Author Archives: John Rogers
THE CONSTANT COEXISTENCE OF YIN/YANG
[U nastavku pogledajte crnogorsku verziju] Adapted from ” La costante compresenza di Yin/Yang” (Fajin – Taijiquan & Cultura orientale) The term “Taiji,” understood as a philosophical principle, embodies the dynamic polarity of the two opposite and complementary aspects that make it up, namely, Yin and Yang. They continually … Continue reading
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Stepping like a Cat Mài Bù Rú Māo Xíng 迈步如猫行
“Stepping like a cat” is an image used to illustrate a very important Tai Chi principle. We owe this image to Wu Yuxiang, a senior student of Yang Luchan who went on to create his own style of Tai Chi. … Continue reading
放松 … Just relax …
Usually translated as “relax”, fàng sōng 放松 (sometimes just “sōng”) are probably two of the words that Tai Chi instructors the world over utter most frequently while teaching. That is because we cannot do Tai Chi without fàng sōng; and … Continue reading
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Tai Chi in The Netherlands
A very enjoyable and intensive Tai Chi workshop with Mr Liang De Hua focusing on a series of energizing loosening exercises as well as on pair practice, the aim of which was to give participants the opportunity to develop their … Continue reading
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China Taiji Trip 2018
In January 2018, my wife and I spent three weeks in South China in the company of my Taiji Brothers and Sisters. We flew from Podgorica to Guangzhou, whence we travelled around the Pearl River Delta with stopovers in Zhongshan, … Continue reading
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The Way of Non-Force
On 20 and 21 October, Frederick Behar & Lucy Gardner held a Taiji and tui shou workshop in Podgorica (Montenegro). The workshop covered techniques for pushing hands with the minimum force necessary. Working in pairs, we explored various exercises from … Continue reading
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Podgorica Push Hands / Tui Shou
English version: Fred-and-Lucy-programme Crnogorski: Fred-Lusy prog CG (1)-2
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Radionica Qigong vježbe Ma Wang Dui Daoyin Shu u Podgorici
Tai Chi Chuan klub Zhao Youbin poziva vas na početni stepen Qigong vježbe Ma Wang Dui Daoyin Shu i samomasažu meridijana. Radionica će se održati u Podgorici, 9. juna od 19 do 21 h (Tuishou i Osnove borilačkih aplikacija, https://goo.gl/muES15 ) i … Continue reading
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IN MEMORIAM FU SHENG YUAN
It is with great sadness that I learned about the death of Grandmaster Fu Sheng Yuan on 27th March. With him, the Tai Chi world loses a superlative exponent of Yang Style Tai Chi and one of the last 5th … Continue reading
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China / Thailand Trip, Feb. – March 2017
My knowledge of Chinese being virtually non-existent, I was very lucky that my friend Helen happened to be in Xi’an and kindly acted as an interpreter every day. Helen is originally from Xi’an but moved to Toronto many years ago. … Continue reading
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