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Tai Chi Cartoons and Comics

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'Pilates. Yoga. Maybe a new strain of tai chi. Whatever! We've got to end it before the entire herd is infected.'


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Moore, Steve

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'I must warn you, I know tai chi. We can step outside and settle it like men, but it will have to be in slow motion.'


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Baldwin, Mike

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'New Age Dog Park' Dogs commune with Nature.


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Nunes, Ted

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'I'm a ll for trying new techniques...And Tai Chi might be of some use as part of an anger management programme.'


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Fran

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'Dude. Tai Chi. They do it in the park.'


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Hodecker, Eric

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'When she said she was taking taking up a Japanese art I thought she meant origami...'


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Graham, Jackson

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The real reason we have natural disasters...


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Hill, Spencer

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'Tai Chi or my dinner is in the oven?'


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Shirvanian, Vahan

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Tonight: Al Hari Kish, leading yoga expert, speaks on 'this topsy-turvy world'


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Schwadron, Harley

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'I can remember when no one had even heard of t'ai chi.'


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Harris, S

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Don't Waste A Moment! Put Down That Magazine And Get Fit While You Sit!


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Herman, Jon

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'I'm really focused on trying to get my black belt.'


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Royston -Robertson-

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Bob begins every day with Tie Chi


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Heath, Mark

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Tai Chi video - can you slow it down, it's still too fast!


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Cook, Gary

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'Tai chia pets.'


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Hardin, Patrick

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'You crazy, man? He's a T'ai Chi master! -- He'll BORE you to death!'


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Baloo -Rex May-

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'You crazy, man? He's a T'ai Chi master! -- He'll BORE you to death!'


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'You crazy, man? He's a T'ai Chi master! -- He'll BORE you to death!'


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Tai Chi.


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Baratti, Stefano

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Karate.


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Brooks, Rosie

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Judo man.


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Brooks, Rosie

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Karate.


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KAWAII T'AI CHI


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'Your Thai-chi-chicken Sir.'


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Bryant, Adey

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понедельник, 26 марта 2012 г.

Tai Chi Breathing

Tai Chi Breathing
© Tai Chi Productions. All rights reserved. You can copy this article for educational purpose but not for any commercial gain. For example you can give a copy of this article for your fee paying students and conference attendees provided you do not charge a fee for it.

“What about the breathing?” Numerous students have asked me this question. Some teachers believe that breathing patterns should be very specific. For example, in each and every part of a movement, there is a specific breathing pattern-in and out, slowly or quickly. These teachers feel that the breathing has to be just so for each movement. I find this method difficult and think it can impede improvement for some students. It often leads to too much focus on the breathing and distraction from focusing on other essential principles. No two people are the same. They have different lung capacities and different speeds in their movements so to coordinate in the same specific pattern with others would be difficult for many. In addition, this can lead to forced or contrived breathing which can be harmful.

Sun style Tai Chi - opening and closing form
Correct breathing is an important part of tai chi. Here’s a guide based on essential tai chi principles. The key is the storing and delivering of energy because tai chi emphasises on internal energy. Every tai chi set are comprised of movements alternates between gathering, storing and then delivering energy. Often the classics describe it as opening and closing. When you open, it’s storing energy like someone drawing an arrow in a bow; in closing, the energy is delivering so it’s like shooting the arrow. Keep this image in your mind and the rest will be easy to follow.

When you’re inhaling (storing energy), think of taking in the life energy-oxygen- into your body. When you deliver energy or force, you exhale. This can be applied to almost all tai chi movements since they are, in essence, alternating opening and closing movements.

At Sunset in Florida 2004: Chen style Tai Chi  - Stirring the Sea
When your hands pull apart, that’s an opening movement. For example, in the Sun style opening and closing movement, when your hands are in front of your chest, opening up, you breathe in to store energy. When your hands come closer, you breathe out, delivering energy. Another example is Single Whip in Yang style. At the end of Single Whip, even though your hands are opened out, it’s actually a closing movement because that’s where you deliver the energy, so you breathe out. Using this rationale, you can see in Chen style’s punching movements, when you’re bringing your hands closer to store up energy, that’s an in breath and when you punch out, that’s the out breath.

