Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming’s Tai Chi Chin Na Revised: The Seizing Art of Tai Chi Chuan is exactly the type of book that Okinawan karate needs for its forms. Over the past several years, I have been working with my karate instructor to develop extensions on the basic applications of each of the forms in my… Continue reading There Needs To Be a “Tai Chi Chin Na” for Each Karate Form
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What It’s Like To Practice a Form Every Day For a Year
Most martial arts feature forms. Kata. Poomsae. Patterns. View image | gettyimages.com Whatever you want to call them, these prearranged series of movements exist to serve as libraries for self-defense from which we can draw. As a way to get myself ready for my next promotion in karate, and to continue developing in tai chi… Continue reading What It’s Like To Practice a Form Every Day For a Year
Meridian Qigong DVD Features Easy Exercises
These exercises are so easy you don’t even have to get out of bed to do them. In fact, Dr. Yang designed these exercises for your bed! The Meridian Qigong – Combined Qigong, Yoga & Acupressure (YMAA) by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming three-hour DVD features mostly 38 exercises. Dr. Yang combined these exercises from qigong movements,… Continue reading Meridian Qigong DVD Features Easy Exercises
Review: Tai Chi Ball Qigong Book and DVD
I don’t know of a more prolific writer in Chinese martial arts right now than Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, at the YMAA Publication Center. Each of Dr. Yang’s books reveal more about tai chi, qigong, and overall health. This book, Tai Chi Ball Qigong: For Health and Martial Arts, delves into much more detail than some of… Continue reading Review: Tai Chi Ball Qigong Book and DVD
Women’s Self-Defense Seminar Oct. 26 in Morton
Come to Morton on Sunday, Oct. 26, for a special women’s self-defense seminar taught by Kim Aldus. The multiple-time USA Martial Arts Hall of Famer will present material from 10:30 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. – you may even get out early. I have been a part of many of these classes before as somebody… Continue reading Women’s Self-Defense Seminar Oct. 26 in Morton