taijiquan

I thought I'd share an article I wrote in around 2014, regarding footwork in Taijiquan, and how it might relate to the 5 elements creative/destructive cycle.

An old clip looking at a possible application of "Holding the Ball" into "Ward Off"

An old clip discussing how Tai Chi generates power

One of the movements that makes up the Set "Grasping the Sparrow's Tail"

Laura Bonthuis is my girlfriend and a Dutch martial arts practitioner. Besides martial arts she was a very good Badminton player and won many tournaments and titles. She practised full contact kickboxing under a famous Dutch teacher Wim Scharrenberg ( brother of Koen Scharrenberg a Kyokushinkai...

How to understand qi in taijiquan, an introduction, and 6 harmonies.

Video for beginners to have a sense of peng jin.

Yang 8 movement form for beginners and elderly, split screen to make it easy to follow...

Hello. Im new to the forum. I have a passion for taijiquan. I'm going to posting a lot of videos on here and I do everything I can to foster a taijiquan community. We have free meetups all across Texas which I will be posting on here as well. My lineage is from Li Tianji and Yang Shou Hou. I...

Hello everyone! I’ve been practicing traditional Yang Taiji for about 15 years. Early in my training, I practiced form and push hands equally; then moved cities and took a break from partner practice, continuing forms practice on my own. Recently, I’ve gotten a group together to explore and...

I am a relative newbie to Chen style taijiquan. So far (~1 year) it's been primarily learning the forms and have not done any partnered drills or training. I was wondering for the "average" student in taijiquan schools, Chen specifically, how soon into the training do you typically get...