четверг, 18 октября 2007 г.

Chair Tai Chi for seniors, wheelchair, stroke, parkinsons, arthritis

Chair Tai Chi for seniors, wheelchair, stroke, parkinsons, arthritis

Introduction to the Ving Chi Tai Chi Chair Form for practicing Tai Chi and Qigong

from a chair or seated position.


This form of Tai Chi is great for:

Those in a wheelchair

Seniors

Stroke, Parkinsons, osteoporosis, arthritis, fibromyalgia and many other ailments

Mediation

At home or the office For more information, got to www.VingChi.com


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понедельник, 8 октября 2007 г.

Cartoons on karate, kungfu and the plain silly

Cartoons on karate, kungfu and the plain silly
Sifu Bait Chi Alone

mh 120721 guest opponent

mh 120330 importance of sensitivity

mh 120301 executing single whip

lost cause

The Four Cs

Esoteric waffling

Lost in Translation

I’ve learned tai chi forms from two different schools -one was the late Erle Montaigue’s Yang style, and the other was Feng Zhiqiang’s Hunyuan chen style -both were very meticulous about the forms but both also taught qigong, zhan zhuang, other supplementary exercises (e.g. fangsong gong, jiben gong etc…) and push hands. If your tai chi school only teaches forms, you’re probably not at a very good school, and your definitely not learning how to apply the forms in a self-defence context.


Pushing Hanz

The thing I loved about the branch of Erle’s tai chi that I was at was the fact that EVERY lesson had push-hands -it was simply a given, because developing the structure and maintaining your centreline and ‘peng’ under pressure can take years -(I haven’t done it nearly long enough).


Starting with the basic one-armed push hands…



The potential for advanced push hands…



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