Tag Archives: taijichuan

Basic Similarity of Chen and Yang Style Tai Chi

Although there are some obvious, as well as more subtle, differences between Chen style and Yang style Tai Chi, the similarities are numerous and significant. To beginners, these similarities are […]

Studies Show Health Benefits of Tai Chi

A recent paper published in The British Journal of Sports Medicine performed a systematic review of 33 studies of the health benefits of Tai Chi on chronic illnesses. The paper clearly indicates health […]

My first Tai Chi Class and Mr Liu

Roy Wilson, a long-time Tai Chi practitioner who trained with me in England, interviewed me about Cheng Man-ching, my teacher Liu Hsi-heng, and my time in Taiwan. I have adapted […]

Tai Chi: A Brief Introduction

  Tai Chi is part of a wider tradition in China of physical, spiritual, and martial culture stretching back 2000 years or more. Recent history points to Chen Village in […]

The Formless (Wuji) in Qigong and Tai Chi

During a recent Tai Chi class I was introducing Standing Qigong practice and the concept of Wuji – the realm of the formless. While trying to explain the various meanings of […]

Tai Chi: East and West

(Mr Liu and I doing pushing hands at a rooftop space Mr Liu used for his classes in the late 1980s.) Is there a difference between Tai Chi in the East […]