Taijiquan Developer: JoyiPhone Price: $4.99 More info at Apple.com → The Chinese martial arts, has a long history, while the Tai Chi Chuan is a Chinese martial arts in a wonderful work. Martial arts can not only physical fitness, but also to train a person’s will. Yang style Tai Chi Chuan is a genre of […]
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Tai Chi Post: Yang Style Taijiquan for the iPhone and iPad – Good Idea?
Taijiquan Developer: JoyiPhone Price: $4.99 More info at Apple.com → The Chinese martial arts, has a long history, while the Tai Chi Chuan is a Chinese martial arts in a wonderful work. Martial arts can not only physical fitness, but also to train a person’s will. Yang style Tai Chi Chuan is a genre of […]
Tai Chi Post: Always Wear Pants at Appropriate Level.
There are no formal uniforms for practicing Taiji. Any loose pants will do; however, you should not feel the pants touching your legs or let them restrict your movement in any way. In Hong Junsheng’s book, Chen Style Practical Method Taijiquan, Volume One: Theory, he writes “Light silk garment and soft belt/ The style of […]
Serengeti Month: Post One: Why June is Serengeti Month
The inspiration for one of most recent posts: Playing Tai Chi in Subway Stations, was inspired by the trip to San Fransisco in February, my never-ending love for taiji, and my experience with the song: Playing in Subway Stations; by Chicago-based rapper David Cohn, aka Serengeti, and producer Polyphonic the Verbose, from the album: Terradactyl […]
Life without a trace by Chen Zhonghua
Good deeds leave no traces behind; Good advice contains no blame;and Righteous calculations come without thought. The right closure needs no lock. Good ties cannot be undone even without a knot. Therefore, sages often save lives and not abandon them. They often save things and not discard them. This is called the transcendance of wisdom. […]
Playing Tai Chi in Subway Stations
In February, I went to train in Oakland, CA, with Nathan Heintz. Nate crashed at my house while he was in BC for Taiji Traditions Camp, in November (2009) at Shawnigan Lake, and I went to California so he could return the favour. Leaving Canada during the winter is awesome, and going to train in […]
Tai Chi-ers: Wouldn't you like to get away?
A few nights ago, as I was heading out to tai chi class, I found myself singing the theme song from the TV show: Cheers: “You want to go where you can know/ your troubles are all the same./ You want to go where everybody knows your name”. Long before I ever tried a beer, […]
What Does Chen Style Taiji Look Like?
One of many lectures by Master Chen Zhonghua, at Taiji Traditions Camp, Shawnigan Lake, BC, was sparked by a question, “what makes Chen Taiji ‘Chen Taiji’?”. Master Chen drew a diagram of the four prominent characteristics of “Gong”: “Fa”, to issue power or energy, “Hua”, to neutralize the oncoming forces or energy,“Da”, to hit, and […]
My Youtube Posts
Here are a couple youtube videos I produced, nothing special. Worth a watch though. This first is a documentary called Time on Task, about the Victoria Chen Style Tai Chi Academy. The second is a slide show/ video from our school’s annual dinner.
