Chinese Whispers

Monday, 6 March 2017

"Song" - loose, relaxed and devoid of tension...

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  "Song" (translated as a state of looseness, relaxation, devoid of tension etc.) is one of the most important and fundamenta...
Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Trunk vs Leaves and Branches

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There are two main methods of transmitting and training Taijiquan: one is the "trunk" method and the other is the "leaves...
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Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Conforming to the essence of Taijiquan

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It is easy for beginners of Taijiquan to exhibit two extremes: one extreme is to be stiff and inflexible, the other extreme is to be flacc...
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Understanding Principles to Realise Content

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  Ultimately Taijiquan is not about its appearance but its content. Without expressing the content the practice is incomplete and has n...

Training the martial arts "way"

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Training "Quan" (martial arts skill) is about undertaking the "Dao" (the Way); hence the existence and traditional emph...
Thursday, 24 November 2016

Recognising Errors...

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It is inevitable to make many errors in the beginning. Keep on correcting these errors and the level of skill will keep on improving. T...
Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Build upon the basics

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Beginners must first place more emphasis on the "physical shape" and less on "mind intent". First achieve "physica...
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