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Archives for May 2011

Tai Chi Tip #47

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When practising fajin make sure your body( including your shoulders, arms and hands) is completely relaxed until impact.

Filed Under: Self defence, Tai Chi Tips Tagged With: Fajin, Power, relaxation, Self defence, Tai Chi

Small Space Tai Chi

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Yesterday it was raining and muddy outside so I couldn’t go into the garden to practice my Tai Chi weapon’s forms as usual. So the options were either miss training or improvise and train inside my house. Well, I wasn’t going to miss training so I decided to practice these forms in my hallway. I […]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Weapons, Wu Style Tai Chi Tagged With: Indoors, Outdoors, Tai Chi, Training, Weather

Tai Chi: Arrow Visualisation

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In a previous post Tai Chi: Reverse Thinking I discussed a way of adding depth to your Tai Chi form by thinking in the reverse way of the direction you are moving. Yesterday I was perfoming the Tai Chi from in my garden and a thought flashed through my mind of how you could use […]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Forms, Wu Style Tai Chi Tagged With: Improves form, More depth, Tai Chi, Technique, Visualisation

Yi leads the Chi

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In Tai Chi the Yi (mind) leads the Chi (energy). In other words, when you are doing your form your mind which involves your attention and intention should  initiate a  movement. Using this concept avoids the problem of moving from posture to posture aimlessly. And if you move without the Yi leading the Chi then […]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Forms Tagged With: Centred, Chi, Dan Tien, Energy, Form, Mind, Tai Chi, Yi

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