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Cups & Bowls – Martial, Mystical, Holistic And Everything In-between 🍵
The humble bowl and teacup (essentially the same thing for our purposes) have been around for thousands of years making eating and drinking

Mathew Birchall
Feb 83 min read
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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

Mathew Birchall
Sep 29, 20234 min read
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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

Mathew Birchall
Sep 22, 20233 min read
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WEI WU WEI
Tai Chi Chuan should be a totally unassumed doing. You cannot practice Tai Chi Chuan with the rational mind...

Mathew Birchall
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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We've been busy!
Newton Class 3rd May '22 Oh what a tangled web we weave Well done all, it looks like you've got Fist Under Elbow (Zhou Di Kan Chui)...

Mathew Birchall
May 7, 20223 min read
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Just Let The Magic Do That Thing That It Does
Tai Chi is many things - a martial art, a mystical art, a magical art and a holistic art, and you need to embrace all these different aspe

Mathew Birchall
Oct 11, 20202 min read
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Playing with Peng
Peng 'To ward off slanting upward' is essentially an inflated, rising outward, expanding energy. It's the first energy of the Ba Fa,...

Mathew Birchall
Sep 8, 20205 min read
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SLOW, SLOW, QUICK, QUICK, SLOW!
Contrary to popular opinion Tai Chi Chuan is not complicated. It can be broken down into eight basic energies, eight directions, five...

Mathew Birchall
Aug 30, 20203 min read
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