Reflections on Sifu Fong Ha’s Visit

September was an amazing month for me. It was so good to have Sifu Fong Ha on island. There is always so much to learn from him. He continues to focus on the development of awareness and sensitivity. Encouraging us to find our balance and refine our sense of...

Sifu Fong Ha and Schedule

It is an exciting month coming up. Sifu Fong Ha will be on island starting on the September 17th for about ten days. That means there will be daily Tai Chi and Chi Kung practice at Kamaole 3 from 6:00-9:00 AM and from 6:00 PM to sunset. He will also be teaching a one...

Ten Essential Points

Every Tai Chi practitioner should have a copy of Yang Chengfu’s Ten Essential Points. Yang Chengfu was one of the best known teachers of Tai Chi. He was the grandson of Yang Lu-chan and was known for smoothing out the form. One of his most important writings is The...

Why Tai Chi ?

  There are many reasons why anyone of us might choose to take up the practice of Tai Chi. I think many of the best reasons lay in our contemporary life style and life choices. We are told that multitasking is a good thing, the way we should approach our every...

Tai Chi: Three Great Secrets

I believe that there are three great secrets to learning in the Study of Tai Chi. In last months post I talked about the importance of finding a good teacher. The first secret to truly learning Tai Chi is to believe your teacher. A good teacher will tell you the truth...

Tai Chi: In the Beginning

Learning Tai Chi is not an easy thing. I like to say that Tai Chi is very simple but learning to be that simple is difficult. To learn Tai Chi the first thing one must do is to find a good teacher. Personally I was very lucky to find Sifu Fong Ha. A good teacher will...