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1. Yang Style T'ai Chi Chuan My goal is to educate people to the practice of Tai Chi and its many benefits.  More accurately known as tai chi chuan, the practice is a martial art system that includes both meditation and movement to enhance total health. Its movements are p...
2. Tao Te Ching Calendars and Planners The Tao Te Ching or Dao De Jing, originally known as Laozi, is a Chinese classic text. Its name comes from the opening words of its two sections: dao "way," Chapter 1, and de "virtue," Chapter 38, plus jing "classic." According to tradition, it was w...
3. Tai Chi Chuan in the UK The purpose of this Lens is to help inform and clear up some of the myths that surround tai chi and to explore tai chi without the mystisism so many "experts" have a vested interest in perpetuating. Hopefully this Lens will enco...
4. Soft martial arts The three main internal kung fu (neijia) styles are taijiquan (tai chi chuan), baguazhang (pa kua chang) and xingyiquan (hsing-i chuan). Practising these arts has a profoundly beneficial effect on health, as well as building self-confidence and self-...
5. Traditional Yang Style Long Form 108 is an integration of self-defence, self knowledge and self well-being. T'ai Chi is a way of life that has been practiced by the Chinese for thousands of years. T'ai Chi means "the ultimate." T'ai Chi encourages the fulfillment of the indivi...
6. How Tong Ren Heals Depression and Anxiety Have you ever suffered from depression or anxiety? Or watched in despair as a beloved child or sibling sank deeper and deeper into depression or suicidal thoughts? Or perhaps there is an elderly parent whose anxiety is almost paralyzing? Or who suffe...
7. WILD GOOSE QIGONG Wild Goose Qigong is one of China's oldest surviving systems for health, healing and longevity. It is founded on Daoist and Chinese medical principles. This article highlights the inspiration, creation, and development of It also details how Wild Goo...
8. Martial Arts: background info for beginners With such a deep, rich history spanning millennia, the number of martial arts disciplines is huge. As the forms of martial arts have evolved from a general base, today we find some forms that are in the forefront of what most people think of when the...
9. Taijiquan - The Genuine Article The purpose of this lens is to distinguish original Taijiquan from the diluted and often corrupted versions that are all too common throughout the Western hemisphere. Chen Taijiquan, the oldest style, is a serious martial art first and foremost, crea...
10. Martial Arts Clothing Martial arts are popular the world over. They are enjoyed by many because of the sense of belonging and cameraderie they instil in the martial artist. In Chinese martial arts even the words used to address other practitioners evokes a sense of famil...
11. Tai Chi for Health and Peace I personally do Tai Chi because it helps to strengthen my body without impact on my joints. It has been a great way to take a break from the computer and get the blood circulating. After being hit by a car and having multiple surgeries, Tai chi was...
12. Xing Yi Quan Xing yi quan is an internal martial arts style of kung fu which uses the power of chi, or qi, both to enhance its techniques, and to improve the energy levels and health of the pratitioner. There is a particular emphasise on the esoteric philosophy o...
13. Tai Chi Classes Tai Chi Classes I'll share a story about my experience with Tai Chi and Qigong that'll save you time and perhaps even some money. A beginners Tai Chi class can last as little as 15 minutes more or less.  But most Tai Chi classes are usually lastin...
14. T'ai Chi For Health T'ai Chi Chuan has been compared to a string of pearls. A pearl is formed by an oyster out of a need to deal with an irritating object. For humans, this irritation can have a physical, mental or spiritual basis, maybe all three. T'ai Chi evolved, lik...
15. Internal Martial Arts Internal training is the highest level of martial arts. The 3 most popular today are Hsing I Chuan (form-will-fist), Tai Chi Chuan (The Grand Ultimate Fist), and Pa Kua Chang (8 Changes of the Palm).
16. Health Benefits Of Tai Chi If you ask most people what Tai Chi means, a lot of them will tell that it is a form of stretching exercises for older people. Actually Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese system of slowly flowing movements and shifts of balance that strengthens the legs w...
17. Kansas City Martial Arts "It's not just self defense, it's about...self control, body discipline, and mind discipline...and breath techniques. It involves yoga. It involves meditation. It's an art, not a sport." ~~Elvis Presley. This lens provides information about...
18. Zhang Sanfeng, Taichi founder Zhang Sanfeng, Taichi founder
19. Seeing Energy Long ago man was an electromagnetic cocoon of energy that traveled through an ancient sea, which seers have come to call the dark sea of awareness. Within this dark sea were held numerous worlds, all capable of being witnessed by man. Our kind travel...
20. Tai Chi Exercise Your Chi practice can be many things... Exercise Art Wellness and Health Meditation Centering >>> what do you wish is -is becoming, perhaps