Monday, December 20, 2021

 

 
WARM WISHES FOR HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2021 !
 
Thank you for visiting us at TAI CHI CROSSROADS this year. May you enjoy a safe 
and wonderful holiday with family and friends. 
 
Be safe, be healthy, be well.   
  
- TaiChi_John 

 

Teaching Moments w/ Sifu Adam Mizner:

Stick - Adhere to Join

 


Start your training now @ DiscoverTaiji.com
 
 

 

QI GONG and the Five Elements

 

Qi Gong for the Chi Circulation of the Body with Isabel Rosas, International Master of Tai Chi and Qi Gong. Five exercises to cultivate and balance the life energy (Chi). Rhythmic breathing is coordinated with slow stylized repetition of fluid movement and visualization of directing Chi through the body. 
 
Video production and editing: David Passerat. 
 
www.davidpasserat.com 
 
Music: Darpan & Bhakta
 

 

 
 
"Wellness is the complete integration of body, 
mind, and spirit – the realization that everything 
we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect 
on our state of well-being." 
 
– Greg Anderson

 
 
"Health is the vital principle of bliss, 
and exercise, of health." 
 
- James Thomson

 

Sunday, December 12, 2021

 

Master Zhang Teaches Yang Luchan's
Old Six Paths (T'ai Chi Ch'üan)
The first 54 of 108 Movements
 

Master Zhang Man Jun teaching Beihai park.
 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbxvKhIfaD4 
 
 

 
 
"True silence is the rest of the mind, and is 
to the spirit what sleep is to the body, 
nourishment and refreshment." 
 
- William Penn

 

 

The Tai Chi Punch

 
 
 
Sifu Glenn Hairston demonstrates Punching Tai Chi style.  
 
 
 

 
 
"When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy." 
 
- Chinese Proverb

 

Sunday, December 5, 2021

 
Warm wishes for happy holidays 2021! 
 
 
May you enjoy a wonderful holiday with family
and friends and find a prosperous new year 
in 2022, The Year of the Tiger! Stay safe.   
 
- TaiChi_John

 

 
"Wellness is a connection of paths: 
knowledge and action." 
 
– Joshua Holtz

 

 

Tai Chi Sword Form Shi Meilin

  
Shi Meilin Performs Sword Form at Demo in Putuoshan 2007
 

(Shi Mei Lin is the adopted daughter of Wu Yinghua and Ma Yueliang. Wu Yinghua was the daughter of Wu Style co-founder, 
Wu Chien Chuan (Wu Jianquan). Ma Yueliang is hailed as one of 
the greatest masters of Wu Style tai chi. Shi Mei Lin is a multi-award winning champion and currently teaches Wu Style tai chi New Zealand. - TaiChi_John)
 
 

 

 
 
"Health is the condition of wisdom, 
and the sign is cheerfulness 
- an open and noble temper." 
 
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

 

Yang Lu Chan Applications



Tai Chi Chuan offers a "library" of movements that can be used for various self defense purposes. In general, practitioners know that each posture can be applied for strikes (dim mak -- vital point strikes), joint locks (chin na) and take downs (shuai jiao). In this video, Sifu Gee shows some dim mak type strikes that are found in the postures found at the beginning of the Yang Lu Chan Tai Chi form. 
 
Gary Gee was a student of Grandmaster Wong Ark Yuey 
(i.e. Ark Y. Wong) and Grandmaster Ralph Shun. 
 
You can reach Gary Gee at: garygee888@gmail.com