Wednesday 30 September 2020
Internal Gong Fu: Mastering Internal Gongfu: Are You Ready? The Series
Internal Gong Fu: Mastering Internal Gongfu: Are You Ready? The Series: The question asked by many internal gongfu practitioners is, “Why does it take so long to get it?” To this, the typical response is, “If get...
Thursday 24 September 2020
Thursday 17 September 2020
Sunday 13 September 2020
Not just about bending the Knees
I used to be asked how did my arms rise at the beginning of my form without me lowering my body, bending the knees and then rising to propel the arms.
Tai Chi is propelled movement but not always in the obvious way. By sinking and relaxing my weight/bodymind/energy to the soles of my feet there would be a corresponding pulse from the ground that would come up through my body into my arms.
Play with that.
Saturday 12 September 2020
Three Dantiens
When I started learning Tai Chi my teacher would refer to the three dantiens in the body and connecting them.
You can read more about them and other practices in the excellent book T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Meditation by Da Liu.
The link below gives you a short overview of them and their locations and properties.
Wednesday 9 September 2020
Saturday 5 September 2020
Tuesday 1 September 2020
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