As you know, I like to blog. About Taijiquan (aka Tai Chi Chuan). Those are both my passions. But what exactly does it mean to be passionate? PASSION When I think about passion, I imagine something like this (fast-forward to 0:30):
When searching for Tai Chi benefits online, you will find a massive amount of information. There are webpages full of lists, research news and individual narration. It’s overwhelming. So I came up with the idea to bundle all that information right here. And of course for each point I will give one or more sources […]
Lǎozi (老子) was a Chinese philosopher who lived around the 5th century BC. You might also know him as Lao Tzu or Lao Tse. He is traditionally regarded as the author of the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching)*. The Daodejing is the fundamental text for both philosophical and religious Daoism (Taoism).
So this is a very personal comment on all the different transcriptions of 太极拳. And there are really so many of them: Taiji, Tai Chi, Taijiquan, Tai Chi Chuan, T’ai Chi Ch’üan, …
Do you remember when you were 10 years old and there was no Internet? And we didn’t even have a TV at home! I hadn’t discovered Taijiquan or Qi Gong yet, but I went to the ballet. Multiple times a week. The first time I was on stage with my group, I was 10 years […]