Well. almost another year wrapped up and it’s been a busy one. Usually this time of the year I’m on holidays and wind down on my training and anything else that has to do with my schedule. I simply do what I feel like. No 5.55am starts, 2 to 3 sessions a day training (when […]
Archives for December 2010
Fajin Training
Just finished practicing some fajin training on my punching bag in the garage. Fajin translates to ‘issue or discharge power explosively’. One of the postures I worked on was ‘As If Closing the Door’ posture. Particularly the final movement where the hands issue the power into the punching bag. One of the ways to determine […]
Slow Arms Tai Chi
Sometimes I lose focus and speed up the form. A 15-20 minute workout suddenly becomes a 10-12 minute sprint. This happens occassionaly when I’ve been busy working and then rush out into the garden to fit in my Tai Chi training. I’m in more of a speed mode and to slow things down I concentrate […]
One Tai Chi Second
I was in Hobart, Tasmania, last week working with primary school students in our ‘Pozitive Kidz are happy kidz’ workshops. It’s a program I’ve run for years and it focuses on building self esteem from a Tai Chi perspective. In one of the workshops I discovered the ‘one Tai Chi second’. It was after our […]