OPB Art Beat - Living Tao in Oregon 2009

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Taijiquan Master Huang Sheng Shyan Documentary

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Taijiquan Master Huang Sheng Shyan Documentary:  

Mobility

 

You don't need to be super flexible but you do need to relax and be loose in your T'ai Chi.

Mobility is essential, especially as we get older. This clip is great for improving spinal mobility

and here is a simple Systema exercise for stiffness in the torso

Tai Chi Internal Exercises for Tai Ji Quan Practitioners

 A few years ago my friend Kevin Parker put together a little e-book with 31 exercises for practitioners of Tai Chi.

It isn't a beginners book and there is an assumption that the underlying principles of Tai Chi are understood.

You can find more information and the book here

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Self Correction in Taijiquan

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Self Correction in Taijiquan: Over at Thoughts on Tai Ch i, there was an article on muscle memory and self correction. Below is an excerpt. The full post may be read here...

Sitting while Standing

I thought this article on the Deep River Tai Chi and Bagua website was really good exploring the relationship between the hips and sinking.

Read it here

Breathing: ancient philosophy to help you understand yourself