Tai Chi was not designed as a slow-motion exercise for health and meditation. It was designed as a martial arts. In this artlcle, which includes a video clip, you'll see Ken Gullette, a noted tai chi teacher whose online school, www.internalfightingarts.
tags: chen tai chi, fitness, gongfu, health and fitness, kungfu, martial arts, self-defense, sports, tai chi, taichi [+]
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On Saturday, Alex drove three hours from Milwaukee for a private lesson. We worked in my basement for three hours and then he drove home. A 9-hour day for Alex, and these private lessons are not cheap.
tags: bagua, baguazhang, chen xiaowang, chen xiaoxing, hsing-i, ken gullette, kung-fu, kungfu, martial arts, pa kua chang [+]
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In two days, on Saturday, May 16, I'll hold a workshop in Moline, Illinois on the applications of the Chen 38 form. This is the last piece I need to complete the DVD of the Chen 38. The DVD will...
tags: chen 38 form, chen tai chi, chen taiji, chen xiaowang, chinese internal martial arts, internal fighting arts, ken gullette, ren guangyi, tai chi, taiji [+]
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I stopped into a Border's bookstore the other day and looked for the latest issues of my favorite martial arts magazines. There in the Sports section, I found Black Belt and Kung Fu Tai Chi among the MMA and wrestling...
tags: chen tai chi, chinese internal martial arts, internal arts, kung-fu, martial arts, tai chi, taiji, taijiquan
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Martial artists with any experience at all believe they're generating a lot of power with their movements. In my first kung-fu class as a student--way back in September, 1973--we stood and punched, snapping our hips with the punch to add...
tags: bagua, baguazhang, chen tai chi, hsing-i, karate, kungfu, martial arts, pa kua chang, taekwondo, tai chi [+]
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One of the most interesting magazine articles I've ever read is in the June, 2009 issue of the Atlantic. The article explores a 72-year study, following young Harvard students from the 1930s until now, an amazing study of the changes...
tags: chi kung, emotional health, happiness, qigong, tai chi, taiji, taijiquan
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I can't tell you how many internal artists I've met during the last decade or so who look at me with blank stares when I ask if they have been taught about the ground path. I know how they feel....
tags: bagua, baguazhang, chinese internal martial arts, ground strength, hsing-i, ken gullette, kung-fu, martial arts, pa kua, pa kua chang,
taiji,
taijiquan tai chi chuantai chi,
taiji,
xingyitaijiquantaiji,
taijiquan,
tkd,
xingyitai chi,
tai chi chuan,
taiji,
taijiquan,
xingyi [+]
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"Jin" means "energy," although that has been misinterpreted by some literal-minded folks who believe it is an actual scientifically real "energy" in the body. It has also been called "power" by some. I tend to think of jin as "skill."...
tags: bagua, baguazhang, chinese internal martial arts, hsing-i, kung-fu, martial arts, tai chi, tai chi chuan, taiji, taijiquan,
taiji,
taijiquan tai chi chuantai chi,
taiji,
xingyitaijiquantaiji,
taijiquan,
tkd,
xingyitai chi,
tai chi chuan,
taiji,
taijiquan,
xingyixingyi,
xingyiquan [+]
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some infos about healthy,such as pillows,herbal pillows
tags: herbal pillow, taiji
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I believe that acupuncture works to a certain degree on some pain. I don't believe the ancient Chinese science on the subject. I don't believe that chi circulates through meridians -- in fact, since chi has never been proven to...
tags: acupuncture, alternative medicine, chi, chi kung, qi, qigong, tai chi, tai chi chuan, taiji, taijiquan,
taiji,
taijiquan tai chi chuantai chi,
taiji,
xingyitaijiquantaiji,
taijiquan,
tkd,
xingyitai chi,
tai chi chuan,
taiji,
taijiquan,
xingyixingyi,
xingyiquantcm,
traditional chinese medicine [+]
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