Articles About and Information on T’ai Chi (Taiji) and Ch’i Kung (Qigong)

• Achieving Sōng, (Relax)

• Is Taiji Becoming Too Diluted?

• Seek the Straight from the Curve.

• Dòng and Dàng: Optimal Timing of Shifting and Turning in Taiji Movement.

• Clarifications of Perplexing Taiji Sayings and Admonitions

• Non-Action in T’ai-Chi Movement

• Analysis of Individual Movements of the T’ai-Chi form

• T’ai-Chi Push-Hands Demos: Real or Fake

• “Use the Mind and Not Force”

• Muscular Strength: Advantages of Expansion Over Contraction in T’ai Chi

• Seven Ways of Validating Your Progress in T’ai Chi

• Is it Possible for Muscles to Actively Extend? (revised 7/9/18)

• Peng, Jin, and Li

• Cultivating the Correct Internal State in T’ai-Chi Movement (revised 6/23/16)

• An Analysis of “Rooting and Redirecting”

• How T’ai Chi Improves Memory

• “A Hand Is Not A Hand”

• Dangers of Overusing Images in Movement Arts

• “Swimming on Land”

• Stepping Like a Cat

• Mind, Body, and Spirit

• Non-Intention and Being in the Moment (revised 6/22/16)

• Circular Modalities in T’ai-Chi Movement

• Mind-Body Unification

• Teaching T’ai Chi to Seniors

• Cheng Man-ch’ing’s Short Form and The Yang-Style Long Form: Their Differences and Relative Benefits

• How Does Practicing T’ai Chi Reduce Falls?

• Tucking the Tailbone in T’ai-Chi-Form Practice: Good or Bad?

• Practicing Jin (Correct Strength) Within the T’ai-Chi Form

• A Biological Interpretation of Ch’i

• The Head and Eyes During T’ai-Chi-Form Practice: Three Modalities.

• Did Former American Slaves Practice T’ai Chi?

• Why Study T’ai Chi?

• A Clarification of “Secret” Teachings Revealed by Cheng Man-ch’ing.

• How to Recognize Jin.

• Recognizing and Cultivating Ch’i in T’ai-Chi Movement

• “Wrong”—or “Different”?

• Independence of Movement

• About T’ai-Chi Sword

• The Importance of Continuity in T’ai Chi

• Correcting Knee, Ankle, and Arch Alignment Problems

• About T’ai Chi

• Benefits of T’ai Chi

• Philosophy of Yin and Yang

• Deciding on a Teacher

• About Ch’i Kung (Qigong)

• How to Learn from a Video

• Robert Chuckrow’s Stretching Routine

• How the Use of Eyes Affects Balance

• T’ai-Chi Forms: Descriptions, Photos, and Names of Movements


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