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Author of Mystery Novels--Lay Death at Her Door, Blue Lake, Accidents of Life, and Freewheeling--plus a new detective series, Murder on the Gulf Coast.

Tai Chi and Wushu: What’s the difference?

Posted on July 28, 2026 by elizabethbuhmann

On the question, What is Tai Chi? Here is a recent, in-depth and wonderful interview with Grand Master Aiping Cheng: https://cinaoggi.it/2026/07/05/intervista-con-aiping-cheng-allenatrice-e-giudice-di-tai-chi-e-wushu-di-fama-internazionale/

Master Aiping is unusual in the Tai Chi pantheon in being not only a great Tai Chi master but also a leading Wushu artist. Here is a short but stunning demonstration of Aiping doing a straight sword routine.

After reading the interview, and seeing this video, I found myself pondering the difference between Tai Chi and Wushu. So I asked Aiping that question, and she sent me this answer:

What is the difference between Wushu(武术) and Tai Chi?

Grand Master Aiping Cheng: “Wushu(武术) is the collective term for all Chinese martial arts, including empty-hand systems, weapon forms, and combat events. More precisely, your question is really about the difference between the external martial arts (外家拳) and the internal martial arts (内家拳), because Tai Chi is simply one style within the broader system of Chinese Wushu.

“Chinese Wushu has a history spanning thousands of years, giving rise to numerous styles and schools. Traditionally, these systems have been broadly categorized as internal and external martial arts.

“However, the distinction between “internal” and “external” is neither absolute nor a matter of superiority or inferiority. Rather, they represent two different paths of cultivation that evolved throughout the long history of Chinese martial arts.

“The internal arts are represented by Tai Chi (太极), Xingyiquan(形意), and Baguazhang(八卦), while the external arts include Shaolin Kung Fu(少林功夫)and many other traditional systems. Although their methods of training differ in emphasis, both are founded on martial application, aim at self-cultivation, and are rooted in Chinese culture. Together, they form the rich and complete heritage of Chinese martial arts.”

Different Cultural Expressions, the Same Spiritual Pursuit

Grand Master Aiping Cheng: “External martial arts place greater emphasis on the martial spirit. They stress strength, speed, courage, and decisiveness. Through rigorous fundamental training, practitioners develop physical fitness and practical fighting ability, embodying the spirit of strength, perseverance, and continual self-improvement.

“Internal martial arts place greater emphasis on inner cultivation. Drawing upon the Confucian ideal of harmony and the Daoist philosophy of following nature, they emphasize the balance of yin and yang, the integration of hardness and softness, and using stillness to control movement. Physical training and mental cultivation are developed together as one.

“One emphasizes the martial, while the other emphasizes the Way (Dao道). One focuses more on external capability, the other on inner refinement. Yet both ultimately pursue the same martial ideal: to cultivate virtue through martial practice and to realize the Dao through martial skill.

“True martial arts are not merely about learning how to defeat others; more importantly, they teach us how to improve ourselves.”

Two Different Paths of Training

Grand Master Aiping Cheng: “External martial arts generally follow the approach of ‘from the outside inward.’ Training begins with the body. Fundamental skills, kicking techniques, footwork, strength, speed, explosive power, flexibility, and offensive and defensive techniques all form essential parts of practice.

“Through constant repetition, movements become more precise, the body becomes stronger, and coordination and combat ability gradually develop. As a result, external martial arts are often characterized by powerful, fast movements, distinct rhythms, and striking visual impact.

“Internal martial arts, by contrast, follow the path of ‘from the inside outward.’ Training begins by correcting body structure and developing a relaxed, rooted, and stable posture. Through breathing, intention, weight transfer, and whole-body coordination, movements gradually become unified internally and externally, with the upper and lower body moving as one.

“Tai Chi emphasizes ‘guiding qi with the mind, and moving the body with qi.’ Xingyiquan emphasizes ‘the harmony of mind and intention, intention and qi, qi and power.’ Baguazhang emphasizes continuous walking, turning, and transformation, with the body changing in harmony with the steps. Although their methods differ, all of them stress developing an integrated movement system from the inside outward.

“Therefore, although the movements of the internal arts often appear slow and gentle, they require every part of the body to work together in complete coordination, achieving the principle that ‘when one part moves, every part moves.’

