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Recommended Learning Sites:

Yang Style Tai Chi - A great primer on Tai Chi. Maintained by Christopher Majka (taichi@chebucto.ns.ca)

Tai Chi Message Board - Ask a question and someone will answer it. Or do a key word search. It's likely already been asked and answered.

Calendar of TaiJi Events & Workshops - a real online electronic calendar (any one can submit an event to the calendar)

Lee Scheele's Online T'ai Chi Chu'uan Notebook - another good primer. maintained by Lee Scheele (Lee@supply.com)

TaiChi Magazine - "The leading international magazine for persons interested in T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Taijiquan), Qigong, and other internal martial arts." (taichi@tai-chi.com)

Jarek Szymanski's Neijia Pages Shanghai, China - A site dedicated to the internal martial arts including Tai Chi.

RockfordTaiJi - The place to start if you're interested in learning "Chen" style TaiJi (jcriscimag@aol.com)

H. Won Tai Chi Institute FAQ & Tips - From a traditional Yang family Tai Chi School in New York City (faq@nytaichi.com)

Pushing Beyond Chi - By Vincent Chu

Words of Experience by Tung Ying Chieh - Translated by Albert Tang

LITTLE MOUNTAIN TAI CHI CLUB - A Nice Series of articles dedicated to the teachings of Yang Cheng Fu, 3rd generation of the Yang style of Tai Chi Chuan, and the lineages of his disciples. (Guy Tomash, tomash@infomatch.com)

Guidelines for the Practice of Qigong & Taiji - By Roger Jahnke, O.M.D. (rjahnke@west.net, qigong@healthy.net)

Qigong & Taiji - Roger Jahnke, O.M.D. (rjahnke@west.net, qigong@healthy.net) who coordinates the Qigong/Taiji Center, the Qigong/Taiji Forum.

T'ai Chi Ch'uan Classics - Translations compiled by Lee Scheele. (Lee@supply.com)

Articles from Feng Zhi Qiang Martial Academy of North America: Building Skills with Three Core Methods by Marvin Smalheiser, Chen-style Taijiquan by Scott Grubisich, and A Brief Outline for the Practice of Wuji Zhuang Meditation by Yang Yang.

Material From China Guide - Some nice articles about Qi Gong, Tai Chi, and Wu Shu from China Guide.

Push Hands, in movement, like water, in stillness, like a mirror - From the Patience T'ai Chi Association one of the oldest continuously operating Tai Chi schools in America.

Martial Application of Tai Chi - From the Patience T'ai Chi Association one of the oldest continuously operating Tai Chi schools in America.

10 Essential Points of Practice for Tai Chi Chuan - by William C. Phillips (a disciple of Cheng Man-Ch'ing). From the Patience T'ai Chi Association one of the oldest continuously operating Tai Chi schools in America.

Step by Step Description of the Cheng Man-Ch'ing Yang style form - by William C. Phillips (a disciple of Cheng Man-Ch'ing). From the Patience T'ai Chi Association one of the oldest continuously operating Tai Chi schools in America.

Three Shaolin Training Poems - From the Patience T'ai Chi Association one of the oldest continuously operating Tai Chi schools in America.

4 chapters of Yang Style Tai Chi instruction from Barnett Martial Arts Association - Elgin Illinois, Herb Barnett (herbjann@enteract.com)

The History & Application of Tai Chi Chuan - Extracted from Tai Chi Transcendent Art; by Cheng Tin Hung. Has a lot of interesting links.info@spiritweb.org

Info on Chinese Internal Martial Arts - Links to 5 or 6 very good articles. Maintained by Terry Chan (TChan@dante.lbl.gov)

AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS - By Liang Shouyu Translated by Bill Chen and Mike Sigman (mikesigman@earthlink.net)

Ignorance, Legend and Taijiquan - by Stanley Henning

GROUNDWORK OF CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS AND WAN LAI SHENG - by Bill Chen

Methods of Tai-ji Boxing Exercise - A complete detailed step by step description of the Yang 24 form. The best I've ever seen! By Wang Yinghui (wangyh@gamhospital.ac.cn and gamhkycy@netchina.co.cn)

Donal Obeirne's Tai Chi Site - Includes; Yang Style History; by Lars Bo Christensen, The Art of Pushing Hands; by Paul Zabwodski, and 16 Important Points; to concentrate on when doing your form until they become automatic. The 16 points are good for a tuneup of your form if you find that its been feeling the same lately. (donal_obeirne@hotmail.com)

Introduction of Taijiquan - From the Guang An Men Hospital affiliated to China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Beijing,China (Gamhkycy@netchina.co.cn)

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Top 7 Tai Chi Search Sites

1. Yahoo has two very good links pages - Yahoo Tai Chi Directory #1 and Yahoo Tai Chi Directory #2
2. TheTaiChiSite - A large directory of links organized by subject (with an emphasis on Taiji applied as a martial art.
3. T'aiChiCh'uan Web Sites - An extensive directory of TaiChi links maintained by Lee Scheele (Lee@supply.com) and Dave Lull (davelull@aol.com)
4. Electronic Resources - Maintained by Christopher Majka (taichi@chebucto.ns.ca)

