The traditional routines (taolu套路) were compiled by earlier masters according to the training needs and transmission environment of their ti...

Chansijin 缠丝劲 (reeling-silk energy) is the source of Taijiquan’s force, and Cloud Hands 云手 is a foundational practice to expressing and deve...

 A common pitfall among many practitioners is the (over)emphasis put upon the practice while neglecting the closing/retaining routine.  Most...

An old Taijiquan saying goes:  "Taijiquan is the art of spiralling. Without understanding this, one does not understand the art." ...

Moving slowly is not the goal of Taijiquan, it is the foundation of learning Taijiquan well.  As an early writer of Taijiquan Chen Xin wrote...

To understand the movement pathways of Taijiquan's force, practitioners often concentrate on training the hands and body. However, begin...

 The Three Core Principles for Beginners of Taijiquan are: 1. loosening the arms 2. moving the waist 3. rooting into the legs. These fundame...