“These two methods—one progressing from the outside inward, the other from the inside outward—may seem different, yet both follow the same martial principle of gradual, systematic progression from the simple to the profound.”

From Form, to Strength, to Jin(劲） – The Three Levels of Chinese Martial Arts Training

Grand Master Aiping Cheng: “Whether one practices the internal or external arts, a complete martial arts education ultimately consists of three progressive levels:

Form (形): establishing correct structure, posture, movement, and technical precision.
Strength (力), developing physical power, endurance, speed, coordination, and functional ability.
Jin劲(Refined Power): transforming physical strength into integrated, efficient power through whole-body coordination, timing, relaxation, and intent.

“These three stages are not separate, but build upon one another. Form provides the foundation, strength supplies the capacity, and jin represents the highest level of martial expression.”

Conclusion

Grand Master Aiping Cheng: “The internal and external martial arts represent two distinct paths that emerged during the historical development of Chinese Wushu.

“One emphasizes the cultivation of physical capability; the other focuses on developing whole-body integration and internal coordination. One progresses from the outside inward; the other from the inside outward.

“Yet regardless of which path one chooses, genuine martial arts training cannot be separated from the proper development of form(形) the accumulation of strength(力) and the refinement of jin(劲).

“When form becomes natural, strength becomes unified throughout the body, and jin is fully integrated into both body and mind, martial arts transcend mere technique. They become a means of self-cultivation rather than simply competition; a cultural tradition rather than merely physical exercise; and ultimately a lifelong path toward self-understanding and the refinement of character.

“This enduring philosophy is precisely why Chinese martial arts have flourished for thousands of years, and why they continue to transcend geographical and cultural boundaries, inspiring practitioners around the world today.

-Aiping

7/24/26

Visit her website: https://aipingcheng.com/

Tai chi Sword: Taijijian 太极剑

Posted on December 8, 2025 by elizabethbuhmann

The Tai Chi solo sword form is the first step in learning to fight with a sword. If you have read my series on the Sword of Li Jinglin, you will be familiar with the process. After acquiring a basic competence in taijiquan (bare-hand Tai Chi), you incorporate the sword in your practice by adding the jianfa—swordfighting techniques.

me and sword: cha bu xia ci — Tai Chi 24-sword, Xia ci – Downward stab

The sword form is not a pantomime of a swordfight. It is the practice of one form of swordplay after another. The form is designed so these moves flow from one to the next. So, for example, in 32-sword, I practice the jianfa called 带 Dài, first to the right, then to the left.

Dai is a technique for countering a stab by an opponent directly in front of me. [Dai translates as “carry” but the English word is neither descriptive nor helpful.] To start, I am shifted left, so I first practice Dai to the right. Now my weight is on my right. I again practice what I could do in response to a stab from an opponent directly in front of me: I do Dai to the left.

At a comparable point in the sequence, Traditional Yang sword uses 拦扫 Lán Sǎo (block and sweep) to the right and then to the left. Lan Sao and Dai are two quite different movements, different jianfa altogether, but either one could answer a stab, and the principle is the same: you practice the move first on one side, then on the other.

demonstration of lansao (block and sweep). — Lansao (Block and sweep)

There are some basic assumptions that I make when practicing sword. One, I assume that I am facing a single opponent who is also wielding a sword. That is not to say that you cannot fight multiple attackers (good luck with that!) or that a sword cannot counter a different weapon, like a staff. These are interesting and valid variations on the basic moves. But these are advanced variations. As a default, when practicing a sword form, I assume I am fighting one other swordsman.

Another assumption: My opponent is in front of me. At a number of points in any sword form, I practice what to do in response to an attack from the side, the back, an angle, etc. That is, I practice what to do if my opponent is *not* in front of me. The answer is, in every case, that I first turn, so that he is front of me. Then I answer.

Bow stance, stabbing with a sword — Bow Stance, Level Stab; Bluegreen Dragon Emerges from the Water

For example, consider a move common to both Yang Sword (Qing Long Ch Shui—the Bluegreen Dragon Emerges from the Water) and 32-sword (Gong Bu Ping Ci—Bow Stance, Level Stab). In both forms, from the previous move, I am facing due East, and I am attacked from the left corner (NE). I first turn, then fall back and send out my own sword in front of me to contact my opponent’s weapon. Then I draw his sword to my right and counterattack.

In any case where you are attacked from anywhere but head-on, you never just throw your sword out toward your apponent. You first turn your body. Then answer.