5. T'aiChi Ch'uan Links (Singapore) - Maintained by Peter Lim Tian Tek (limttk@singnet.com.sg)

6. TaiChi and Qigong Links - Maintained by Jack Purcell (jpurcell@frank.mtsu.edu)

7. Links (European) - Maintained by Knud Erik Andersen

If you are searching for Tai Chi information or resources on the internet, you will find that these sites are all you need. Curtis


Recommended Learning Sites:

Materials from Mike Sigman's old Internal Strength magazine - Some real quality stuff here.

Erle Montaigue's Warrior Arts Tai Chi - An Australian site with a wide range of Tai Chi information including information on; death touch. This is a huge site that will take you a while to look at. long time to to look with a lot that (Australian) taiji@ozemail.com.au

Masterworks Article Archives - A large number of Tai Chi Chuan articles by Paul Zabwodski

Peter Lim's Taijiquan Resource Page - A number of good articles about Yang, Chen, Wu, Sun, and Zhao Boa styles of Tai Chi. Also has a nice set of links. Peter Lim Tian Tek (limttk@singnet.com.sg)

T'ai Chi Collection - A collection of a number of very thoughtful articles about Tai Chi, its practice, and its application. by Reinhard Denner (reinhard.denner@pobox.com)

The History and Application of Tai Chi Chuan - Extracted by Vincent Li from Tai Chi Transcendent Art, by Cheng Tin Hung

What I Did Say To The Church Ladies (about what Tai Chi is) - by Henry Strunk

Pushing Hands Animation - A good fast loading and illustrative animation of simple pushing hands. By Thomas Cobb who teaches Wu style Tai Chi in Santa Rosa CA (707)575-8722 (tomc@lifematters.com)

T'ai Chi Intro - By Thomas Cobb who teaches Wu style Tai Chi in Santa Rosa CA (707)575-8722 (tomc@lifematters.com)

T'ai Chi and Recovery From Stress - By Thomas Cobb who teaches Wu style Tai Chi in Santa Rosa CA (707)575-8722 (tomc@lifematters.com)

How to Find a T'ai Chi Teacher - By Thomas Cobb who teaches Wu style Tai Chi in Santa Rosa CA (707)575-8722 (tomc@lifematters.com)

The Wu Way - By Thomas Cobb who teaches Wu style Tai Chi in Santa Rosa CA (707)575-8722 (tomc@lifematters.com)

An Introduction to Ga Gua Zhang - By Tim Cartmell (714) 377-0929 (timc@shenwu.com)

An Introduction to Xing Yi Quan - By Tim Cartmell (714) 377-0929 (timc@shenwu.com)

An Introduction to Tai Chi - A superb introduction to Tai Chi includes information on all the various styles and how they relate to each other. By Tim Cartmell (714) 377-0929 (timc@shenwu.com)

Chen Tai Chi: An Interview with Master Ma Hong - Conducted By: Andrea Cheng. Master Ma is a nineteenth generation Chen Style practitioner. He has written numerous books and articles on Chen T'ai Chi and internal power development. Shen Wu Martial Arts, La Mesa near San Diego CA 619-698-6389.

Pa-Kua Chang / BaGuaZhang A General Overview of the Neijia Art of Pa Kua (BaGua).- Mike Patterson, Shen Wu Martial Arts, La Mesa near San Diego CA 619-698-6389.

The Hsing-I Journal Archives - Mike Patterson, Shen Wu Martial Arts, La Mesa near San Diego CA 619-698-6389.

T'ai Chi Collection - A lot of good stuff. Much of it is writings by Mike Sigman culled from the Neijia mailing list. It's good stuff worth reading. Compiled by Reinhard Denner (reinhard.denner@pobox.com ).

Ron Perfetti's Practice Guidelines,- By Ron Perfetti of the Hawaii T'ai Chi Chuan Association. A Wm. C.C. Chen Yang Style practitioner. (taichi4u@maui.net) Makawao, HI, 1-808-572-6994

Chi Ch'uan Notebook - Lee Scheele, Lee@supply.com Lee N. Scheele Costa Mesa, CA

T'AI CHI CH'UAN CLASSICS - The Taijiquan Classics contain the theories, principles and practices that pertain to the successful mastering of the art. Maintained by Lee N. Scheele (Lee@supply.com)

Chinese Internal Martial Arts - A collection of articles about the Chinese internal martial arts (also known as the "Neijia"), the best known of which are the "three sisters" of Taijiquan (T'ai Chi Ch'uan), Xingyiquan (Hsing-I Ch'uan), and Baguazhang (Pa Kua Chang). Maintained by Terry W. Chan (TChan@dante.lbl.gov)

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