The BIG MESS of Taiji Tai Chi Taijiquan Tai Chi Chuan T’ai Chi Ch’üan
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, …
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, …
As far as I know, the move “White Crane Spreads its Wings” is part of many different Taijiquan forms, e.g. Yang style long form (108). And it truly is a nice movement. I like the openness of it:
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 […]
So you booked that really great Taijiquan or Qi Gong workshop in a couple of weeks? You are excited to go there and improve your skills?
There is a gazillion Tai Chi videos on YouTube. I truly love the diversity of them. There are some “dead serious” form videos from all kinds of styles. Some videos show helpful healthy Tai Chi exercises or explanations on specific moves. You can learn a lot from then. And then there are videos I am […]