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Tao Teh King

Tao Teh Ching

An excellent translation can be found here and from which we quote the start of 28....

KNOW the masculine,
Keep to the feminine,
And be the Brook of the World.
To be the Brook of the World is
To move constantly in the path of Virtue
Without swerving from it,
And to return again to infancy.

Taijiquan

Wai San He       Three External Harmonies
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Shou Yu Zu  He   Hand Harmonizes With Foot
Jian Yu Kua He   Shoulder Harmonizes With Kua/Hip
Zhou Yu Xi  He   Elbow Harmonizes With Knee

Nei San He       Three Internal Harmonies
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Xin Yu Yi  He    Heart Harmonizes With Mind
Yi  Yu Qi  He    Mind Harmonizes With Vital Energy
Qi  Yu Jin He    Vital Energy Harmonizes With Internal Force

Tai Chi Secrets of the Ancient Masters

Song of the Real Meaning

No shape, no shadow.
Entire body transparent and empty.
Forget (your) surroundings and be natural.
Like a stone chime suspended from West Mountain.
Tigers roaring, monkeys screeching.
Clear fountain, peaceful water.
Turbulent river, stormy ocean.
With (your) whole being, develop (your) life.

Source Tai Chi Secrets of the Ancient Masters. Selected Readings with Commentary. A Motivational Pocket Guide for Tai Chi Chuan. Translation & Commentary by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming. YMAA Publication Center, Boston 1999. 115 pp. ISBN: 1-886969-71-X

"There are quite a few people in the world learning and practising Tai Chi. They have to discriminate between the pure and the adulterated because, like taking food, the flavour is entirely different. The arms of the pure Tai Chi master are like iron bars wrapped in cotton - externally flexible yet internally strong and heavy. When grasping the opponent's hands, the opponent cannot get away from them. When he issues or releases his energy it is like a bullet shooting out from a gun."

- Yang Cheng Fu


You cannot teach a man anything ;  you can
only help him find it within himself.
                             --   Galileo

See also

Seminars Attended

Affilliations

I am a student and teacher in London of the Dong Family International Tai Chi Chuan Association

I am a member of Tai Chi Spirit, the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts and the Tai Chi Union of Great Britain (Level B Instructor)

Martial Arts Shops

Meijin are Masters of Martial Art Supplies at 141 Goldhawk Rd (near Shepherd's Bush) London W12 8EN (telephone 020 8749 9070) and can supply shoes, swords, etc For the East of London, The Budo Centre is at 351 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London E17 9AP Telephone 020 8520 9222. Shaolin Way are in Central London (Chinatown, WC2).

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