It was serendipitous to find the The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin in a library recently.
This guy is phenomenal, first he was a childhood national chess champion, and then he learned tai-chi well enough to win the world title (twice) in international push hands tournaments.
I found this book to be very inspirational. It rang […]

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Well, it’s been a while, but I have not been standing still.
Since my last post, I’ve created a new morning ritual (These things should change depending on your need, don’t stagnate). I listen to an hour of holosync www.centerpointe.com while practicing Tai-chi Sword, Tai-chi open hand, Qi Gong and standing meditation. I try to do […]

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In Tai-chi practice there is this skill called “push hands“. Basically you and a partner remain in contact with each other while each player alternately pushes towards your partners center. The practice is to absorb the push and/or redirect the push in useful ways.
Push hands is based on the sequence: listening, following, interrupting, and redirecting.
The […]

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I’ve taken a qigong course with Arnold Tayam (Highly Recommended) recently. And I’ve been studying Tai-chi for many years. One of the primary precepts of both is that:
The Imagination leads the mind, and the mind leads the Qi
That makes imagination the root skill of both!
Both also encourage a kind of “trance state” where you remove […]

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