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6/30/2017

 T A I C H I

TAI CHI CHUAN HAS NO OPINION. IT HAS NO INTENTION. IT IS AN IDEA WITHOUT MOTIVE.

IT IS AN ACT WITHOUT DESIRE. IT IS, PROPERLY, THE NATURAL RESPONSE TO AN OUTSIDE FORCE, NOT BEING PERCEIVED AS SUCH.

FOR IN NATURE, ALL ARE THE SAME, EVERYTHING IS ONE. THAT WHICH ATTACKS IS THE SAME AS THAT WHICH RESPONDS, THE SAME FORCE – REDIRECTED AND RECYCLED.

WHEN YOU INITIATE AN ILL-INTENTIONED MOVE, IT COMES BACK ON YOU.

THE PRINCIPLES OF TAI CHI ARE THE SAME PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE INNER MECHANISM OF THE GREAT ENGINE OF THE UNIVERSE.

CHENG MAN CH’ING

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You Have to Xiulian Your Zhong Qi

6/13/2017

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To really move forward with martial arts training, spiritual practice is crucial. At some point we realize, as the ancient Daoists did, that there really is no difference between practicing for health and wellness, practicing for martial skill, and spiritual practice. It all becomes one true way.

Consider the following:

www.chentaiji.com/articles/integrating.html

chentaijiquanworld.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/the-spiritual-dimension.html

www.virtuescience.com/martial-zen.html

www.lionsroar.com/conquering-fear/

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The Tao of Walking

6/4/2017

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Few things benefit us (on multiple levels) more than old fashioned walking. Consider the following:

Science Daily: How Walking Benefits the Brain

The New Yorker: Why Walking Helps Us Think

The Atlantic: Henry David Thoreau, On Walking

Now, take a hike.

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The Importance of Neigong in Taijiquan

6/1/2017

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What becomes more and more apparent to me over time, is the infinite depth of Taijiquan practice. Properly done, Taijiquan leads to Dao. Granted, many don't have that kind of interest in the practice. For those who do, I offer the following article by Master Wang Zhijun, a Chen-style practitioner in Shanghai: "When we practice the Taijiquan form, we must train very hard and work on understanding and perfecting the ‘internal’ method of martial arts practice. This is how the Dao of internal health is developed, which is not dependent upon any form of externality....When ‘intention’ is used correctly, the mind is ‘stilled’ before expanding and embracing the divine-sky and the broad earth. This is how personal consciousness expands and is realised to share the same essence as the universe. This is the integration of the micro and macro-cosmic orbit circulations. In the deluded state, the fundamental integration of the divine-sky and the broad earth remains unknown. In the enlightened state, this obscuring layer of ignorance is ‘dissolved’ and the universal reality of diversity within oneness is directly understood."
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Taiji Dao

You Have to Xiulian Your Zhong Qi

The Tao of Walking

The Importance of Neigong in Taijiquan

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