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Issue 63
Events
Rabbit and
DaZhuang
Posture Testing:
Chinese
Zodiac
Tai Chi
Classics
Training Tips:
To Teach Or Not To Teach
Health Effects
Of Tai Chi Chuan
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TAI CHI
& Alternative Health
Editor -in-Chief :
CONTENTS
Editorial Group :
Dr. Alan Ding, Robert Appleson,
Doosyant Mahaedoe ,
Ken Young, P. Kennedy,
Nick Cheang,
I s s u e 62
NEWS & REVIEWS
Technical Advisors
Master Ding & Dr. Alan Ding
Contributors
Dr.Alan Ding, James Mills,
Nick Cheang, Brian McDonald,
Gordon Faulkner, Georg Patzer,
Gwilym Panah Williams,
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Editorial
5 Calligraphy
6
The Nature Of Tai Chi
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Tai Chi profiles
THEORY &
APPLICATION
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JDIATCC Events
Open August10 Retreat Comments
Poster - Tai Chi Principles
Managing Stress with Qigong
Complementary Health Books
Tai Chi Clubs Directory
Chi Kung, Tai Chi & Other
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TAI
TAI CHI
CHI &
& Alternative
Alternative Health
Health :: Issue
Issue 62
62
Tai Chi
Literal Translation:
Expand the back at
*Meng Moon point,
Send forward the tail bone.
To create tenacious power.
Waist retort, body leaning,
Simultaneously align the shoulders
when in advance or retreat
Note:
* Meng Moon - acupuncture point
The
W
Nature
of
Tai Chi
e all know, or
think we know,
what Tai Chi
or Tai Chi
Chuan is: an internal martial
art/system of exercise from
China, comprised of slow
movements performed in a
relaxed manner. But what
is the nature of Tai Chi? To
ascertain such we need to
strip away some of the preconceptions, gloss and spin
that has stuck to this great
art like barnacles to a ships
hull.
.. the art of
Tai Chi
will bring
many instant
benefits, the
deeper more
longstanding
effects of
Tai Chi come
only after
long,
dediated,
heartfelt
practising ...
TAI CHI
CHI &
& Alternative
Alternative Health
Health :: Issue
TAI
Issue 62
62
Tai Chi
Tai Chi is
concerned
with creating
all-over
well-being
and working
on the body
as a whole
TAI CHI
CHI &
& Alternative
Alternative Health
Health :: Issue
TAI
Issue 62
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Tai Chi
Profiles
Name: Giuseppe Possemato
Age group: 41-50
Profession:
Barbara
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In every
discipline
you get to the
point in which
you need to
invest large
amounts of
time and
energy into
what seems
to be little
progress
13 years.
b) Intermediate
c) Advanced level
Complementary therapist
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Andreas
Jo
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Tai Chi
helped me
become
strong and
positive
again.
It gives me
positive
daily
challenges
b) intermediate:
Keep practising.
Keep an
open mind: as things change
the more you progress. Be
willing to embrace new ideas.
Make sure you have a good
teacher.
c) Advanced:
b) intermediate
c) advanced
Name : Jo Leversuch
b. intermediate:
c. advanced:
Profession :
Profession:
Physician
Three years
Eleven years
Learn
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Kornelia
Ivan
Dont
be too
impatient.
There is no
shortcut
so dont
believe
those who
think they
have found
one
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b. Intermediate
c. Advanced
Tai Chi has had a great influence in my life. As well as bodily benefits, I have become
more patient with myself and
others. Ive learned to relax in
a lot of situations, so I can better manage daily problems. I
feel more self-confident, socia-
Tai Chi
Tai Chi Profiles
ble and able to remain calm.
To do all the postures absolutely relaxed and to remember all the important details at
the same time. Perhaps most
difficult is to feel the centre and
to work with it.
b) intermediate
c) advanced level
You have to find the right moment when your body and
mind are ready to learn without
force. Avoid over-doing and
under-doing.
I do not feel competent to give
advice to advanced people,
but I think it is important always
to look for persons from whom
one can learn more, and never
stop learning.
Profession:
b) intermediate
c) advanced level
Never feel satisfied with yourself. Tai Chi Chuan always has
a new surprise for you.
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December 2010:
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Another opportunity to experience a deeper understanding of Tai Chi applications as an effective form
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Course fee: Early payment before 25th Jan 2011 Members: 130 Others: 160
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October: Sat,1st
December:
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you a long way from the end goal.
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