Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Hello everyone, I also learned a great deal at this year’s seminar (Hi to everybody who was at Portland!). Yang Jun has a way of being very precise in his instruction and he made clear several basic things that had never been clear to me before. I understood how the angle of the spine and upper body...

I was able to get a great sword case at a store that sold hunting rifles and equipment. It is hard-sided, has three secure latches that lock, and the interior is filled with quilted foam that would accomodate any variation in shape. There are many varieties of cases to be found at hunting stores, of...

Thank you Ken! I wouldn't have thought of that option. I will check it out.

Jaime

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone can recommend a good carrying case for one's sword that can be checked through at an airport? For last year's seminar (when I purchased my sword) I got a cardboard box long enough to accomodate the sword, and it worked, but it was bulky and hard to carry thr...

I have sometimes used the rotating dantien ball visualization and at one point I found that the most useful image. Lately I have been focusing on a different mental picture, which I discovered at a time when I was focusing my practice on the elevation of the head coupled with the relaxation of the w...

Thank you again, Audi, for very good advice. Yes, certainly feeling one's song is more important than trying to define details, and that is a primary focus for my practice along with applying the 10 essentials. I am currently scouting the area where I live to see if I can find a group to practice wi...

Thank you very much, Audi! You have given me a lot of information from your own study and experience, which helps greatly. There is so much information out there in magazines and books, and it's hard to know what is real and what is not. Also thank you for your patience with what I know is a "b...

I have seen mention of the four energies, Peng, Lu, Ji and An, on this board, and I know that they are the first four of the thirteen postures of tai chi (I believe they are ward off, roll back, press and push.) Could someone explain the basics of these energies? Are they different kinds of jin, or ...