Tae Kwon Do is Korean Karate. It means The Way of the Hand and Foot (punching and kicking). There are basically four sections to the art: Toning, Sparring, Forms and Self Defense.
It is a well rounded exercise program that encompasses muscle toning, stretching and flexibility, increasing strength and stamina through aerobic sparring and mental challenges through becoming proficient at the ...
Author: Joe Serpico
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Whenever I introduce Taijiquan and Qigong to a new audience, invariably I am asked the question, "What is the difference between Taijiquan and Qigong?" I would go through with my audience a list of attributes for Taijiquan and then Qigong. We would look at the similarities and the differences between the two and then arrive at the simple conclusion that Taijiquan is a form of Qigong with self-defe ...
Author: Howard Choy
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Taijiquan is a major division of the traditional Chinese Wushu and has a recorded history of some three hundred years. During the early 1950's the State Commission for Physical Culture and Sports of China published the simplified set of Taiji Boxing consisting of 24 Forms.
This simplified form has gained widespread popularity both in China and abroad. The first English publication appeared ...
Author: Dick Watson
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Tai Chi Chuan is a unique system of health and self-defense that originated in China nearly 1,000 years ago. It has always been valued as one of the treasures of Chinese culture. Derived from the philosophy of Taoism, the exercises were designed to develop the optimum degree of harmony between body and mind, and between the individual and the Tao (the Natural Order of the Universe). Originally the ...
Author: Master Chu
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That "root" is already there for you. You don't have to "learn" how to get it -- just stop fighting gravity!
Attributed to Professor Cheng Man Ching
Professor Cheng is said to have told students to work with the idea of gravity and consider how it acts upon you. Basically gravity acts upon us, drawing us towards the centre of the earth and the ground beneath our feet stops us; it is our ...
Author: Mark Peters
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