Thinking More About Taijiquan and Fighting
I continue to think about the question of why many Taiji masters can’t fight. If I had to pinpoint one…
Angel
I’ve first moved to my present house thirty-five years ago. The first person I met was named Angel, a man…
Nothing Evolves Once
Look back on evolutionary history, we see that no being evolved once and took lasting form. Each one developed from…
Why Taiji Masters Cannot Fight
Why can’t Taiji masters fight? Why? Because they don’t train to fight, because many techniques have been lost (in my…
The Gateway to Mystery
The Daodejing speaks of the gate to many mysteries (衆妙之門, chapter 1). The title of the Zen text, the Wumenguan, can be translated…
The Wilderness Where Nothing is Lost
If you visit a city and fall in love with it, you may well marvel at how lovely the buildings…