This is corollary to a more basic principle in swordfighting, that my first priority is defense. Don’t let my opponent cut me! Then, if I can cut him, that’s good. But first and foremost, I want to stay alive.

In practice, this means that I keep my sword in front of me at all times. It could be the blade, it could be the tip, it could even be the hilt. But I need to at all times use my sword first to defend myself.

Correct position in preparation for ti xi peng jian — Can you see that the tip of the sword is on the blue line on the front of my uniform?

A good illustration of this principle is Ti Xi Peng Jian (Lift the Knee and Cup the Sword) in 32-sword. A comparable move in Yang sword is Ye Ma Tiao Jian (Wild Horse Jumps over the Stream). These two moves are quite different in the two forms, but the point here applies to both.

Sitting back in preparation to start these moves, you do not open up. Pei Yi taught me this. The tip of the sword should be in front of you, on the centerline of your body. Compare the two pictures (above and below): correct vs. incorrect position.

Incorrect: sword is not in front of the body. — In swinging my sword wide, I open myself to attack.

With the tip of the sword on the line from my center to that of the opponent in front of me, I am doing two things at once: I am defending myself and I am aiming my sword at my target. In the second picture, I am doing neither.

I should probably repeat my usual disclaimer: I am not a Tai Chi master! I am a diligent student who has been fortunate to study with more than one excellent Chinese master. I’m just lately doing sword quite a bit after a long-ish spell of not doing sword much at all, so I am thinking a lot about what I have learned, or at least come to think I know, over the years.

Go to Home and scroll down to the Sword section for links to previous posts on sword.

When and Where?

Posted on November 23, 2025 by elizabethbuhmann

One of my favorite Chinese Tai Chi friends has recently returned to Austin, and I have begun practicing with her again. Wonderful! She speaks no English. No problem! I speak Taijiese.

Taijiese is not conversational Chinese, which I do not know. It is pidgin Chinese, if you will. “Pidgin” is “a simplified form of English for communication between groups that don’t share a common language.”

Except where pidgin is traditionally made up of simple English words, Taijiese is based on Chinese. Key words and minimal grammar, combined with pantomime and lots of nodding and smiling, can get simple ideas across the language barrier.

One of the things my friend and I need to communicate on any given day is when and where we will practice next. For this, it helps to know:

明天 Míngtiān Tomorrow

And the days of the week. There are several ways of naming the days of the week, but the people I know mostly use:

礼拜 Lǐbài Week

The days of the week are numbered, starting with Monday.

礼拜一 Lǐbài Yī Monday – literally “week [day] one”

礼拜二 Lǐbài Èr Tuesday

礼拜三 Lǐbài Sān Wednesday

礼拜四 Lǐbài sì Thursday

礼拜五 Lǐbài Wǔ Friday

礼拜六 Lǐbài Liù Saturday

Sunday is different. Again, there are several expressions for Sunday, but I know:

礼拜天 Lǐbàitiān Sunday

Next is useful too:

下个 Xiàgè Next

Next week

下个礼拜 Xiàgè Lǐbài Next week

下个礼拜一 Xiàgè Lǐbài Yī Next Monday

We need one more word:

见 Jiàn See you

Practicing tai chi with a group in a park

For a number of years, I used to practice with a group every weekend. At the end of practice on Saturday, I would say:

明天见 Míngtiān jiàn See you tomorrow!

At the end of practice on Sunday, I would say,

下个礼拜六见 Xiàgè Lǐbài Liù Jiàn! See you next Saturday!

For anything more complicated than that, we might have to open our calendars.

We also need to agree about times. For this we need only the numbers and the word for hour, o’clock.

点 Diǎn O’clock

八点 Bā diǎn Eight o’clock

半 Bàn Half

八点半 Bā diǎn bàn Eight-thirty 8:30

八点一刻 Bā diǎn yī kè Quarter past 8 (literally eight o’clock one quarter) 8:15

To say we’ll meet “here,” I just point at the ground. We both nod. That works. But there is a school where we sometimes practice:

学校 Xuéxiào School

公园 Gōngyuán Park

For coming to practice, we use:

来 Lái Come

你来 Nǐ lái? Are you coming?

This last is probably not very elegant sounding in Chinese—you come? Like Tarzan. But it works.

你来明天 Nǐ lái míngtiān? Are you coming tomorrow?

