by Dani Riggs | Mar 29, 2012 | Tai Chi
There are many skills we must develop as Tai Chi players. I consider the development of listening jing to be among the most important. Two months ago I wrote about the heart in Tai Chi and the need to foster quietness and openness in the heart. These two processes are...
by Dani Riggs | Feb 28, 2012 | Tai Chi
Sifu Fong Ha has said there are four things we must do if we are going to make progress in our Tai Chi work. First we must learn a form. It might be I Chuan, Chi Kung or any of the variety of Tai Chi forms. With out a form we have no place to root our practice. We are...
by Dani Riggs | Feb 2, 2012 | Tai Chi
Aloha All, February seems like a good month to talk about the heart. This is an aspect of Tai Chi Chuan that is often ignored. In Traditional Chinese Medicine the Shen or spirit is stored in the heart. Some forms of insomnia are caused by the Shen not being able to...
by Dani Riggs | Dec 29, 2011 | Tai Chi
Aloha, I need to start with a little logistics. Class will meet each Monday from 7:30 to 9:30, except Monday the 9th. Our kids will be visiting from the mainland and so I am taking the week of the 9th off. We will still have four Mondays of class because this January...
by Dani Riggs | Dec 20, 2011 | Tai Chi
In this next month we are going to focus on the four fundamental principles I feel are essential for Tai Chi. 1. Everything we do is based in yin and yang. These two principles are not opposite but complementary. Even s simple single step involves one leg becoming...
by Dani Riggs | Oct 31, 2011 | Tai Chi
Aloha All, After only a short break from teaching on the mainland it has been wonderful to begin teaching again here on Maui. I received an email from Sifu Fong Ha saying how happy he is that his work is being taught here and that he is going to work to come for...
