Wednesday Evenings
6:30--7:30: Luoxuanzhang
7:30-8:30 T'ai Chi Chuan
8:30-9:30 Ch’i Kung/Push Hands
Staten Island Jundokan/Kouketsu Dojo at 278 Lincoln Ave. (off Hylan Ave. near Midland Ave.)
Rates:
One class: $20
Full day (2-4 classes): $25
Monthly Rates:
Form Class only $60
Form/ Chi Kung/ Push Hands $80
Form/ Chi Kung/ Push Hands/Luoxuanzhang $100

Levels of Engagement

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In our Wednesday night Tai chi class, we have been working a lot with Engagement. Any of you who have done the Edge exercise are familiar with the fifth step, which is engagement. Basically, we are finding our partner, asking the question ‘where are you now?’ and answering ‘here you are’ once we have located the being in front of us.  Also, any of you who know me, are aware of my habit of practicing my tai chi as often as I can in my daily life. So for the past year or so, I’ve been practicing consciously finding the being in… Read More

Strange Meetings

In last week’s post I talked about how to get authentic power from your Wardoff. The secret lies in “meeting” the incoming force rather than resisting it. The implications of this are huge, and they go far beyond just having badass gongfu. Once you have met the force without resisting, any increase in the incoming force only weakens the attacker. That’s right, the harder they push you the weaker they get. What do I mean by meeting? I remember being told in hitting a baseball or golf ball to “meet” the ball, don’t try to “kill” it. I never got… Read More