Comox Valley Tai Chi Training

05/28/2019

Sam Masich & Ed Cooper demonstrate 37 Essential Forms '13-Family' concept using the the first family, 'Peng.' This was one of dozens of demos Sam Masich was ...

05/09/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kPjCtBLTEM

there are eleven posts on you tube same title but number changes

With Frank Doss of the Matsukaze Dojo in Cumberland b.c.

05/08/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEqsv3vCjVY

When you check out Adam Mizner, it becomes apparent that Frank and I are at the techniques leve....and not sure how to make that jump into the na jing enerby...

An exclusive in-depth interview with Sifu Adam Mizner from the Heaven Man Earth Taiji International​. Sifu Adam gives a detailed insight into the internal me...

05/08/2019

Push hands with frank who runs the Matsukaze Dojo in Cumberland...trying to find that point of weakness where i've gotten past his yang pung and not the point where I'm going to get trapped by some devious yin entrapment or rebound energy that will sink me in a dark hole...Luckily, he's always smiling.

05/08/2019

havin' fun with my daily morning push hands partner Frank Doss

02/13/2019

https://youtu.be/jQ0ZtNNNB5g
..good hard practice with great root and pung!

A demonstration of internal martial arts, taiji quan/ tai chi and qi gong. showing push hands skills and fajin. for more see www.discovertaiji.com and www.he...

02/05/2019

Dear student,

Thanks for this morning’s practice together.

Remember this. We all have many people that reside between our ears…in our brain. We present certain people in certain situations all the time. We have happy beings. Angry beings. All kinds of beings for all kinds of situations. One of the most powerful people is the One who Judges… our actions and our thoughts and our emotions. Sometimes the guy just never lets up.

When that happens, he won’t even let us complete even the smallest movement such as putting one foot in front of the other. I don’t need to remind you of his taunts.

When I am speaking to you in such a firm voice as you have heard me speak to you, remember, I am speaking specifically to the One that Judges you so relentlessly, not the one who is constantly getting hassled by that mouthy guy.

When I am telling you not to apologize after every mistake you make, I am speaking to another being who resides between your ears, the One that Apologizes. When you have done nothing wrong, the One that Apologizes holds hands with the One that Judges and they double the amount of hassle you experience. When I tell you not to apologize, I am speaking to THAT being, not the one who is constantly getting hassled. So don’t get upset. My annoyance with the One who Judges and the One who Apologizes needlessly has nothing to do with the guy to whom I’m teaching tai chi.

It’s necessary to put things back in balance. The One that Judges and the One that Apologizes have been in power too long. They won’t even allow you to put one foot in front of the other without raising their voices.

And now they’re getting scared because the one who is getting hassled is starting to notice their braying, and starting to stand up to them.

Keep saying NO to them and put a foot forward no matter where it’s placement is. And the next and the next and the next foot forward. No more stopping and swearing at the one who is getting hassled all the time. Just put one foot forward and the next and sense the beginnings of a smile at every small victory.

And do a half hour a day.

Spread your wings and fly.