Comments on: 3 Ways to Make Tai Chi Form Practice More Interesting http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/ Martial arts for personal development Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:05:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Empty Bag http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-11287 Empty Bag Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:35:33 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/#comment-11287 The Core of our Being is always Peacefull, Content, and Happy when the mind focuses on breath, feeling blood circulating, or Heartbeats, the mind will touch the core and get the benefit. The Core of our Being is always Peacefull, Content, and Happy when the mind focuses on breath, feeling blood circulating, or Heartbeats, the mind will touch the core and get the benefit.

]]> By: Learn The Art of Kata Seduction http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-5657 Learn The Art of Kata Seduction Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:55:27 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/#comment-5657 [...] 3 Ways To Spice Up Your Kata Practice [...] [...] 3 Ways To Spice Up Your Kata Practice [...]

]]> By: foobsr http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-4679 foobsr Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:04:13 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/#comment-4679 >> feelings of boredom may be a sign that your learning has stalled Thus a good idea is to always keep an 'eye' on 'process'. Besides, performing both 'left and right' might also help to grasp 'essential' feel/quality, besides compensating for asymmetry acquired by being pressed into a scheme of (unnatural) lateral preference. CC. >> feelings of boredom may be a sign that your learning has stalled

Thus a good idea is to always keep an ‘eye’ on ‘process’.

Besides, performing both ‘left and right’ might also help to grasp ‘essential’ feel/quality, besides compensating for asymmetry acquired by being pressed into a scheme of (unnatural) lateral preference.

CC.

]]> By: SifuPhil http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-4306 SifuPhil Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:18:33 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/#comment-4306 One variation that really challenges my students is to do the 108 Form backwards. (Or as one wise guy illustrated when I announced the exercise - he merely turned 180 degrees LOL). Basically you start with Closing and work back to Origin. The idea is to challenge the mind as well as the body. Great post, Chris! One variation that really challenges my students is to do the 108 Form backwards. (Or as one wise guy illustrated when I announced the exercise – he merely turned 180 degrees LOL).

Basically you start with Closing and work back to Origin. The idea is to challenge the mind as well as the body.

Great post, Chris!

]]> By: Professor Mike Symonds Shih-fu http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Professor Mike Symonds Shih-fu Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:48:40 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/#comment-623 Nice to see some good advice for Taijiquan. There are also many fun practices with a partner, like Push Hands, Adhering Hands, Whirling Hands, Whirling Legs, Sticky Feet and all their variations. In Solo practice, imagining attacks and finding responses by using natural permutations of Forms, examining posture/control/ability in Forms - left and right, Qigong for health and/or healing from Forms, or martial Qugong from Forms, etc, etc, etc. How can anyone get BORED with Taijiquan? Heaven & Earth Way Academy - www.tai-chi-kungfu.com Nice to see some good advice for Taijiquan. There are also many fun practices with a partner, like Push Hands, Adhering Hands, Whirling Hands, Whirling Legs, Sticky Feet and all their variations. In Solo practice, imagining attacks and finding responses by using natural permutations of Forms, examining posture/control/ability in Forms – left and right, Qigong for health and/or healing from Forms, or martial Qugong from Forms, etc, etc, etc.
How can anyone get BORED with Taijiquan?
Heaven & Earth Way Academy – http://www.tai-chi-kungfu.com

]]> By: wujimon http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-610 wujimon Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:30:17 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/#comment-610 Great point, Rick! Like you, if I'm getting bored, it means I'm not really paying attention. In taiji, we could easily try to look at the 6 harmonies and are we adhering? This pratice in itself is very difficult and can lead to other avenues to explore. Like you, Rick, I prefer to do zhanzhuang facing a wall. :) Great point, Rick! Like you, if I’m getting bored, it means I’m not really paying attention. In taiji, we could easily try to look at the 6 harmonies and are we adhering? This pratice in itself is very difficult and can lead to other avenues to explore.

Like you, Rick, I prefer to do zhanzhuang facing a wall. :)

]]> By: RickMatz http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-604 RickMatz Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:40:16 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/#comment-604 Good article. I've spent several years practicing nothing but zhan zhuang, or standing stake. I prefer to stand in my basement, facing a blank wall. The boredom COULD be excrutiating. I've found, that even with standing stake, by paying attention to what I'm doing, I become far too involved to even really notice the passage of time. How do I know if I'm not doing it right? I get bored. Good article. I’ve spent several years practicing nothing but zhan zhuang, or standing stake. I prefer to stand in my basement, facing a blank wall.

The boredom COULD be excrutiating. I’ve found, that even with standing stake, by paying attention to what I’m doing, I become far too involved to even really notice the passage of time.

How do I know if I’m not doing it right? I get bored.

]]> By: aaron http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-599 aaron Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:13:04 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-tai-chi-form-practice-more-interesting/#comment-599 this reminds me of an article I once read on keeping kata interesting*. The author had made it a point to do 50 kata a day...and did it for a year and a half. (ouch) A primary observation? Kata can get very boring. Recommendations... do kata as if you are water/wind/fire (force of nature) do kata to music (that's one of mine) eyes closed (good call) think only of feet and stance think only of hand/arm motion think only of belly/reverse belly breathing think only of keeping good posture take only one principle (his example was using hips to generate power) and find every place it was in the form. work to find a way to do it better *Stephen Coniaris, "Kata training for Shodans" (I wish it was online, but no such luck. Try him at http://www.shoshinryu.org/ if you're interested) this reminds me of an article I once read on keeping kata interesting*. The author had made it a point to do 50 kata a day…and did it for a year and a half. (ouch)

A primary observation? Kata can get very boring.

Recommendations…
do kata as if you are water/wind/fire (force of nature)
do kata to music (that’s one of mine)
eyes closed (good call)
think only of feet and stance
think only of hand/arm motion
think only of belly/reverse belly breathing
think only of keeping good posture
take only one principle (his example was using hips to generate power) and find every place it was in the form. work to find a way to do it better

*Stephen Coniaris, “Kata training for Shodans” (I wish it was online, but no such luck. Try him at http://www.shoshinryu.org/ if you’re interested)

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