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  • Studying Martial Arts in the Video Age - The martial arts are full of legends--tales of masters who could fling a larger opponent across a room with the flick of a finger, or masters who could defeat a crowd of martial artists without being injured. One legend tells of a young student who wanted to learn a form (also called "kata") from a master.
  • How to Find a Tai Chi Instructor (Part 5) - Continued from “How to find a Tai Chi Instructor (Part 4) 22.
  • Does Relaxing Actually Relieve Stress? - Is simple relaxation an effective way to relieve stress? Yes, up to a point. The problem is if you're still under stress it doesn't work for long. When you've been building up stress for a long period of time simple relaxation relieves stress in the moment, yet the slightest problem brings it right back to the surface. Ever experienced or witnessed sudden road rage? Have you ever noticed that when you're under a lot of stress, you feel fine one moment and angry the next? Sometimes you may even feel out of control. You might feel this emotionally, you may feel this physically, or both. Let's take a look at the physical effects.
  • Do You Recognize the 7 Signs of Premature Aging? - Do you know someone who is aging too fast? Not premature aging caused by disease, but instead caused by aging more rapidly than we really should or more rapidly than we have to. Do you know what it looks like when someone is aging too quickly?
  • Carrots, Eggs, Coffee, and Tai Chi - How are carrots, eggs, coffee, and tai chi related? First a story I got via email from my friend Melanie Hirsch. A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her.
  • Can Heavy People Practice Tai Chi? - Yang Chengfu was the master of Tai Chi Chuan who brought tai chi to the masses in China. He was also responsible for the popularity of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. I don't think Yang Chengfu was heavy in his younger days.
  • How to Relax and Relieve Stress - How often do you feel stressed? If you're like most of us, it's several times a day. What do you think this is doing to your body? Are you noticing signs of excessive stress in your body or hoping they don't start appearing?
  • How To Find A Tai Chi Instructor (Part 4) - Continued from "How to find a Tai Chi Instructor (Part 3)" 14. Mind Intent including a real understanding of the difference between Yi and Shen 15. Jing – Energetic Expressions for health and for self defense Peng, Lu, Ji, Ahn Jan Si Jing Rooting Fa Jing Pulling Silk Coiling Expanding and Contracting Condensing and Releasing Listening – Ting Jing Central Equilibrium – Dong Jing And many many others 16.
  • The Improvisation of Tai Chi - With tai chi it's very important to learn to color inside the lines. It's essential to do each move in just the right way. Once you learn to do this, you begin to feel the energy within your own body. Once you are able to 'play' with the energy you must learn when to ignore the lines. In my view Tai chi has a number of similarities with improvisational acting. Improvisational acting paradoxically has rules to follow, the primary rule being to say yes to whatever line or whatever situation is offered you. Everything is a gift. My take on tai chi at this moment in my training, is that every move your opponent makes is a gift for you to accept.

  • How To Find A Tai Chi Instructor (Part 3) - Continued from "How to find a Tai Chi Instructor (Part 2)" The same is true with Tai Chi. Even though approaches may be different, words like Chi, Jing, Peng, Sung, Tao, Yi, Shen and Li will be known by any real teacher. Anyone offering Tai Chi classes who does not have at least a working understanding of these terms simply does not have enough knowledge to properly teach Tai Chi. The instructor should have at least a basic working knowledge and ability with most of the following, 1. Basics of Chinese Medicine including Yin and Yang theory 2. Chi Kung including an understanding of what Chi is and what it is not 3.
  • How to Use Tai Chi Against Nasty Emails and Other Attacks - Tai Chi is known for slow, graceful movements. I practice Chen tai chi, which incorporates slow movements with bursts of power and speed. It's known as an "internal" art. Other martial arts that employ a lot of muscular tension and screaming (karate, TKD) are called "external" arts.
  • How To Find A Tai Chi Instructor (Part 2) - Continued from “How to find a Tai Chi Instructor (Part 1) Many people who teach Tai Chi in America today do not know any or much more than the form set of moves that make up the external physical look and choreography of Tai Chi. Although this is an important part of Tai Chi (just as a car’s body frame is an important part of a car) this alone will not impart most of the real benefits that Tai Chi is so famous for and will often leave new and even longer term students somewhat bewildered when they read or hear about the internal aspects and benefits of Tai Chi. Many people mistakenly think that if they just keep practicing the Tai Chi form then eventually they will grow into the knowledge and somehow magically gain the majority of benefits that Tai Chi offers.
  • There's Nothing Soft about Tai Chi - When the small tai chi master from China threw me to my basement floor, I realized the real power behind this misunderstood martial art. I laughed at how easily he threw me down. He laughed, too. I slowly picked myself up off the carpet and tried again. I stepped at him and again found myself on the floor, looking at my carpet in a whole new way. I was experiencing the power and skill of a tai chi master. Centuries ago, Grandmaster Chen Xiaoxing's ancestor created tai chi. He visited my home for a week and I spent quality time finding out first-hand why so many people misunderstand this powerful martial art.
  • How To Find A Tai Chi Instructor (Part 1) - This article explains the bare minimum amount of knowledge that any beginning Tai Chi teacher, style, school or method of Tai Chi should know and be able to convey in order to teach Tai Chi. Without this basic knowledge students will not be able to gain any of the real health, healing or energetic benefits of Tai Chi. Most of what is detailed here is normally taught within the first year or two of Tai Chi training and can easily be learned within the first 3 years of training. Imagine going to the auto dealer and buying a high performance Sports car that costs more than your house.
  • Taoism and Spontaneity, and Your Physical Health - Taoism is a way of life, practiced in China for thousands of years. Lao Tzu, one of the greatest Chinese philosophers as well as the founder of Taoism, said, "The Tao's principle is simply spontaneity." Spontaneity is the key to healthy longevity. What is spontaneity? How does it affect your physical health? In the universe, there is an all-controlling force that monitors everything.
  • Kettlebells, Martial Arts Flexibility And Russian Training Techniques - Russian martial arts flexibility and strength training techniques such as kettlebells have been available to Western Special Forces for many years from Russian masters of martial arts. Russian territory reaches from the west through middle Asia to China, and they have the benefit of the best of self defence and aggressive techniques from all of these territories within their armed forces. Both before and after the destruction of the communist ways in parts of the USSR, Russian fitness experts crossed to Europe to provide us with the benefits of their knowledge of self defence and strength training, and both UK and American forces have reaped the benefits of this specialized Russian knowledge.
  • How Tai Chi Helps Older Adults Avoid The Painful Skin Condition Shingles - Tai Chi for seniors is a martial art that originated in China, and is normally practiced with the goal of living a long and healthy life. Because Tai chi is becoming more popular, more and more senior citizens are getting involved Tai Chi for seniors and finding that they are living longer and healthier lives. Prior to Tai Chi being introduced into western countries, the health benefit was explained through traditional Chinese medicine, which is not supported by modern medicine. Tradition Chinese medicine focuses more on the body and healing mechanisms that come from within, rather than from a pharmaceutical lab or doctors office.

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