Weight Shifting – Tai Chi Aspects Tai Chi Aspects Tai Chi Aspects are single images and concepts on which one may concentrate while doing the form. They are tools for form refinement and are meant to encourage discovering, trying out of alternatives and learning. The videos on Tai Chi Aspects […]
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Tai Chi Aspects Tai Chi Aspects are single images and concepts on which one may concentrate while doing the form. They are tools for form refinement and are meant to encourage discovering, trying out of alternatives and learning. The videos on Tai Chi Aspects have been developed in the course […]
Push! #Martialmonday is back with one from the archives. The next movement in the form is the „push“. It can be trained as an endless circle, using a simple exercise. Partner Exercise for Push One partner pushes the shoulders – the other neutralises. Then the roles are changed. Working with […]
Shoulder loosening – Circle Qigong: Exercise 4 Frozen shoulders? Tension in the rib area? Just try this simple exercise! This week‘s #wellnesswednesday addresses the shoulder girdle. The ribs, which build the ribcage shoulders and arms are connected through a system of muscles and sinews. Thus, tension and relaxation of the […]
#martialmonday 11 – With my back against the wall! How should I react? Form application – pull It is fairly easy: Today, we will work on the application „pull“. The posture pull offers two alternatives: to box and to pull. We will opt for the second alternative as a foundation. […]
Spine Qigong Exercise 1 – #WellnessWednesday 8 Searching for an exercise against heavy shoulders or a stiff neck? This week, Tsui will show us an easy, but effective spine exercise Reasons for spine Qigong Our central nervous system leads from the brain all the way down the spine. The small […]
#Martialmonday – Dealing the punches or taking them? – Form application Ward off left and right In the form, the movements “Ward off left” and “Ward off right” are movements to protect oneself. More precisely, one protects one‘s space: The space between arm and body is a space that no […]
Office work is your (working) life? This loosening exercise is especially useful for those who work at the desk a lot. – Often, your shoulders will tense up after some time. To prevent hardening of three muscles, neck pain or headaches, you should get up for some minutes from time […]
One of the first movements of the form may be applied as an elbow strike. In the form, the preparation move is followed by the right elbow going up and out to the back. A simple move, but there is a lot to learn from it. Here is our #MartialMonday […]
#WellnessWednesday 5 The circle is of great importance to many cultures – be it as a symbol for the cycle of life, as a symbol for perfection or when sometimes things seems to go round and round in circles. Also Qigong knows many exercises that work with circles. Tsui worked […]
Merry Christmas! Well, it sounds a bit different in Chinese… but also in China there are a lot of festive activities going on – some celebrate it as a religious day, some are just happy to give and receive presents. Video “Calligraphy Merry Christmas” Ning and our entire team wish […]
All‘s well that ends well?! All of you that have been following our #WellnessWednesday from the beginning already learned some exercises. But is there an appropriate way to finish my exercise or my series of exercises? This week, Tsui will present a small closing sequence which you may add to […]
How do you escape when your shoulder is blocked? Maybe you now this kind of situation: You notice a move, you think “oh, sh**…” – and then it is already too late. In Push Hands, especially in fixed step Push hands, this situation often occurs when someone tries to “nail” […]
#PhilosophicalFriday 3 – Ginger tea – jiang cha Sometimes even a philosopher gets a common cold. So what does he do? One common herbal medicine that warms you up from inside is ginger tea. It is getting more and more popular in the West and is easy to make from […]
#WellnessWednesday 3 Heart and lung work in the ribcage. If there is any tension in the ribcage, it takes more effort to breath and the heart has to beat harder to produce the same effect. When the ribcage is fluffy and relaxed, both organs have more space for their rhythmic […]
Enough is enough! About taking action Depending on the approach, Pushing Hands may be an experiment, a partner exercise, perhaps also a game. As an experiment, it needs a specific question, as a partner exercise, it lives on responses, and also perceived as a game, one crucial element of Pushing […]
#WellnessWednesday 2 – 2 Qigong simple exercises Cold fingers? This week, Tsui will show you an exercise to activate your circulation! Exercise 1: Draw a big circle into the air and clench your fists Raise your open hands in a wide circle high over your head. Let them sink on […]
#MartialMonday 4 Well prepared is half done!? In the Tai Chi form, one key requirement of the movements is fluidity. However, there should be changes as well. To establish a rhythm, it makes sense to divide the movements into preparation (set up) and execution (action). Every posture thus carries with […]
#WellnessWednesday Part 1 Our new series #WellnessWednesday opens the door to the world of Chinese medicine and Qigong. We are looking forward to simple movement exercises and tips for nutrition and health between East and West with Tsui from Freiburg, Germany. Simple Qigong exercises to free the head and strengthen […]
#MartialMonday 3 The most famous hands-on approach in the Chinese martial arts world is push hands. Push hands exercises usually begin with both partners standing opposite each other while their hands are making contact. From there, different sets of movements may evolve. The goal of our push hands practice is […]