Too often students do not ask the basic questions about their study of Taiji. How does it differ from External, or hard style, martial arts? What is the method used to train to achieve this difference aka Internal abilities? The… Read moreA Collection of Attributes

Taiji is a unique movement art based on the Taoist principle of yin and yang. Through the centuries of its development many different descriptions of it have been put forth, many that conflict with each other. In fact almost everything… Read moreChan Fa

Peng is the main attribute of Taiji and Qi Gong. Taiji is the art of Peng. Peng is a rotating, expanding kind of energy. ~Hong Junsheng With the current trend towards Taiji as an External art, rather than Internal, as… Read moreSimple Peng Test

This article is copied from an email I recently received from my teacher and friend. It is not my writing. ************* If we are to teach with integrity we must explore what we have been taught so that when we… Read moreBecoming a Teacher of Integrity

Cheng Man Ch’ing (Zheng Manqing) was known to be a Tai Chi Master but there are a few problems with that. Chief among them is that Taiji is a martial art and at one time was one of the most… Read moreFaith and Reason

This is just one of many similar conversations I have been involved in lately. People deny that the Classics can possibly be right because… Taiji is not Internal because… I am right when I do Taiji in an External manner… Read moreThe Tai Chi Classics are Wrong!

This phrase is widely misunderstood and taken to mean other than what the Creators of the Art had in mind. Today we will talk about this descriptive statement and do our best to explain what is really meant, along with… Read moreBody As A Single Unit