Rising inflection and raised eyebrows make it a question.

We answer such questions with head shakes or “Yeah!”

This is helpful:

能 Néng Indicates can

不能 Bùnéng can’t (literally no can)

So the other day, as my friend and I were winding up after an hour, we agreed:

回家 Huí jiā Return home (go home)

That’s enough to indicate that we are done for the day. I wasn’t going to be able to meet her the next day, so I said,

明天我不能来 Míngtiān wǒ bùnéng lái I can’t come tomorrow

She said okay.

I then said, in an interrogative voice,

你能来礼拜四 Nǐ néng lái lǐbài sì? Can you come Thursday?

She said, “Yeah!”

I said,

九点半 Jiǔ diǎn bàn? Nine-thirty?

Yeah!

When I left, I said,

礼拜四见 Lǐbài sì jiàn! See you Thursday!

New Books!

Posted on October 15, 2025 by elizabethbuhmann

A couple of new books have just come out–one by me and the other by a good friend. From Tao to Complexity, by Laurent Carrer, is about “The Merging of Ancient Practices and Scientific Discovery.”

Laurent Carrer is a writer, translator, and long-time student of Tai Chi and Qigong. He is also widely read in both modern science and Chinese philosophy. In this new book, he explores parallels and surprising points of agreement between the most advanced aspects of traditional Eastern and modern Western thought.

The subject matter of his book is so wide-ranging and deep that I thought it might be hard to get through it, but the author’s clear and engaging style makes reading a pleasure. Complex scientific concepts are clearly explained, and the parallels and connections with the ancient wisdom of Taoism are both surprising and satisfying. We are led seamlessly from relativity theory to the benefits of tai chi, and from there to the nature of cats, all in a light-hearted and inspiring narrative. You can dip in anywhere and become engrossed. I highly recommend this book as both a serious volume and a light-hearted diversion.

The other new book is another murder mystery by me. Death at Falconfields is the first of three (so far) traditional detective novels in a series called Murder on the Gulf Coast. In this first volume, storms and flooding in the small town of Hanbury unearth the body of a young Black man shot and buried on the margins of an old plantation.

Local cops conclude that the murdered man was passing through and got into an “altercation” with some unknown person. They’d like to close the book, but the local Black community is fed up with crimes against their own being brushed aside as unimportant. The sheriff agrees, reluctantly and under pressure, to accept Gil Tillier as an outside investigator, and what looks like an isolated incident turns out to have deep roots in the history of the rich southern Alabama farmland.

In the series, Gil Tillier, the reluctant homicide detective in Accidents of Life, has retired. He’s too young for that of course, only in his thirties, but he’s inherited just enough money to scrape by in the tiny town of Mars, Alabama, population 832, far away from the mayhem of his meteoric law enforcement career.

Tillier wants nothing more to do with murder, but thanks to his former chief—and his own reputation—local cops, victims’ families, and those accused of murder drag him into unsolved crimes and injustices in small towns along the Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.

I’ve written the second and third volume, and I’ll be releasing them in 2026. Stay tuned!

Grandmaster Aiping Cheng

Posted on October 11, 2025 by elizabethbuhmann

A new website, aipingcheng.com, documents the lifetime achievements of a great Tai Chi Grandmaster. It’s a wonderful resource with videos and photographs spanning decades of elite wushu and tai chi.

Master Aiping learned from an early age from some of the most illustrious masters of the twentieth century, including Fu Zhongwen, Sun Jianyun, and Li Tianji. She went on to become a many-time tournament champion and a charter and long-term member to the Chinese national team.

In the latter third of her career, she has been a beloved and influential teacher to many, many American students. I can attest that Master Aiping is a wonderful teacher—she spent the last two years of her teaching career here in Austin, amazingly just a couple of miles from my house. Here she is, teaching in slow motion one night in class at The Asian American Cultural Center.

Many professional athletes suffer long-term physical damage from their sports–football players come to mind, and ballet dancers. A lifetime of tai chi will have you moving like this in your golden years!

Master Aiping is semi-retired now, but the website brings her long and illustrious career to life. Take a look! aipingcheng.com

Yang-style 28-step Tai Chi Fan

Posted on September 14, 2024 by elizabethbuhmann

This relatively new Tai Chi fan form, created in 2014, is elegant and short. It has many intricate and enjoyable movements, but no physically challenging moves, so it is appropriate for people of all abilities. It’s not very difficult to learn, so it would be a great one to start with, if you want to learn Tai Chi fan.

