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Perfect makes Practice

Jan Golden — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:17:38 +0000

One of my teachers of yore used to say that his teacher used to say to him, ” Practise like you were doing it perfectly” and ” What you practise, you become”.

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Lineages

Jan Golden — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:32:54 +0000

There is always something comical about a tai chi practitioner declaring their "Lineage". I was trying to think of what it reminded me of, and then I remembered. Many warrior societies avoided mass conflict, but usually had some

China Sky

Jan Golden — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:26:14 +0000

Shanghai stole the Milky Way at night and hid the stars in the endless teeming blocks, where they burn like reactors. The city shimmers in powdery neon blue clouds, the overhead roads stitch a tail-light red ribbon around

Some Babel Antics

Jan Golden — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:10:38 +0000

To give you some idea of the hazards of the Chinese language,here is a conversation I had during lunch in the eatery next to my hotel in Shanghai this year. I translate the conversation literally: Jan: You good!

Being and Feeling

Jan Golden — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:12:02 +0000

"Human beings live in silent, objective, physiological levels. Words are brain created and have nothing to do with how the body is feeling. The world of words gradually removes us from that feeling as our immediate experience becomes progre

Quality

Jan Golden — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:34:23 +0000

Tai Chi comes to us these days in different editions, most handsomely bound, clean and new, but with the pages empty or scrawled with a few tiny characters beside the fat fee. “Master” So and So wears the

Teacher, Teacher

Jan Golden — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:15:19 +0000

To teach is to make a covenant, a promise. It is a burden. Integrity is essential. You are the locus of hopes of those who come to you. Years of commentary will issue from your efforts. Deep honesty

Master Ma Bao Guo

Jan Golden — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:53:53 +0000

Master Ma Bao Guo I first met Master Ma 3 years ago in Newcastle. He was living there while his son Michael was finishing an MBA. Master Ma had built up a core of dedicated students and through

New Year Resolutions

Jan Golden — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:42:45 +0000

Resolve. There are at least 15 possible meanings of the word. To be determined to see something through. But can it not also mean “to re-solve”?, to solve again? With a sibilant “S”? To the extent that we frail hominids

Master Ma Baoguo Hunyuan Movie

Jan Golden — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:16:05 +0000

Master Ma Baoguo demonstrates Hunyuan 26 Form example sequence.