Just out of curiosity, but does anyone practice pushing needle to sea bottom with 100% of the weight on the left foot instead of the right foot??...
I take it you're all medical professionals, or people who would never consider "alternative", quack medicine even if your life depended on it....
Like I said before, it is difficult to talk about TCM and Western medicine without bringing in the politics that surrounds them both....
The Chinese already practiced variolation, which was the precursor to vaccination. My question is: if your MD recommends alternative medicine...
Yes there are a great deal of scammers out there. But what do you do when your MD suggests acupuncture or chiropractic treatments?? What do you...
If only it were that simple. I do appreciate the response.
If you have to ask that question, then you have a limited scope of view of something you know absolutely nothing about. Whatever it is you think...
This is exactly what I mean. Is the evidence based approach of modern medicine the standard in which all, including holistic, alternative, and...
It's hard not getting into politics when talking about Dry Needling vs. Acupuncture. For example, in New York acupuncturists cannot even call...
As far as objectivity goes, the first thing that came to my mind was Fight Science's analysis on the Iron Shirt technique. But here's a much more...
Thank you Dan Bian for your reply. Yes there are many different ideas about chi, its existence, and so forth. My understanding of it comes not...
There's plenty of good answers here already, but I just have to put in my 2 cents, as it is becoming a hot topic among the students in my Tai Chi...
I think you are doing the right thing aaradia. You know what to improve, and it sounds like you have excellent instructors guiding you in your...
While you may be looking to learn Tai Chi from a martial perspective, there is also plenty of benefits to learning Tai Chi from a health...
It's been months since I looked at this topic here, but apparently this problem of weakening knees is more commonplace in Tai Chi than I realized....
Yes!! I know which turn you are talking about. Yes it is in my form, near the end of it. It's snake creeps down, cross both hands as fists,...
Thank you all very much for your replies. Aaradia, I did not realize such intent in my post until you pointed it out. You are right. I will...
Happy birthday!!
Thanks for your reply YouKnowWho!! I do appreciate it. That's exactly what my master told us all in our last class - there is no reason for it....
In Cheng Man Ching's form, there is move where you turn 180 degrees, then raise both of your arms and do a push kick, striking with the heel. A...
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