Articles

2009-07-20 17:25

YANG STYLE CURRICULUM

            Around Nineteen-Eighty I was living in San Francisco and, among other things,...

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2009-07-27 08:06

What is T'ai Chi Ch'uan?

                          

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2009-07-27 14:23

ON STYLE

  ON STYLE             I am occasionally asked how many styles of T’ai Chi Ch’uan there are. I...

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2009-08-05 03:52

On Exculsivity in Practice

  In my previous article, I tried to outline the dangers associated with defining one’s practice, in an attempt to establish purity of style, by...

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2009-08-15 00:02

THE TROUBLE WITH T'UI-SHOU

          I am rather known for my categorical condemnation of t’ui-shou tournaments, and to the whole...

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2009-08-16 10:59

The Shoveboat

                          

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2009-08-17 10:45

Discharge

  DISCHARGE – ITS USE AND ABUSE   By Robert Amacker               Of all of the...

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2009-08-21 21:39

WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT GRABBING

              In my article The Trouble With T’ui-shou I mentioned that one of the great...

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2009-08-27 10:06

The Question of Uprightness

I approach this subject with feelings of great trepidation. I consider it to be the most important question in T'ai Chi Ch'uan today, because...

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2009-10-10 23:12

Eight Enigmas of T'ai Chi Ch'uan - first half

  In the study of T’ai Chi Ch’uan, there are numerous concepts that fall considerably outside the realm of normal experience. The fact that, for...

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2009-10-25 01:39

Eight Enigmas of T'ai Chi Ch'uan - second half

  DISCHARGE The practice of discharge is probably the most misunderstood and incorrectly executed of any in the art of T’ai Chi Ch’uan. I...

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