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Mathew Birchall
Oct 6, 202312 min read
TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN
All traditional martial arts without fail have a strong spiritual dimension to their training. Which to some can seem a little strange, pair
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Mathew Birchall
Sep 29, 20234 min read
FORM PRACTISED FOR ZEN CULTIVATION
Tai Chi is about feeling rather than thinking. It is possible to collect a lot of intellectual knowledge about Tai Chi without really penetr
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Mathew Birchall
Sep 22, 20233 min read
TAO IN FORM
Tai Chi is an art of balance, physical, mental and emotional balance. True mastery of any martial system can only result after years of unco
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Mathew Birchall
Sep 15, 20234 min read
MOVING MEDITATION
Martial arts are not purely about fighting skills, they also focus on inner development, touching that part of us that seeks higher things (
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Mathew Birchall
Sep 8, 20233 min read
CHI AND YI IN FORM
Tai Chi Chuan was developed out of Wudang fighting styles whose most significant difference from Shaolin fighting styles is their focus on i
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Mathew Birchall
Sep 1, 20232 min read
WEI WU WEI
Tai Chi Chuan should be a totally unassumed doing. You cannot practice Tai Chi Chuan with the rational mind...
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Mathew Birchall
Aug 25, 20237 min read
How a Spider Man comic and a coconut changed my life (for the better!)
“Come to the edge, he said. They said, We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them. They flew.” Christopher Logue...
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