Qi Magazine

I used to buy Michael Tse's Qi magazine back in the day when it was still going.

You can download all editions for free here.

WBTA Magazines

You can read all 59 issues of the late Erle Montaigue's WBTA magazines by clicking on the link below.

WBTA Magazines

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Trying Not to Try in Taijiquan

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Trying Not to Try in Taijiquan: Below is an excerpt from an excellent article that was posted at The Tai Chi Notebook. The full post may be read here . Is there a secr...

Out of time

Can't remember where I read it but it stuck in my mind.

When a boxer is knocked out, they are "knocked out of time".

Cook Ding's Kitchen: There is One Taijiquan

Cook Ding's Kitchen: There is One Taijiquan: Below is an excerpt from a post that appeared at Tai Chi Thoughts , regarding the different styles of taijiquan and that this differentiat...

What do the Martial Arts have to offer?

Interesting article from the Bodymind Science blog by Peter Payne.

I like the fact that he stresses that Tai Chi is not a "long sequence of precise motions, but a WAY of moving or acting (and, in its martial aspect, a way of sensing and responding to an aggressor)"

The full article can be read here,

孙氏太极拳97式孙剑云教学

See the stepping around the 3.55 mark. The back foot is pulled forwards by the front leg and vice versa. This is for power. No contrived stepping.