Magazine

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

Contents

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

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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

Contents

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

Contents

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

Contents

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

Contents

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

Contents

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

Contents

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