The principles of deflect and supplement are fundamentally important for Taijiquan as a martial art. Although these principles are relevant for all styles of martial arts, they are especially important for Taijiquan. This article discusses these principles.
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Deflect and Supplement: Part of Fundamental Principles of Taijiquan As a Martial Art
March 2018
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Can the American Dream Be Continued? – II
March 2018
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The U.S. has long been known as a country where if you work and study hard, then you, or at least your children, will be able to get a good education, a good job, and live a reasonably comfortable life. This is known as the American Dream. Every year especially after the end of WWII, thousands and thousands of people from all over the world have immigrated to this country (most legally, and some illegally) to seek and often achieve the American Dream. There are of course many reasons, e.g., the American democratic form of government and the American pioneering and entrepreneur spirit, for making the American Dream possible. In a January 2010 article “Can the American Dream Be Continued?“, we discussed an often-overlooked significant contributing factor to the American Dream, i.e., the unique geographical and natural environment in which the U.S. grew during the first 200+ years of its existence. In this article, we revisit this issue and elaborate on the implications of not properly taken into account this contributing factor to the American Dream.
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Tailoring Taiji Classes to Audience – II
December 2017
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This is a follow-on article to the article I posted two years ago with the same title “Tailoring Taiji Classes to Audience.” In this new article, I elaborate more on three types of Taiji students: Those with mobility handicaps, those with memory handicaps, and children. The key concept is how to teach Taiji to each of these groups so that they can keep their interest and concentration, and at the same time what they learn to do in class is beneficial to them. It turns out that a subset of the stretching and Qigong exercises that we usually do as warm up exercises to prepare the students’ bodies and minds to do Taiji are good exercises for these types of students, especially for the mobility-handicapped and memory-handicapped students. The challenge to attract children requires some additional tailoring and creativity.
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Nanking Massacre 80th Anniversary Commemoration: From the Eyes and Words of Eye Witnesses
This year (2017) marks the 80th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre, one of the worst atrocities in human history. It is a time in history that:
Here is the complete Powerpoint presentation that was presented on December 6, 2017 at the “Nanking Massacre 80th Anniversary Commemoration” at the Monmouth County Library Headquarter in Manalapan, New Jersey that was organized by the New Jersey Alliance for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia (NJ-ALPHA). Since this complete file is very large (95 MB), it may take a couple of minutes to load, so have patience. Here is the much smaller Powerpoint presentation without the embedded audio files (611 KB). Read More »