Go to amazon.com, type in “tai chi,” and the pickings are kind of depressing: Tai Chi for Dummies, this form and that form etc. Lets be honest, no one has ever become good at Tai Chi by just reading books or even DVDs. I have a few of those kinds of books for reference, but [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Internal Martials Arts – the literary tradition
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on July 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Ah, *that* technique, I know it!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged application, seminar, sifu, tai chi, technique on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have you gone to a Tai Chi or other internal martial arts seminar, and the sifu would touch another person nonchalantly and BAM! the person does a jump and get bounced off (replace the encounter with demonstration of other neat technique as you see fit)? What happen next is usually people would start to play [...]
Qi and the Internal Martial Arts
Posted in Qi, tagged Qi on July 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Discussing Internal Martial Arts in the Orient is a very different exercise than in the West. A Chinese sifu would say “the Qi goes here” or “sink Qi to the dantien” all day long and no one would raise an eyebrow. The strict teaching method is that you just do what your teacher asks. You [...]
