History of Yang Style Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming April 26, 2010 When he was young, Yang, Lu-chan went to Chen Jia Gou in Henan province to learn taijiquan from Chen, Chang-xing. Chen realized that Yang had great potential and taught him the secrets sincerely. History of Yang Style Taijiquan Yang[…]
T’ai Chi Increases Naturally Occurring Stem Cells Stem cell treatments of various kinds are now widely available at clinics. Using stem cells as treatments are not FDA approved due to various aspects regarding their clinical safety. American patients are often recruited on the Internet to travel around the US or to Mexico and other countries. Researchers in Taiwan[…]
There is only one way to practice Yang Tai Chi Chuan, and its the way the Yang Family taught it and passed it down from one generation to the next. Beware, if someone comes along and changes these very important principles to make it easier to learn or more fun to do, or removes any[…]
Single Edged, Curved, Chinese Broadsword With fa-jing movements, leaps and jumps, this form will balance you internally and for fitness, there is nothing finer as it works every muscle and sinew in the body. This sword form utilises a heaver weapon which further strengthens the body through the use of thrust, stab, cut, slice and[…]
Miao Dao (苗刀) The Miao Dao is a very long Chinese two handed dao sword which originated in China by General Qi Jiguang. The long double handed sword was used by the Generals soldiers to counter against the samurai sword. This Miaodao has a strong resemblance to the Tai Chi Dao but it is much longer.[…]
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Zhan Zhuang The original Zhan Zhuang were developed for health benefits and used by Daoist’s, martial artists employed this form of training and combined the Zhan Zhuang with internal body mechanics to create and develop the fighting arts further. Internal schools of martial arts use this training to strengthen the student’s body and to promote[…]
Celebrating 10 years of Tai Chi The original tasters across the borough were organised by us with Shizendo. They aimed to encourage local people aged 50 years and older to take part in physical activity and promote mindfulness. Sharon Whitewick, who has been attending classes for 10 years said: “We did the free trials and[…]
Tai Chi Zhan Zhuang Standing Post Training The original Zhan zhuang were health methods used by Daoists; in recent centuries, martial artists who already had static standing methods combined these with the internal mechanics of Zhan zhuang to create a superior exercise. The goal of Zhan zhuang in martial arts has always been to develop[…]