Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

In case anyone is interested, "Kung Fu Tai Chi" magazine's November/December 2009 issue (now on newsstands) contains two articles which cover and discuss the recent symposium in Nashville. They also discuss Yang Jun, Yang Zhen Duo, and the Association among many other things. 1. "Yang...

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">The eye-brain command and control link for the human body is remarkably slow. Yet the majority of martial arts systems encountered today focus solely on developing and training defensive and offensive tools controlled completely by eye-brain ...

Breaking bricks and/or boards in any martial art ALWAYS reminds me of a quote from the movie "Karate Kid II": <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">(Walking through the Okinawa airport,...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by JerryKarin: <B>So for example heat and motion are produced in the engine of an automobile, but the driver only indirectly affects all th...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Audi: <B>There is a warning in the Tai Chi classics about "giving up the near to pursue the far." In my view, seeking out thin...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Yin Peixiong: Chang Yijin in Authentic Principles of Taijiquan includes an essay titled Related Thoughts on "New Ideas". Undou...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by oldyangtaijiquan: I am also interested for the review of the book Tai Chi Dynamics.</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> For those of you curious abo...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by fol: <B> Hello, mlot! I'm not your doctor--and not a health practitioner at all--so I can't really answer your questions about you. I ca...

I've been practicing Yang style simplified short form and the first section or so of the long form (up to Right/Left Separation Kick) for just under a year now. Just recently I think I've developed some tendinitis pain in my right Achilles's heel (only my right though, not left). This has never happ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by tanmeiryu: <B>The only other teacher I have found in the area teaches the beijing 24 form and does not teach any theory or applications....

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by JerryKarin: Yang Zhenduo is a big drinker of tea, esp. the jasmine pearl type. He usually drinks it on breaks as he is teaching. </font>...

China has a very long and intimate history with tea (Camellia sinensis). Tea, next to water, is the most consumed beverage in the world. A great deal of history, legend, and culture has been based on this simple but very pleasing drink. While tea use originally started as a medicinal herb, it has ev...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bob Ashmore: <B>Is anyone else planning on going to the Symposium in Nashville next year? I'm really looking forward to it. If you don't...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by LiViNg_4_Jesus2008: <B> I've been a follower of Christ for about a year, and I do not intend to change my spiritual beliefs, but my ques...