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Tai chi for combat and compassion

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Published on Tuesday, 07 April 2009 00:02
Written by Ian Sinclair (adminsinclair)
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Whether you practise tai chi for health or as a combat art, you may find it interesting to note the importance that love and compassion have in the development of profound combat skill. 

Many martial arts teachers have spoken of the importance of love and compassion in the life of a martial artist. But many understand this to be a warrior ethic that is independent of practical combat. This is very far from the truth. 

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Who is your teacher? - Is it a secret?

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Published on Friday, 03 April 2009 00:02
Written by Ian Sinclair (adminsinclair)
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- Why some teachers won't tell you who they learned from.

There are those who operate tai chi schools and other martial arts schools and are secretive about who they, themselves, trained with. This makes it difficult for students and peers to assess the legitimacy of the teacher. Such secrecy will often be seen as cause enough to avoid that school altogether, for the same reason that you wouldn't trust a doctor who was secretive about his education. 

There are some very good reasons for a teacher to not declare their lineage, however. And some very famous teachers have been cagey about identifying their own teachers to others. 

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What is Qi?

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Category: Neigong or Qigong
Published on Saturday, 13 April 2013 13:29
Written by Ian Sinclair (adminsinclair)
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Clarification of terminology.

In this article I use the pinyin romanization for words such as qi, taiji, and taijiquan. 

Qi (pronounced “Chee”) [气 , 氣 qì ] 

Qi is sometimes spelled “chi” or “ch’i”. In this article I write it as “qi” to attempt to conform to modern academic standards and to help avoid confusion with taijiquan (pronounced “tai jee chuan”), which is often spelled “tai chi chuan”. Qi and chi may sound similar to non-chinese ears, and this has led to some confusion. “Qi” is a different word altogether from the chi in tai chi chuan. 

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How important is push hands?

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Category: Tuishou, Sanshou and Martial Applications
Published on Sunday, 07 April 2013 15:57
Written by Ian Sinclair (adminsinclair)
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How important, really, is push hands? Can we not learn or advance in tai chi without it? Are we not doing real tai chi without knowledge of push hands?

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