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  • Yang Style Tai Chi Ball

    By Yang Fukui, as told to Bob Feldman The Taiji ball or “qiu” is an integral part of intermediate and advanced training in Yang Taijiquan. While there was some interest in the ball among Taiji practitioners in the 1920’x and 1930’s, interest subsequently diminished and few people, even in China today, are familiar with its…

  • 80 Years Old – Wei ShuRen

  • The key points to observe in T’ai Chi Practice

    1. Relax the neck and suspend the head from the crown point. 2. The eyes should focus and concentrate on the direction in which the ch’i flows. 3. Relax the chest and the back. 4. Drop and relax the shoulders; drop and relax the elbows. 5. The wrist should be set comfortably while the fingers…

  • Grandmaster Wang Yongquan (1903 – 1987)

    Yang Style Taiji Grandmaster Wang Yongquan (1903 ~ 1987) Student of Yang Jianhou, Yang Shaohou and Yang Chenfu 楊式太極拳大師汪永泉 / 汪永泉 (1903–1987)

  • The Five Virtues of T’ai Chi Ch’uan

    1. Your study should be broad, diversified. Do not limit yourself. This principle can be compared to your stance, which moves easily in many different directions. 2. Examine and question. Ask yourself how and why T’ai Chi works. This principle can be compared to your sensitivity, which is receptive to that comparison which others ignore.…

  • The Eight Truths of T’ai Chi

    1. Do not be concerned with form. Do not be concerned with the ways in which form manifests. It is best to forget your own existence. 2. Your entire body should be transparent and empty. Let inside and outside fuse together and become one.. 3. Learn to ignore external objects. Allow your mind to guide…

  • Li Yi Yu’s Five Character Formula

    When the heart is not quiet, one may not concentrate. Lifting the hands, moving forward, backward, left, and right, will lack focused direction. Therefore, the heart must be quiet. From the moment one initiates motion, its not determined by the self. You must quiet the heart and understand with your body. Your movements follow those…

  • The Legend of Li Ching-Yuen

    In the province of Szechwan in China lived until last week Li Ching-yun. In China where Age means something he was a great man. By his own story he was born in 1736, had lived 197 years. By the time he was ten years old he had traveled in Kansu, Shansi, Tibet, Annam, Siam and…

  • Li Tianji Taijiquan

    Yang style long form performed by Li Tianji (1913-1996), son of Li Yulin, who was student of Li Jinglin, Sun Lutang and Yang Chengfu. Li Tianji studied wushu from his father, Li Yulin, as well as from his father’s masters, Sun Lutang and Li Jinglin. He graduated from the Shandong Wushu Institute, became a college…

  • What is Peng Jin?

    What is Peng Jin and is it better to maintain a little in the arms for example to prevent people from coming in? People misunderstand Peng. There is another word with the same sound and only one stroke different that means something like structure or framework and people often think this is what is meant…

  • Master Ma Yuehliang and Madame Wu

    An Interview with the two prominent proponents of Wu Style Taiji Master Ma Yue Liang and Madame Wu. Links: Search YouTube for Ma YuehLiang youtube.com

  • Push hands with Lin Mogen

  • Effortlessly by Fong Ha

  • Chen Taiji – Liao Jia Yilu and Erlu

  • Tai Chi Principles

    Professor Ji Jian-Cheng – Zhejiang University, China If you want to master Tai Chi Chuan, you first need to understand ‘Wuji’ (emptiness, formlessness). And, to really comprehend the inner meaning of Tai Chi, you also have to be aware of its philosophy and principles, and practice according to them. Then, after a long period of…