And then there’s up and down movements. When you move your hands up, you’re storing your energy, and therefore you breathe in. When you bring your hands down, you’re delivering energy-shooting the arrow-so you breathe out. Likewise, when you stand up and bend down.

Use this guide throughout your tai chi forms. Whenever you’re in doubt, focus on practising the form correctly: Relax, loosen your joints and free your breathing, and then you’ll find your breathing most likely to be correct. Don’t force or hold your breath. Simply allow your body to breathe naturally when in doubt.

I have created the Dan Tian Breathing Method based on new scientific findings and the previous known abdomenal and reverse abdominal breathing methods. It is more simple yet more powerful in energy cultivation. This breathing method is created based on traditional qigong and modern medical research into the deep stabilizer muscles. It is effective to facilitate sinking qi to the dan tian and to enhance qi power, in turn improving internal energy. It can be incorporated into all your qigong and tai chi movements.

You can practise the breathing either sitting or standing upright. Be aware of holding the correct posture. Put left hand on your abdomen just above the belly button and right hand below it. Concentrate on your lower abdomen and the pelvic floor muscle.

When you inhale, expand your lower abdominal area—allow it to bulge out a little—and let your abdominal and pelvic floor muscles relax. You should feel a slight pushing out of the right hand. As you exhale, gently contract the pelvic floor muscles and the lower abdomen. Feel the contraction of the muscle with your right hand, keeping the area above your belly button as still as possible. Contract the pelvic floor muscles very gently, so gently that it’s almost like you’re just thinking about contracting them. Another good way is to imagine that you’re bringing your pelvic floor just half an inch closer to your belly button. A stronger contraction would move the left hand too much and that would mean involving different groups of muscles therefore not be as effective.

As you inhale and relax the pelvic and lower abdominal muscles, try not to relax them completely but retain approximately 10–20 percent of the contraction. This will allow you to maintain a upright posture and have the right group of muscles ready for the next phase. Practice it regularly and you will find it easier to do, as you practice your tai chi forms, apply this method as often as comfortable to you. There is no need to be conscious of this breathing 100% of the time. Whenever you feel uncomfortable, simply let go and breathe naturally. If you can feel the qi, gently push it down along the conception vessel on expiration, and up along the governing vessel on inspiration. Another good way is to visualise your qi move in a straight line just beneath your skin: up to middle of your sternum (the point below two nipples) on inspiration and down to the dan tian on expiration.

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вторник, 20 марта 2012 г.

T'ai Chi Beginning Practice (part 3)

T'ai Chi Beginning Practice (part 3)

One on one with Champion and Master David-Dorian Ross. This is the way to learn T'ai Chi. With this program created to be more like personal instruction, you'll learn more intuitively as you explore each move, so you feel more confident right away. You will understand how T'ai chi will help you move closer to that elusive life priority, balance. Known as "the ultimate workout" in China, T'ai chi is a more physically charged form of energy practice that resembles martial arts in slow motion and will give you the benefits of weight training, aerobics or sports conditioning while exercising your mental-spiritual strength at the same time. You'll see more balance in the way you move, think and feel every day.


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понедельник, 27 февраля 2012 г.

Tai Chi Basic Steps for Beginners

Tai Chi Basic Steps for Beginners
Tai Chi Basic Steps for Beginners

Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese martial art form often referred to as the practice of "meditation in motion." The gentle, flowing movements in Tai Chi promote relaxation, stress relief and conscious awareness of the present moment. Tai Chi may help reduce stress, depression and anxiety, improve your balance and coordination, lower your blood pressure and promote better sleep, among many other benefits. Because it is a gentle, low-impact exercise, Tai Chi is generally suitable for people of any level of physical fitness.


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Warming up your body is important for facilitating Tai Chi movements. According to Tai Chi instructor Ellae Elinwood in her book, "Stay Young With Tai Chi," Tai Chi warm ups not only help open your body, they also promote a relaxed attitude and encourage a state of well being. One basic Tai Chi warm up is the waist loosening exercise. Stand with your feet parallel and slightly wider than hip-width distance apart. Relax your arms by your sides. Rotate your hips to the right and then the left, allowing your arms to follow the movement of your body. Let your arms hang loosely and flap against your body as you make each rotation. When your body has warmed up, incorporate your neck, shoulders and spine in the rotations, making each movement smooth and fluid.


