Tai Chi Chuan & Internal Arts magazine has been produced in digital format from January 2021 onwards. Only members have access to the digital magazine but below you will find some of our recent articles that you may find interesting.
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Below are some of the articles that you will find in the magazines.
2024 – Issue 72
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2024 – Issue 71
Many Mountain Paths – by Nick Walser about some of the martial aspects of Tai Chi Chuan
My Life with Tai Chi – by Phil East including the work he did in his local community supported by the Union’s Gerda Geddes Fund
2023 – Issue 70
Contents
Important update from our Board showing how the Union is constantly improving
Article – Let’s play – Tai chi is a partnered art. In an age where the human touch is being driven out of everyday life, we should revel in the partnered play of tai chi. But I think many people are scared to do this, worried about injury, or not wishing to associate themselves with ‘fighting’, writes NickWalser
2023 – Issue 69
Tai chi for special needs – by our member Ray Pawlett, talking about the group he runs with some financial support from the Union’s Gerda Geddes Fund
Focused to win – interview with Jef Sutherland by Robin Gamble
2023 – Issue 68
Hunting the Eight Treasures – Ba duan jian by Chris Handbury
Lockdown Survey – Results of our members’ survey by our editor John Roper
2022 – Issue 67
Tai Chi Combat – A tai chi fighter; Interview by Robin Gamble
Teaching Children – An interview with our member Phillip Wright. Read his new book – Tai Chi for Schools – A Guide for Teachers, Parents and Practitioners
Stepping up top 108 Article by our member Peter Karran about Yang form
2022 – Issue 66
Tai Chi Styles – Marnix Wells discussed the various styles of tai chi chuan and their development.
Health page – Seeking the Emerald City by Tina Faulkner Elders
Tai Chi Caledonia 2022 – We’re back! by Suse Coon
2022 – Issue 65
World Tai Chi Day – From hopeful beginnings in the Nelson Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, World Tai Chi and Qigong Day has become a global phenomenon
Qigong Roots – History of Qigong by Gordon Faulkner
Social Importance of Tai Chi – by Emma Lee
2022 – Issue 64
Remembering Dan Docherty 1951 – 2021 – A Tai Chi Journey by Suse Coon
Tai Chi for Health – Article by Bob Price
The Power of Song – Cheng Man-ch’ing said that song is tai chi’s greatest value. Article by James Chan