There’s not much room in my place at the moment to practice Tai Chi as I’m painting kitchen cupboards and there’s stuff everywhere including my living room. So early this morning I did my ’embrace the tree posture’ stance in my office and later on a Chair Chi session in my bedroom. So you can […]
Archives for June 2014
Tan Meng-hsien: Tai Chi Roll Back Energy
Here is a very important concept to incorporate in your Tai Chi training with a partner. What is the meaning of rollback energy? Entice the opponent toward you by allowing him to advance, lightly and nimbly follow his incoming force without disconnecting and without resisting. When his force reaches its farthest extent, it will naturally […]
Tai Chi Wake Up Call
I have two alarm clocks. One beside my bed and the other is my ’embrace the tree’ (standing posture) training. The bedside clock alarm gets me out of bed but when I stumble into the living room and start my 25 minute standing posture practice – I really wake up.