I HAD HEARD about the Martial Arts of the Maori, in particular the weapons. So, on my last workshop tour of New Zealand, I was granted an interview with a most revered Priest of the Maoris and keeper of the Maori fighting arts, Irrirangi Tiakiawa (Irri to his friends). This interview is quite rare, as […]
One of the most difficult and yet easiest to execute, this most important Chinese word with reference to Taijiquan will give you the exactly what the classics tell us that we should receive when practicing Taiji. The problem that most people (well all actually) is that in the beginning we all TRY to ‘sink’ the […]
Many Tai Chi practitioners only see the Large San-sau as a training method to gain the fighting applications of Tai Chi. However, it goes much deeper than that. There are actually three reasons that we must practice Large San-sau. The first reason is the obvious one of purely physical contact and learning about how to […]
I received in my email box this week a message from some Shaolin based Martial Art system telling about some amazing video clips that I should see. The video clips were about a US based 'Martial Artist' who had just given a workshop in the UK. So, tentatively, I spent some money to wait for […]