Category: Tai Chi Concepts and Skills

In the spirit of this website I want to share information that is of value to any tai chi practitioner, regardless of style. The book Talking Chen Taijiquan is a compilation of insights, teachings,...

Pounding mortar anyone?  Maybe your white crane needs to spread it's wings.  I know, you want to hear the sound of one hand clapping.  There is something both wonderful and maddening...

New research on how to use tai chi for depression continues to come out. This is great news not only for people suffering from depression but for all of us who deal with sadness, loneliness, or bad...

I want to tell you about possibly the best way to improve your tai chi: learn one of the tai chi weapons forms. Each tai chi weapon teaches a different way to balance, generate force, move, and hold...

Silk Reeling is an extremely misunderstood and mystified set of movements. On one hand, they are indeed a fairly simple and repetitive part of tai chi practice. For this, they suffer a reputation of...

We have all experienced times in life when everything seems to easily go well. We get the new job, we graduate, or we work towards achieving some larger goal and things in life support our efforts...