Like tracks in the snow, soon gone with the change of the season. Fleeting and transient in nature. Where do they go, who made them? The one looking, not understanding that they are ones own. Very seldom do I come across things written in English that are so clear and detailed. In our work, […]
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 […]
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
this is called volley jin. Zhang, Shifu demos in this way to allow others to feel it. Often talked about on the web, known by other names “kong jin” or what some call “empty force” Often the subject of many heated discussions on the web, and even there watching, feeling it first hand. Many had different […]
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. […]
“ 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 […]
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 […]
Cheng Tzu’s Thirteen Treatises A very good book written by a well known taiji master. Cheng Man Ch’ing Strength and Physics page 44 A chapter that one will read, and read again as time goes on and ones skill deepens. One the most important concepts it covers The sphere. With out being able to form […]
Training focus: 1. condition the body to be able to fan song, and move in accordance with the minds direction 2. be able to feel this intention throughout the body, understanding the meaning of empty and full, open and close. 3. be able to feel others empty and fullness, joining with it so that with 4oz […]
As is often said of someones arms or body who practices taiji meaning they are soft but there is a hardness with it,.This would be at odds with the training and ideas one will be working with this taiji style. The way it’s expressed on this style, the needle (mind) in cotton (body) the practice […]
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