Author: Adam Mizner
Adam Mizner
Date: 05/09/2020
Six Levels of Song
Within the traditional teachings of the Yang family, Song is divided into 6 levels. Each level dependent on the one before it and inclusive of all before it. It’s important to understand that Song is...
Date: 02/26/2019
The Creation of Taijiquan
The past and unfortunately “history” is something that cannot be empirically known. When it comes to kung fu history this is even more so. Nevertheless, I will share my view on the creation of Taijiqu...
Date: 11/09/2017
3 Aspects of Training in Yang family Taijiquan
We have all read and heard stories about the near magical skills achieved by some Taijiquan masters of the past. Many people find the skills for which the art became famous illusive. Nonetheless we st...
Date: 11/20/2016
Cheng Man Ching's
Many of us have heard time and time again the famous saying of the late Prof. Cheng Man Ching to “invest in loss”. What does this mean? What did the professor mean when he said it? It is not easy to k...
Date: 11/20/2016
Timing, Placement and Power
When I am teaching classes or workshops on taijiquan I always emphasize the three principles of timing, placement and power. These three skills are not only fundamental to acquiring real world taijiqu...
Date: 11/20/2016
Relax the shoulders in Taiji and Qigong
One of the fundamental principles of Taijiquan for martial arts and Taiji for health is to relax and sink the shoulders. It is so fundamental that it is listed in Yang Cheng Fu’s famous ten points and...
Date: 11/20/2016
Yang Family Fajin
The idea of fajin is highly debated in Taijiquan circles, where some consider it the be all and end all of taiji quan skill, while others who have never experienced it, consider it a fallacy. In truth...
Date: 08/12/2016
Qi Gong, breathing for a positive life
It is an undeniable fact that the most powerful tool we posses is our mind. The mind can give us pleasure or pain, stress or peace. Often life unfolds in ways that we cannot control, yet even in such...
Date: 08/12/2016
Taijiquan - Finding the right teacher
You shall know them by their fruitsWhen a new student of taijiquan is searching for a teacher, it can be a daunting and confusing time. There are many claims by students and teachers alike, so who sho...
Date: 08/11/2016
Self Defense
Defense against the selfSelf defense in modern times: is it practical? In ancient times, before the invention of firearms, the practicality of being skilled in hand to hand combat was very clear. The...
Date: 05/08/2016
The Three Hands of Taijiquan
Within my training and teaching of Tàijíquán, I emphasize two primary areas that must be developed and balanced. On the one side we have technical skills or ‘Quan’ – born from ting, timing and having...
Date: 05/08/2016
Tai Chi internal stretching
Dui La 对拉 meaning something like “to stretch between”. It’s one of those fundamental principles of taiji quan that are all too often forgotten or misunderstood. When I travel to give taiji, qigong or...Have a question about Heaven Man Earth or DiscoverTaiji?