Review of Chen Xin’s book (Part 1)

[ Part 1 | Part 2 ]
Happy to report my book has arrived. Hardcover, 750 pages.
I pre-ordered my copy from INBI. Don’t bother, they’re already sold out… You will have to wait until the second printing.
Sender was “chen xiao-wen” – the same person who is listed in the book as editorial manager. Translator [...]

The Death of Tabbycat Yiquan

Part two in a series.
“This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn’t understand how to supply the credentials required.”
Well, he SAID he was going to do it. I briefly considered backing up his entire website [...]

Judo Simulacra Push Hands

A little while ago on Tim’s Discussion Board rodolfo asked, “Tai Chi and Jujitsu – Are there any Similarities between the two?” Tim’s response was to the point: “There are some technical similarities in the takedowns, and a number of the basic principles are the same in both arts.“
Although I wasn’t aware of the above [...]

Pushing the Issue

I just came across a great new website, Pushing the Issue. I found out about it from someone who forwarded these two videos to me:

Pushing the Issue (part 1)
Pushing the Issue (part 2)

This gives a voice to something I’ve felt for a long time, especially as a former Tai Chi Judge at at national martial [...]

The Nine Holed Pearl

I was reading the Xiang Kairen “Push Hands” article again, when I was struck by another one of those insights. “Fair Lady Weaves Shuttles”.. “Taijiquan is like threading a nine holed pearl.”.. “The body is like a wheel.. The waist is like the axle.” Something clicked with a feeling I had about my form.
Simple [...]

Lineage Project

I’ve updated the Yang Style lineage chart a bit. It’s still nowhere near what I used to have on the old site, but I would appreciate any comments and suggestions. I am particularly looking for the chinese characters for everyone’s name. Thanks and good luck.

Putting the Quan back into Taiji

Hmm. I’m not referring to Joanna’s excellent Martial Tai Chi site (she has a similar titled article) – but I thought this title would fit. I’d like to talk a little bit more about motivation in Taijiquan. It seems to be an important issue to a lot of people.
Um.. is this thing on? *taps mike* [...]

The Secret of Chi

I’ve been reading some of the concepts in blogland such as Formosa Neijia’s “Taiji without the Qi” and “100% Qi Free” , which is a Weakness with a Twist comment on Joanna’s Martial Tai Chi site. Finally, Martial Developmen’t take on the issue is also interesting to me to complete the wide range of views [...]