Taichido Newsletter back issues 2005
The synopsis for each newsletter below gives
a general gist of our contributions, which makes up the thematic
content and is what is archived here. Other general information
and furniture that appeared on the original newsletters has been
omitted.
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Issue 37 January 2005
In the first newsletter of the new western year 2005, Gary produces
the taichido.com end of year report, January this year being the final
month of the Chinese Year, which (as he explains) has significance
to us here.
Issue 38 February 2005
Fist Under Elbow (when viewed from this incorrect subjective/objective
- beginning/end - start/finish standpoint!) is in fact the first of
several other similarly 'new' postures encountered in Part Two that
are not included in Part One. Literal descriptions of the sequence
or order of postures from here on in become (as above) complicated
and - to a degree - pointless.
Issue
39 March 2005
When I began writing about Tai Chi, Taoism and Buddhism I found it
a lot easier to say what I thought these things were not (i.e. "Tai
Chi is not a hobby" and "the way cannot be spoken of"
etc.) and went on like this for a couple of years. Then it occurred
to me that telling people what I thought things "were not"
was not really that helpful!. So, whilst making sure that I always
said that this was just 'what I thought' and not necessarily "the
way it is" and begun write to clarify things - rather than to
impress - I continued to write … … … "just
for the doing"; not really expecting or anticipating these words
to be ever read by any more than just a handful of people.
Issue
40 April 2005
Tai chi is about many things and many aspects of culture, religions,
martial arts, and ways of thinking. One deeply embedded aspect of
the form is the concept of Yin and Yang, or equilibrium...
Issue
41 May 2005
This month, after an interesting communication from one of our readers,
Gary invites you to respond to some of the issues that he has raised,
and primes you with some discussion on the state of mind of self-defence.
Issue 42 June 2005
This month Gary focuses on self defense and spiritual tai chi, and
uses a very inetresting dicourse with a tai chi practitioner concerning
the roles of 'martial' aspects of tai chi in a modern domestic environment.
Issue 43 July 2005 NO ISSUE
Issue
44 August 2005
This month I take a look at current medical thinking towards tai chi,
and its implications in institutionalised medical practice. Most of
us do tai chi because we believe that it is good for us. The physical
effects of such a constant fluidic motion we feel increases the range
of our movements, helps us relax...
Issue
45 September 2005
When students return from their holiday I usually ask "have you
been practicing?" or sometimes [depending upon my first best
guess] "did you practice at all?" - and expect "not
much" or "no" as an answer. I only ask this question
so as to ascertain where (individual) training should resume. If they
have been practicing, we are ready to move on. If they have not then...
Issue 46 October 2005
The 'side' of tai chi that taichido (I think) is pretty good at presenting
is the stuff that cannot be spoken - or written about. I refer here
now to all of the stuff that must be personally experienced, or felt
in the body; and not that which can be learnt from a book. Similarly,
text describing the practicalities or the mechanics of where the left
foot, right arm ...
Issue 47 November 2005
'Deeper' into Martial Art (particularly Tai Chi).
A person entering martial arts instruction is automatically regarded
as a "white belt". In the terms of this art they are quite
expected to be (very) excitable, impulsive and hard. i.e. maximum
white, e.g. maximum yang; or, and as I am inclined to say: "Up
and Out".
Issue 48 December 2005
In this issue Gary continues his Tai Chi meanderings, the full version
of which can now be seen on the www.taichido.com webiste. I continue
the theme of yin and yang this month by looking at its application
in traditional Chinese medicine, an area that is interlinked with
tai chi.
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