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Monday Night Free Tai Chi Class

Come join me for FREE TAI CHI!

FREE TAI CHI ON ZOOM MONDAY 6PM EDT JOIN ZOOM MEETING: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87050301715?pwd=hHICUDe2pyoBpKA2cbQJvTQFdeoXY0.1 Meeting ID: 87050301715 Password: 177241 Free Dong Style Basics including the Fundamental Qigong and Simplified Form. We dive deep into the internal dynamics at play in the movement and focus on quality of understanding over quantity of material. Sure to be…

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Wednesday Night Dong Style Tai Chi Practice

Join me to practice the basics of Dong Style Taijiquan. We’ll do warmups, review the Fundamental Qigong, and cover details of the Simplified Dong Style Taijiquan Form. My camera feed and audio will be recorded, streamed, and archived online. If there are no glitches, the session will be available at https://www.twitch.tv/atomictaichi for one week and…

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4/24/24 Free Introduction to Dong Style Tai Chi

This free tai chi class starts with warmups and reviews the first four movements of Master Alex Dong’s 1st Fundamental Qigong Exercise before reviewing the basics and some details of the Simplified Dong Style Taijiquan Form

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Master Alex Da De Dong's Simplified Dong Style Tai Chi Form Posture Names

简式太极 Simplified Taiji Form 董大德 Master Alex DaDe Dong April 2017 1. 预备式- Preparatory Position 2. 太极起式- Tai Chi Chuan, Starting Movement 3. 左揽雀尾- Grasp Bird’s Tail, left side 棚、捋、挤、按- Ward Off (Peng), Roll Back (Lu), Press (Zi), Push (An) 4. 右揽雀尾 – Grasp Bird’s Tail, right side 棚、捋、挤、按- Ward Off (Peng), Roll Back (Lu), Press (Zi), Push (An) 5. 右单鞭- Single Whip, right side 6. 提手上式- Lift…

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Tai Chi Tips: Thoughts about Dan Bian "Single Whip"

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Schroedinger's Skills aka "Qi is Midichlorians, right?"

I hate to judge the practice of others, I certainly don’t know everything and there are vast areas of Taijiquan I have yet to experience, much less achieve any progress within. However, one thing that I have noticed is that some students who don’t engage in partner work, maybe can half-competently mimic the empty choreography of a form, and have very little in the way of a well organized and…

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Tai Chi Ch'uan Foundation Fitness Class

Join me for a free Tai Chi class every Wednesday at 7 PM Eastern.

Wednesday night at 7 Eastern , join me on Zoom for a Foundation Fitness class Stance Basics Stretching and Loosening Standing Meditation Dong Family Salute Alex Dong’s Fundamental Qigong Alex Dong’s Simplified Dong Style Tai Chi Form For detailed instruction on the Fundamental Qigong and Simplified Form check out Master Alex’s course offerings. Notes for today’s class. The Brennan…

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The Absolute Worst Free Tai Chi Class

They say that like pancakes, your first video is gonna suck. So this is my very first free Tai Chi class, cut down from the twitch stream last night. Therefore I declare it the worst one. Follow to get to the good stuff. Calendar Topics Covered: 00:00 – Welcome 00:39 – Stance Basics 05:40 – Stretching and Loosening 16:30 – Standing Meditation 35:17 – Jin Gong 38:46 – Dong Family Salute 41:30…

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The Cautious Seeker

There’s a story about a seeker who asked his grandfather how he would know his guru wasn’t a fake. His grandfather told him that a true guru would always be consistent in his words and actions. So the seeker found a guru to follow and went to his cabin in the woods in the winter to check him out and apply to be his disciple. They had to build a fire so they went into the woods to gather fuel.…

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Wu Wei (無爲): Ignoring Illusions

Introduction Wu Wei (無爲) is what drew me to Taoism before I even knew what it was. “Do nothing but leave nothing undone.” I didn’t know what it meant but it appealed to my slacker nature. I could “do nothing” and claim that I was “cultivating the Tao.” Do those dishes NEED to be done or is this merely a distraction from my spiritual work? Unfortunately, the old sage was right, before…

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T. T. Liang

Master T. T. Liang (1900-2002) was a key figure in bringing Tai Chi to the west. At the age of 40 a life of dissipation was threatening his life. He was diagnosed with bare months to live. He discarded his bad habits and began dedicating himself to Tai Chi in earnest and was able to live to be 102. “Life begins at 70,” he said. As Chen Man Ching’s personal translator and assistant. He often…

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What’s most important to know about your new students?

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They tell you to relax but never tell you how much is too much.