Tag: tai chi
group name: taichi
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March 12, 2009 05:10 PM EDT --
Last week’s class was pretty tough since my assistant teacher left early for the class because of personal things, but I want every one get enough attention. There are two type of students, one type . . .
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October 12, 2006 09:22 PM EDT --
For nearly the past two years, I have been blessed to practice a deep and profoundly revealing practice called Flowing Dragon Swords. A practice of life and learning, involving movement, swords and inner . . .
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June 20, 2006 01:26 PM EDT --
Your body is like a battery. When you use force, move around, try to release energy, you are using your battery. When you take a rest, such as sleep, or eat and drink, you are charging your battery. Doing . . .
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May 07, 2008 11:12 AM EDT --
I will give a Seminar on Self-defense tomorrow. When people think about self-defense, they will think about how the opponent attack you, and then how you going to attack back or escape. That's not . . .
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May 03, 2006 04:59 PM EDT --
Rising up like a dragon from its cave
I fly over mountains,
hands moving like wings across my chest,
gathering clouds in my palms to release to the wind.
Softly landing on ground the dragon is freed. . . .
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July 24, 2008 03:00 PM EDT --
I will teach a Kung Fu lecture tonight in Cambridge. Kung fu doesn't mean martial arts in Chinese, it means time. When some thing takes time to archive, we say it takes Kung Fu.
I am a tea drinker.(I . . .
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August 28, 2008 03:12 PM EDT --
As we all know, Tai Chi can reduce stress for you, but some people found learning Tai Chi can bring more stress to them. People are frustrated of not getting the correct movements, and start to quit after . . .
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September 09, 2009 09:24 PM EDT --
Many people want to get relaxed, but they can only relax part of their body. When they relax their hands, their shoulders might be tight. When they relax their shoulders, their waist might be tight. . . .
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November 18, 2009 11:52 AM EST --
Confucius was one of the most knowledable people of his centary. One time, he was confused about something. He traveled all the way to see Lao Tzu. After Lao Tzu answered his question, he called . . .
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August 14, 2009 10:14 AM EDT --
The Buddha said, “ There is no Demons in this world, Demon comes from own heart/mind”, there is a story behind it. A Chinese monk decided to detach himself from the . . .
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December 12, 2006 11:46 AM EST --
I was just looking for some information on line and happened to find the lyric of a song from one of my favorite movie, "The Thief of Baghdad" . I used to only remeber the first sentence . . .
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November 12, 2009 10:16 PM EST --
When you try to start the circle as a beginner, you often don’t have a nice round circle. Some people also only did half of the circle which means they didn’t complete the movement and hurried . . .
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November 30, 2009 11:30 AM EST --
How do you relax when you are stressed? How do you get rid of the stiffness from your body? You can always try the Preparing Stance form from Yang Style Tai Chi . You can stand this form for 5 minutes, . . .
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August 24, 2006 01:05 PM EDT --
Some students were asking, "Why we have to do Brush knee 3 times, or even 5 times after first 'white crane spread it's wings'". Well, if I practice by myself, I usually would do 7 . . .
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September 15, 2009 12:14 PM EDT --
Ouyang Xiu (歐陽修) was a Chinese statesman, historian, essayist and poet of the Song Dynasty. I have read many of his literature. When Ouyang was a little kid, his family was very poor. He couldn’t . . .
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August 03, 2009 11:33 PM EDT --
Posted by Huan Zhang
Someone online mentioned the English translation of my Grandmaster Fu Zhong Wen’s Tai Chi book “Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan” on 虛靈頂勁 'xu ling ding jin'. . . .
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June 04, 2009 04:45 PM EDT --
Recently, I have given an introductory Tai Chi lecture in University of Massachusetts in Boston. People are very interested to know more about Tai Chi. They have all kind of questions. Such as, . . .
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February 21, 2007 04:07 PM EST --
Last Thursday in my class, I realized one of my students was only moving parts of his body instead of the whole body while doing Tai Chi. In our Tai Chi class, we emphasize moving yourself as a whole . . .
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August 12, 2006 07:39 AM EDT --
I am a firm believer in ritual. Not established ritual of religions (which has its place) but in personal rituals used to nurture body, spirit and mind. Rituals provide structure, cleanse and . . .
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December 23, 2008 01:59 PM EST --
It’s easy to see that people who improving their Tai Chi usually have the right attitude. People believe that they have a lot to learn, open minded and willing to share would always improve their . . .
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