As regular readers of this blog may know, since around the middle of last year I have been investigating (actually starting over completely afresh as a beginner in) Hao style taijiquan, particularly the current branch Read more…
The Yang style taiji teacher Fu Zhongwen, through the efforts of his students and family, is well-known throughout the taiji world. What is less known is that he had a brother, Fu Zongyuan, who also Read more…
As part of my ongoing quest to improve my pushing hands, at the tail end of the summer I made contact with a teacher named Liu who is well known for his push hands and Read more…
After a long summer hiatus, I have to admit my goal of posting at least once a month has fallen by the wayside. After all, it only makes sense to post when there is actually Read more…
As part of a recent business trip I was able to visit a taiji teacher that I have been interested in for a while now named Ren Zhongxin, who lives in Tangshan, a large industrial Read more…
PART 6 Beijing Years Continued Jarek: I actually made two trips to Wudang in 1991. In the summer of 1991, I went back to Poland for the summer break, but didn’t have enough money to Read more…
I have been reading a book called ‘Hidden Tao [大道显隐]’ by one Mei Mosheng, which is a compilation of articles commemorating the life of the eminent taiji master Li Jingwu, who learnt Chen and Wu Read more…
Zhaobao taijiquan is an interesting major style of taijiquan which has produced many top level masters and seems to have preserved an extremely complete system including neigong, forms practice in different frames as well as Read more…