Above, Yang Li demonstrates the whole routine (beautifully!) in the first session of a video teaching series that used to be on a YouTube station called China Wushu. The series now resides on the Chinese Wushu Association YouTube station. The series:

Here’s the full playlist.

The name of the form is 杨氏28式太极扇:Yáng shì 28-shì tàijíshàn (Yang-style 28-step Tai Chi Fan). In my group, we call ited èr shì bā shàn (28 fan) for short. As you can see from Professor Yang’s demo, this form makes a very nice solo performance. It makes a good ensemble piece too, for group practice or a performance by three or five persons.

Here is a list of the 28 movements: PDF. Here’s my demo:

More Wu-style Tai Chi

Posted on July 14, 2024 by elizabethbuhmann

In my last post, on the Wu 45, I didn’t include the list of movements. Here it is.

吴式太极拳45式竞赛套路 (Wu-style Tai Chi 45-step competition routine) [PDF]

The Wu 45 is the competition form, so it’s pretty demanding. For beginners, a very short routine—just 13 movements, no kicks, no low form—makes for an easy introduction to some of the most important movements. When I practice this one, I add Cloud Hands after Fair Lady Works the Shuttle, before Single Whip.

Qishi (beginning)
Lanquewei (grasp the bird’s tail)
You zuo lou xi au bu (R/L brush knee push)
Jin bu ban lan chui (step forward, block, parry, punch)
You zuo ye ma fen zong (R/L part the wild horse’s mane)
You zuo dao juan gong (R/L go back whirling arms)
Hai di zhen (needle at sea bottom)
Shan tong bei (flash the back)
Zhuan shen pie shen chui (turn around strike with back fist)
Jin bu zai chui (step up and punch down)
You zuo yunuchuan suo (R/L fair lady works the shuttle)
Danbien (single whip)
Shou shi (close form)

Amin Wu demonstrates the Wu-13

Master Wu also teaches Wu 24, which is very much like Wu 13 but adds opposites sides of needle at sea bottom and flash the back, plus both directions of cloud hands. She offers instructional videos on this form as well.

Wu-Style Tai Chi (3)

Posted on July 12, 2024 by elizabethbuhmann

The modern competition form in Wu-style is the Wu 45. Like other competition routines, it incorporates the opening of the traditional form, plus many of the most important moves of the old form, but it is more left/right balanced and contains no repetition. Also like other competition routines, the Wu 45 is about six minutes long.

宗維洁 Zōng Wéi jié (1969- Beijing) is a six-time national champion in Wu-style Tai Chi competition.

Here is a list of the 45 movements (PDF).

Alas! The excellent China Wushu YouTube station no longer exists! In fall and winter of 2022-2023, I used the teaching series by Zong Wei Jie to learn the Wu 45. I have hunted down most of the videos on other YouTube stations, but I cannot find the introductory piece anywhere. In it, one of Zong’s students gives an amazing performance of the whole routine.

Here is a demo of the whole routine by Zong herself. Video quality is not the best:

Of the introductory videos on the elements of Wu style, I have located only one:

Video 4: Bufa (footwork)

I have found links to all the segments teaching the routine:

Video 7: Moves 1-5

Video 8: Moves 6-10

Video 9: Moves 11-15

Video 10: Moves 16-20

Video 11: Moves 21-25

Video 12: Moves 26-30

Video 13: Moves 31-35

Video 14: Moves 36-40

Video 15: Moves 41-45

Amin Wu (吳阿敏 Wú Ā Mǐn) (About Master Wu) is another great Wu-style Tai Chi Master. Like Zong, she studied under Master Li Bingci (李秉慈 Lǐ Bǐng cí). She offers a video teaching series on Wu 45, available on Vimeo for only $20. I have used many teaching videos by Master Wu over the years (Yang, Sun, and Wu!)—they are all excellent.

Master Amin Wu teaching Wu-style 45-step Tai Chi

And here is a demonstration of the whole routine by Master Amin Wu:

Pleasantries

Posted on June 28, 2024 by elizabethbuhmann

[An addition to the Taijiese section of TaiChiNotebook.com]

While I haven’t attempted to learn conversational Chinese, a little bit is helpful in the context of Tai Chi practice. This short section is especially tailored for the situation (in which I have found myself more or less continuously for years now) where you have the opportunity to meet and practice tai chi with a group of people who do not speak any English.