The windmill exercise is one of the basic Tai Chi movements for promoting flexibility and opening up your spine. Stand with your feet parallel and slightly wider than shoulder-width distance apart. Relax your shoulders and let your arms hang loosely. Bring your hands in front of your body by your pubic bone, with your fingers pointing down toward the floor. Inhale and raise your arms up the center of your body and over your head, fingers pointing up. Stretch toward the ceiling and arch your spine slightly backward. Exhale and slowly bend forward to the floor, moving your hands down the center of your body. Bend forward from your hip joint, allowing your arms to hang loosely in front of you. Inhale and return to your starting posture.


Knee rolls encourage mobility in your spine and knees and can help improve your balance. Stand with your feet a few inches apart and your knees slightly bent. Place your hands on your knees with your fingers pointing toward each other. Rotate your knees in a circle, rolling from the left, back, right and front, as though you are tracing a large circle on the floor with your knees. Perform the circular motion in clockwise, then counter-clockwise, directions.


The Tai Chi hand exercises help open up your hands and promote flexibility in your shoulders, arms and fingers. Stand with your feet a bit wider than shoulder-width distance apart. Raise your arms straight out in front of you, parallel to the floor at shoulder height. Stretch your hands as wide as you can, then begin rotating your wrists in a clockwise and then counter-clockwise direction.


The Tai Chi closing posture is performed at the end of a Tai Chi practice to balance your energy and promote feelings of relaxation and stillness. Stand with your feet hip-width distance apart. Relax your shoulders and bring your hands in a cupped-position with your palms facing up, resting in front of your pelvis. Close your eyes. Inhale and imagine that you are pulling your energy upward as your bring your hands up the center of you body to your chest. Exhale and rotate your hands so your palms are facing down. Imagine you are pushing your energy down as you push your hands toward the floor. Perform several repetitions of this exercise.


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пятница, 3 февраля 2012 г.

Tai Chi Ball Workout for Beginners

Tai Chi Ball Workout for Beginners

TAI CHI FITNESS IN 20 MINUTES Tai Chi Ball is an amazing whole-body exercise known for quickly improving your health. In only 20 minutes a day, you can stimulate your entire body and improve your circulation, balance, and more. Tai Chi master David-Dorian Ross guides you through a progression of easy-to- follow routines. In Workout 1, you'll learn a short bare hand Tai Chi sequence of common movements with detailed instruction. In Workout 2, you'll learn to add two lightweight Starter Tai Chi Balls to the movements, adding weight resistance to make you stronger. Workout 3 offers a challenge for those interested in taking their health to the next level by exercising with a larger Tai Chi Ball. • Follow along with three effective 15-20 minute workouts. • Learn a basic Tai Chi sequence. • Feel stronger with repeated practice. Tai Chi Ball is one of the most powerful exercises to strengthen your entire body.


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среда, 11 января 2012 г.

Tai Chi Ball Workout for Beginners by David-Dorian Ross (YMAA)

Tai Chi Ball Workout for Beginners by David-Dorian Ross (YMAA)

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Tai Chi Fitness in 20 Minutes


Tai Chi Ball is an amazing whole-body exercise known for quickly improving your health.


In only 20 minutes a day, you can stimulate your entire body and improve your circulation, balance, and more. Tai Chi master David-Dorian Ross guides you through a progression of easy-to- follow routines.


In Workout 1, you’ll learn a short bare hand Tai Chi sequence of common movements with detailed instruction.


In Workout 2, you’ll learn to add two lightweight Starter Tai Chi Balls to the movements, adding weight resistance to make you stronger.


Workout 3 offers a challenge for those interested in taking their health to the next level by exercising with a larger Tai Chi Ball. Follow along with three effective 15–20 minute workouts. Learn a basic Tai Chi sequence. Feel stronger with repeated practice.


Tai Chi Ball is one of the most powerful exercises to strengthen your entire body.


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