Category Archives: Movements of CMC 37

The Tai Chi Walk – Walking Brush Knee and Press

By Kris Brinker | Published: June 9, 2010
To learn the Brush Knee and Press Tai Chi Walk will aid you in learning the form more easily and better ingrain the principals. The following break down is not intended to teach, but rather support what you have learned in class.
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Tai Chi Form Movements – Ward Off Right

By Kris Brinker | Published: May 25, 2010
This will practice your first right bow stance of the form. Hold this posture for some time to practice rooting and alignment.
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Tai Chi Form Movements – Ward Off Left

By Kris Brinker | Published: May 25, 2010
Ward Off Left begins the series know as Grasp Sparrow's Tail.
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Tai Chi Form Movements – Beginning

By Kris Brinker | Published: May 11, 2010
Taiji is stillness in motion and motion in stillness. The beginning movement demonstrates the separation of yin and yang as stillness is transformed. 1. Arms float upward like bubbles from the bottom of a pond. Wrists are bent and tranquil – fingers being drawn downward. Sink body slightly. (1.5) At shoulder level fingertips lift slightly [...]
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Tai Chi Form Movements – Preparation

By Kris Brinker | Published: April 29, 2010
Better not to think of "Preparation" as preparing to begin the form, but rather as preparing to let go of everything else.
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