretched the hands.

From the Ground Up

We build from the ground up.

So in Tai Chi we relax and let our weight drop to the feet. We become heavier and supported by the ground.

Next we place awareness in the belly/pelvis/lumbar region.

Then we suspend the headtop. This is not being suspended by a thread from the crown of the head but awareness of a point in the head. Click on the link below for an earlier post discussing this.


suspending the headtop

孫劍雲 孫氏太極拳98式

Terrific older footage of Sun Jian Yun performing Sun style Taiji. This is my main practise these days.