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- Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:58 pm
- Forum: General Taiji Quan Discussion
- Topic: Taiji toes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13080
Taiji toes
For years the unofficial GRTC training shoe was the Reebok classic (black, of course). The newest thing in athletic shoes is the "barefoot shoe" http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/gear-girl/Do-I-need-barefoot-running-shoes.html which might actually work pretty well for taiji training since is...
- Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:02 am
- Forum: General Taiji Quan Discussion
- Topic: To Fa jin a Flame
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15263
Inches
For those of you using the metric system or for my classmates from Great River, 18", is 18 inches, not 18 feet. Its about a half a meter.
- Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:59 am
- Forum: General Taiji Quan Discussion
- Topic: To Fa jin a Flame
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15263
To Fa jin a Flame
I have read that Yang Luchan and, more recently, Yang Jwingming can blow out candles from a distance with a fajin. I gave this a try myself and found: 1) I could extinguish a lit candle from about 18" away using a palm strike 2) exhaling from my mouth made it easier to extinguish the candle than exh...
- Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:56 am
- Forum: Mi Chuan Discussion
- Topic: "unoffical" applications
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15456
Unofficial
I like to practice kicks against a chain-link fence.
- Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:58 am
- Forum: Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship
- Topic: Wrist Resiliancy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16558
Wrist Resiliancy
Recently I strained my wrist pushing. This incident along with seeing some of the pictures of Rodell Laoshi cutting bamboo made me think that my wrists need strengthening. Naturally, I thought of sword cutting, but I do not have a cutting sword. I do have a wooden sword for swordplay. I thought of g...
- Mon Jul 05, 2004 2:06 pm
- Forum: General Taiji Quan Discussion
- Topic: Before Whipping after the Clouds
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11221
Before Whipping after the Clouds
What is the application for the transition from cloud hands into single whip in the short form?
I don't think it is to drop seeds into your left palm.
I don't think it is to drop seeds into your left palm.
- Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:01 pm
- Forum: General Taiji Quan Discussion
- Topic: Stage left?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13899
The only person I've ever met who has gone through the trouble of learning an entire form on the opposite side is Bob Neville, the Dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston University. He studied Wu style with Sophia Delza. It seems to me to be a curiosity and not worth the time it would take to practice a for...
- Mon Jun 21, 2004 1:48 pm
- Forum: General Taiji Quan Discussion
- Topic: Diet and Nutrition
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12731
Nutrition
As Rodell Laoshi wrote, meat is considered a good thing for most people as far as the Chinese are concerned. One wants a balance of yin and yang. One can get yang energy (found in meat) from a variety of non-meat sources e.g. ginger. There are many good cookbooks on diets from the Chinese Medicine p...