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“Taijiquan is an internal style of Chinese martial arts. All Chinese martial styles, after a thousand years of practice and experience,...
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YMAA OrientSport
- May 30, 2018
- 6 min
How Fascia Can Help Us Unravel Deeply Held Tension
The Gifts of Fascia Once you’ve experienced the aha moments that accompany practices that release the body’s fascia, there’s no going...
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YMAA OrientSport
- Apr 19, 2018
- 2 min
Practicing Tai Chi helps improve respiratory function in patients with COPD
Tai Chi offers a low-cost, easily accessible alternative to pulmonary rehabilitation, according to a new study in the journal CHEST®...
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YMAA OrientSport
- Mar 26, 2018
- 6 min
The real life stories behind kung fu movie legends
We dig into the lives of Wong Fei-Hung, Ip Man, San Te, Huo Yuanjia and more, as we look at the people who inspired classic kung-fu...
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YMAA OrientSport
- Mar 6, 2018
- 4 min
Reflections on Taijiquan—A Complex Art
In 1985 I wrote the first edition of Tai Chi Chuan Martial Power. Taijiquan was just becoming popular in the United States. Nowadays,...
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YMAA OrientSport
- Jan 23, 2018
- 6 min
An Introduction to Qi and Qigong
In their seven thousand years of history, the Chinese people have experienced all possible human suffering and pain. Chinese culture is...
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YMAA OrientSport
- Jan 23, 2018
- 5 min
The Standing Eight Brocades Qigong: Exercises 1, 2 & 3
Here are three sets from the Standing Eight Pieces of Brocade: First Piece—Sanijiao “Triple Burner” Double hands hold up the heavens to...
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YMAA OrientSport
- Dec 30, 2017
- 6 min
Words of Experience by Tung Ying Chie
Translated by Albert Tang – Little Mountain Tai Club Student Tai Chi Chuan is an internal martial art exercise. Strength is produced in...
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YMAA OrientSport
- Dec 8, 2017
- 4 min
Analysis of Taijiquan Techniques
by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, August 22, 2016 A martial sequence is a combination of many techniques, constructed in the imagination of the...
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YMAA OrientSport
- Nov 22, 2017
- 7 min
The Importance of Posture in Taijiquan
by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, November 29, 2016 Taiji students are generally taught to make the postures large at first. This helps the...
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YMAA OrientSport
- Nov 19, 2017
- 5 min
Breathing Exercises for Tai Chi Ball
First, we will focus on exercises for regulating the breathing that allows you to build up the quantity of qi to an abundant level and...
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YMAA OrientSport
- Nov 19, 2017
- 7 min
Basic Taiji Theory
If we trace Chinese martial arts history back, we can see a clear lineage beginning during the Liáng dynasty (Liáng Cháo, 梁朝) (AD...
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Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming
- Jul 27, 2015
- 5 min
Purely Offensive Jing
1. Wardoff Jing (Peng Jing) Defensively, this jing absorbs the opponent’s attack and then bounces him away. In this application, your...
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Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming
- Jul 14, 2014
- 5 min
About the Sword
Definition of the Sword There are two kinds of weapons commonly called a sword by the Western world. One is the double-edged, straight,...
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