Chi Lies at the Heart of All the Marital Arts

Over all the years that I studied various marital arts, and it was SELDOM that I was aware of the flow of chi.

I can recall at the height of my training in Sil Lum Kung Fu, the sensation of energy separate from muscle and effort, something apart of my physical training – but that came and went in one fleeting moment. The irony of that moment is that I NEVER forgot it…

Fast forward 30 years… Here I am 50+ years old, learning Tai Chi AGAIN… and there’s the sensation, there’s the energy that I felt so long ago. The huge difference is that now, it’s doesn’t just disappear. It comes back when I practice Qi Gong (Tai Chi warm ups) and Tai Chi.

Sometimes I feel it in a business meeting, or on a walk or wherever…

As I have mentioned, I am not interested right now in studying anything other than Tai Chi, but I am absolutely certain, that the Chi that I now experience was always there, always present and a driving force, but just had to be properly coaxed, had to be awakened.

It’s not hard to do, it does not take great discipline, it just takes persistence and some stillness. I am no master, I am a student and I am learning.

I really don’t care what art you are studying – Tai Chi can and will augment and enhance your training… Try it, it won’t take you long to determine whether or not I am full of it…