A famous Wu Style master, Ma Yueh-Liang – (1901-1998) pushing hands with a younger opponent. I think he was in his eighties when this clip was filmed. Also check my previous post and you will see Ma Yueh Liang’s wife, Wu Yinghua demonstrating part of the Wu Style form.
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Archives for February 2010
Wu Style Tai Chi Form – Wu Yinghua
This is the Wu Style Tai Chi form I practice.
It’s the traditional long form as demonstrated by Wu Yinghua (1907-1997), daughter of Wu Chien Chuan.
She was probably in her late eighties when she demonstrated the form. The video clip is of poor quality but you can get a flavour of the Wu style form by […]
Work Chi
Practising Tai Chi on a regular basis is important for improvement.
However its what you do away from your training sessions that will determine how much you actually improve.
For example when you are working think of the Tai Chi exercises and/or principles you can use.
A simple job as sweeping with a broom is made easier when […]
Heel Breathing
Heel breathing is a good energiser.
It can be done either sitting down or standing up.
I normally practice it sitting down as part of a series of chi kung exercises I do.
Sometimes I do it standing, whenever I need an energy boost.
Here’s how to do heel breathing.
Imagine you are drawing breath from your bubbling wells, acupuncture […]
Clear As Mud
In the early years of my Tai Chi training my instructor would demonstrate a technique quickly and wait for a reaction from the class.
If we were confused at what we had seen he would say ‘clear as mud?’ and then laugh.
I’ve been thinking of what he’d said and now realise there was depth in that […]
