My current state of the art
I have a confession to make. I lost my practice. I don’t know how it happened. But during the last couple of months I almost didn’t practice Taichi or Qi Gong. Maybe once or twice a week, but
My thoughts on how to learn Tai Chi Chuan / Taijiquan?
When someone asks me how to learn Tai Chi Chuan (or Taijiquan), I usually explain this by comparing it to learning a language.
Why it’s important to practice what you’ve learnt in Taijiquan or Qi Gong class
Recently I went to a workshop with Chen Bin, son of Chen Zhenglei. It was about the Chen style basics, so we did a lot of pole standing (Zhan Zhuang), Silk Reeling exercises (Chan Si Gong) and footwork. And of course, Chen Bin talked to us about various other topics. At one point he talked […]
How to choose the best Tai Chi shoes
When I started learning Tai Chi in 2004, I went to a school where it was not allowed to practice barefoot. So I started my quest to find the best Tai Chi shoes.
Quotes: Why you should practice Taijiquan daily
So you probably heard that you should practice Taijiquan daily. But what is it exactly that the masters say about it? I collected some quotes from different Taijiquan masters about why you should practice Taijiquan daily. Let’s start with Yang Chengfu: