Taijiquan question

http://www.emptyflower.com/

http://www.shenwu.com/

http://www.egreenway.com/taichichuan/ntes.htm

Good place to start anyways.

Use common sense, you can get far.

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www.yogajournal.com

This site has a links section that will also get you far.

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Thanks for all the website :slight_smile:

Scholar: I really like this clip, it’s similar to what I study. Thanks for posting the link.

Thanks, I found it by accident a few weeks ago. I was just amazed that there are vids from all the major styles that are impressive as heck. It is rare to find one good clip, but 6?

Dong Yingjie was a close colleague to my teacher’s uncle and father before and after 1949, when they all moved to HK. They had good things to say about him.

Well it seems that the monks from Wudang have come to Austin, Texas. They will be here this week: http://www.healingtaoinstitute.com/wudangdvd.html

Btw, 1 more question, does anyone mix Taijiquan with other External Art (Waijia)? Is it recommended? or I should aim to complete all those 3 internal art is better? If yes how will u rank it, taiji first 2nd should be xinyi or 3rd bagua? Thanks :slight_smile:

Well, IMO it isn’t good to mix hard style and soft style. It isn’t that there is anything wrong with either one, but they cancel each other out. If you train to be soft and then train to be hard, for example, you reverse the soft conditioning you’ve just been doing. There is a lot of disagreement on this subject, though, so you’ll have to consider other opinions, too.

Bagua or Xingyi aren’t better or worse than Taijiquan. It has to do with the skill level of the teacher. A good Bagua teacher will teach you better than a crappy Xingyi or Taiji teacher, a good Taiji teacher…, etc. Generally, you’ll find fewer frauds teaching Bagua or Xingyi, though. Taijiquan is rife with people who declare themselves masters but actually have very little to teach, and zero martial ability. You will be able to find dozens of threads to that effect on this discussion board alone…

oh ok, thanks for your reply :slight_smile: Btw, any website is good for downloading taijiquan music?

Hi abc, sorry, I wanted to answer you earlier but I had to wait for activation.
I like you have to learn Tai Chi online because the closest school is 2 hours away from me.
I found this site which gives free online lessons very detailed. If like me then you are interested you can buy at the same site videos detailed about the form, the applications, understanding the Chi, exercises to improve your body and joints, push hands and much more+books from the same master.

As they told me in another forum there have been talented people in the old China that learnt martial arts only from reading books. I don’t expect miracles and I learn all I can just being aware that I give everyday my 100%+.

DON’T underestimate the safety rules tho, like bending your knees inward, bending the back and so on. You could really hurt yourself.
The site is Micheal Gilmans’s and he was student of the late sifu Choy Kam-man whose father studied under Yang Chengfu (thus what you will learn is Yang Style, I raccommend the long form coz it is funnier hee hee).
www.gilmanstudio.com

Hi, thanks for the first post to me :slight_smile: That site seems good, thanks alot :slight_smile:

Greetings..

Internal/External? Yin/Yang.. Balance.. ?

The Yin/Yang relationship is observable within any art and as a balance between the arts.. Understanding the relationships will serve you better than exclusions based on preferences.. The Yin/Yang relationship is not exclusive to Taiji.

Be well..