Welcome to TaijiTips.com, a website for recording and sharing my notes on tai chi chuan, based on instruction and on my own reading and observations.
Tai chi chuan, also known as taijiquan, is a Chinese martial art characterized by slow, controlled, and coordinated movements. I’ve been doing Hao-style tai chi chuan, also known Wu-Hao style, with the Caltech Tai Chi Club for the past four years. Over that time I’ve taken notes on what I learned. Some of my notes are on my computer, some are in a notebook, and others are in my head, hoping not to be forgotten. I never could decide the best way to organize my notes. Finally, I decided to post them online for all to see, so here they are, for your benefit and for mine.
History, styles, health benefits.
Tips for safer and better practice, descriptions of stances and forms.
Relationship to other martial arts and forms of movement.
Tai chi chuan according to Wikipedia
Caltech Tai Chi Club
I like disclaimers because they sound authoritative and, as the name suggests, disclaim my responsibility.