Tsang Lu Taiji 蒼鷺太極 open close, empty full, swallow, spit, move with awareness 基於開合、虛實與吞吐 的知覺運動 Named after “the heron” embodying many of its qualities, a traditional approach based on sound fundamental methods of the past, for the reality of the present. “The Heron, is comfortable in a space that is neither here nor there. “ […]
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Just passing through
Those having an interest in taiji who happen to be in the area. Your more than welcomed to stop by. 如果你對太極感興趣, 歡迎到我們的練習場地。 While not directly associated with any one taiji style the focus of this work is to help lead one in achieving inner and outer freedom through movement aligned with classical Chinese thought commonly […]
Arriving
“He starts late but arrives first” How can this be, he starts late but arrives first. A couple of ways of looking at this. A: A short cut knowing the destination. B: Being the destination one is already there. If one knows the destination and attempts a short cut the other can always change. Many […]
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Balance
Central equilibrium, the force of equilibrium. MIYOKO SHIDA RIGOLO –ZEN JAPANESE DANCER Watching her movements one should understand that she is part of the demo. She must be empty, in other words, she must remove her self from the demo in order to allow “it” to achieve its own equilibrium through her. 觀看她的動作應該明白:她是演示的一部分。 她必須是空的,換句話說,她必須從演示中移除她的自我,以便讓“它”透過她實現自己的平衡。 […]
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There is no taiji
“Boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. .”That’s impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth. Neo: What truth? Boy: There is no spoon. Neo: There is no spoon? Boy: Then you’ll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.” “男孩:不要試圖想彎曲湯匙。那是不可能的。 相反地只是試著去認識真相。Neo:這是什麼道理?男孩:沒有湯匙。Neo:沒有湯匙?男孩:那麼你會發現不是湯匙彎曲,只是你自己彎曲。” “To try and realize the truth.” […]
Ripples in time
An interesting demo, one that I feel illustrates wave theory and wave harmonics. When we talk of waves its important to understand what a wave is and why its a different way of transmitting energy” slowed down 4x. Many questions arise when viewing demos of this nature. Often the suggestion is that its faked or the […]
Authenticity
To be authentic is to be the author of oneself “Mike Staples“ A very deep question in part answered by ones practice provided its based on being authentic. The constant search in finding a true teacher teaching “authentic” taiji as practiced by past masters. Much time is spent in finding teachers each claiming to have […]