The Reiki Creed
1. Just for today do not anger.
2. Just for today do not worry.
3. Earn your living honestly.
4. Honour your parents, teachers and elders.
5. Show gratitude to every living thing.
by Dr. Mikao Usui

Taijiquan is not torture-cise. I see runners in the park panting, hunched over and miserable. Is this the road to fitness?

The Perfect Fancy Dress?

“It is a self defense exercise that can make your body strong. In the use of this exercise, there are a hundred benefits without one harm. It is a model for the whole country to follow.”

- Ts’ai Chueh-ming



My Filipino friend thought the Chinese women were silly to wear thin black pantyhose beneath their Taiji uniforms and made a point of saying so. I challenged her to wear pantyhose for a day and see what happened. She did. The following day she described the almost hypnotic effect upon men particularly when she removed her shoes.

I'm not so good at pushing hands. Sure, it looks real easy but it's not. I think I have got  it and I haven't. I push and then suddenly my balance is gone or I'm crumpled and I've lost.