A blog post by a fellow traveler “The New Place“ In the month since I came back from Toronto I didn’t practice very often. The shock of a new environment once again dragged me back into old patterns. Having traveled most of my life, I can relate to this. Over the years I’ve come to […]
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Taiji San Francisco
An old friend of mine, unknown to him was filmed by an on looker in Golden Gate park..
Feeding jin
A lot of times people watching demos often question what is shown. Suggesting compliance, faked or exaggerated effects done for many various reasons most of which do not really explain why someone would do this. Feeding Jin, this has to do with the way and type of power the demo works with or on. Yi […]
Tracks in the snow
Very seldom do I come across things written in English that are so clear and detailed. In our work, we often talk of intention and the interaction with the mind body. It is very important that one understands what one is training, how to train it, and how to test it. Tracks in the snow, […]
Finding the door
It is said that a teacher can only lead one to finding the door. Its up to oneself to walk though it. One must be clear otherwise many years of practice is of no use. It may take many tries to find the right door. Often its not the door we think or want. Its […]
Just passing through
Often we met others on the path. Sit talk, share a few moments and then begin again. There are many names for the path we walk. Taiji the name of a path that we share in. For those I work with and others just passing through. david
Mind
意念 Often people ask about where they should put their mind, it should not be on ones self, the other or on the contact point…the writings of the Zen Master, talks in terms of sword practice, in principle its the same idea for the same reasons. The practice of taiji frees ones mind, and body. […]
IT
“ Look for it, it cannot be seen. It is called the distant. Listen for it, it cannot be heard. It is called the rare. Reach for it, it cannot be gotten. It is called the subtle. These three ultimately cannot be fathomed. Therefore they join to become one. ” people often ask about getting […]
mass
Often we talk about moving ones mass or anthers mass, instead of their weight. I use the word mass in order to help make it clear that we do not want to disrupt the others connection to the earth, nor do want to use our own in direct sense. “Your mass is the same wherever […]
