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Archives for June 2011

Belly Button Tai Chi

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We all the know the importance of turning your waist in Tai Chi. Without turning your waist your posture will become disconnected and ineffective. For a beginner it can be difficult to turn the waist because attention is usually focused on  arms and/or legs when practicing a Tai Chi movement. My teacher would constantly say […]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Forms, Wu Style Tai Chi Tagged With: Correct technique, Tai Chi, Turn, Waist

Tai Chi Tip: #48

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When practicing Tai Chi occasionally scan your body for tenseness and then relax that specific area.

Filed Under: For Beginners, Tai Chi Tips Tagged With: Practice technique, relaxing, Scan, Tai Chi Tip

Tai Chi: Counter Balance

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Counter balance  is an important concept and skill in Tai Chi. Without it you are in danger of toppling over. It is difficult to achieve in the hands form and even more difficult when performing dynamic weapons’ forms such as the sabre, spear and staff. I’ll focus on counter balancing in the weapons’ forms for […]

Filed Under: Workshops, Wu Style Tai Chi Tagged With: Counter balance, skill, Tai Chi, weapons' forms

Redirect the Chi

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In Tai Chi language ‘rooting’ is the ability to connect yourself to the earth. It’s an important skill to develop for two reasons; develop proper structural alignment and stance to redirect someone’s force against you Let’s look at the redirection aspect. Practicing with a partner is ideal but if this is not possible then a […]

Filed Under: Chi Kung, For Beginners, Forms, Wu Style Tai Chi Tagged With: Chi, Redirection, Rooting, Self defence, skill, stance, Tai Chi, Technique

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