I make no effort here to provide grammatical niceties. This is pure vocabulary, which when strung together with some pantomime and good will can facilitate friendly relations across the language barrier.

Perhaps the most important phrase in any language:

谢谢 Xièxiè Thank you

As a greeting, ni hao works in all circumstances, among both friends and strangers. Literally, “you good” I suppose it’s like “How do you do?” But it’s not really a question. If you add me, it becomes an actual question, “Are you good?” to which you could reply, “Hen hao!” Very good! We also say Zao shang hao for good morning.

你好 Nǐ hǎo General greeting

吗 Ma Suffix forms interrogative

你好吗 Nǐ hǎo ma? How are you?

早上好 Zǎoshang hǎo Good morning

It is very useful to know the personal pronouns. They are not declined. Relax: You don’t even have to know what declension is! I say no more.

我 Wǒ I, me

你 Nǐ You

他 Tā He/she/it

Form the plurals by adding the suffix, men.

们 Men Indicates plurality

我们 Wǒ men We, us

你们 Nǐ men You (plural) (Y’all!)

他们 Tā men They, them

Good to know the possessive form as well, which is also formed with a suffix: de.

的 De Suffix to indicate possession

我的 Wǒ de My, mine

你的 Nǐ de Your, yours

他的 Tā de His/hers/its

Plural possessive is just as you would suspect:

我们的 Wǒ men de Our/ours

你们的 Nǐ men de Your/yours

他们的 Tā men de Their/theirs

Exchanging names:

名字 Míngzi Name

是 Shì is

什么 Shénme What

Now you can say:

我的名字是 Wǒ de míngzì shì My name is

你的名字是什么? Nǐ de [your] míngzì [name] shì [is] shénme? [what?] What is your name?

他的名字是什么? Tā de [his/her] míngzì shì shénme? [what?] What is his/her name?

My name, Elizabeth, has been quite difficult for the Chinese people I’ve met. Apparently it is very long and strange-sounding to a Chinese person who speaks no English. Fortunately, there is a Chinese equivalent for a number of English names. Mine is Yi Li Sha Bai, which everyone finds easy to say. You might check whether your name has a Chinese equivalent. Google Translate works:

伊丽莎白 Yīlìshābái Elizabeth

托马斯 Tuōmǎsī Thomas

苏珊 Sū shān Susan

大卫 Dà wèi David

莉莉 Lìlì Lily

Since we’ve got the possessive, it might be good to know this and that:

这个 Zhège This, this one

那个 Nàge That, that one

Zhege shi ni de? This is yours? Add me to make a question:

这个是你的么 Zhege shi ni de me? Is this yours?

不是 bù shì Is not

Bu shi wo de. It’s not mine.

扇 Shàn Fan

Zhege shan bu shi wo de. That fan isn’t mine.

And I like knowing this word:

朋友 Péngyou Friend

Zhege shi wode Taiji pengyou. This is my Tai Chi friend.

For good-bye, bye and bye-bye work, but this is good to know:

再 Zài Again

见 Jiàn See you

The informal zai jian works as a friendly good-bye:

再见 Zàijiàn See you again

New Format

Posted on May 4, 2024 by elizabethbuhmann

TaiChiNotebook is almost ten years old! I posted the first blog entry—on 32-sword—in July 2014. I was at the beginning of my journey, studying traditional Yang and Chen style Tai Chi at a local school. I was just discovering the modern forms, starting with 24 and 32-sword, and I had begun practicing with Chinese people in my neighborhood.

Over the years I have published more than two hundred posts on more than two dozen forms, spanning four of the five major styles of tai chi. The Notebook has become an iceberg! With nine-tenths of its content buried in the archives of the blog.

Saturday morning in the park. I am in yellow. My good friend and Tai Chi mentor Long Feng is in white at the far left.

I’ll continue the blog, but I have switched to the format of a website, with a static home page (still a bit sketchy!) and I am trying to build a more perspicuous structure.

Also, in 2014, smartphones were not yet ubiquitous, and TaiChiNotebook was designed primarily to be accessed from a PC or laptop. I’ll try to improve the way the Notebook renders on mobile.

These revisions will take a while… Stay tuned!

Tai Chi Notebook

The Journey of a Thousand Miles

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