Looking For Tai Ji

Kung Fu tea

2007-10-02T03:21:00.000-07:00

Recently I saw a TV program from a Chinese TV Channel. It was about cooking and every kind of nice ingredients you can buy in a market. The presenter was preparing some Chinese green tea with a Chinese tea set and said 'Now let's drink some Kung Fu tea'. What was Kung Fu tea? You might ask. Is it some kind of Kung Fu you can master by just drinking tea? Or is it some kind of tea which will improve your Kung Fu? That will be great if such tea exists.

In this case Kung Fu has nothing to do with the martial arts itself. Kung Fu can also mean skills or work. The meaning of Kung Fu depends on the context in which it is used. In this case Kung Fu tea means that it is tea which has to be prepared with a lot of work and time. Everything is relative. Drinking Chinese tea requires more work and time comparing to drinking a cup of tea by just dropping a small tea bag in a cup of hot water. But the result and taste of Kung Fu tea is of course much better. In the IT industry there is a saying when an information system is made: garbage in, garbage out. For preparing Kung Fu tea I will say: tea leaves of good quality and experienced tea preparing skills in, fantastic cups of tea out :)

2007-09-28T02:09:00.000-07:00

杂志 “Looking for Tai Ji”的中文名称是“太极探索”。
为什么探索？何德何能？这些天来我一直想这个问题。
经历好长时间的筹备，试刊号终于完成了，本以为可以松一口气，热烈庆祝一下，当以读者心态看完杂志后，突然感到可能吸引不到大多数的读者，这杂志能维持下去吗？
创办“太极探索”的初衷，希望人们关注和共同探讨太极拳的本质性、发展性。以前有人跟我说过：“自然就是本质”，意思是我们没必要刻意去探索什么，发展什么，大多数人现在正在做的就是最自然、最本质的。对这说法，我当时就反驳：太极拳的发展在中国大陆近几十年来，受政治的意识形态控制，大多数人已经习惯把“失真”的现代太极拳当作主流，这样的“自然”，恐怕是酒鬼、烟鬼的“自然”吧！
想当今，练太极拳的人何止百万？但有多少人关心，研究太极拳的本质问题？当然，人们选择了太极拳作为健康运动，已经是非常幸运的事了，在工作之余，哪里还有心思去增加自己的压力？这事儿，应该是从事太极拳教学的人的事。
我相信，太极拳应该是一项世界性的文化遗产。其价值完全依赖所有太极拳运动的传播者们，以及学习、修炼者们的共同维护。起码，我们从事教学的老师们，有必要更加努力，营造一个真实、健康的太极拳氛围，让更多的太极拳爱好者受益。
我们创办“太极探索”杂志，就是为了这一目的。果真到到这样的效果，我们的杂志即便不盈利，也会广积善缘的。
话说回来，我们何德何能？其他太极拳修炼者愿意相信我们吗？事实上，有些太极拳传播者，习惯了固有的经验和教学方式，并不希望深入探索、修正自己固有东西。更令人痛心的事，包括一些宗师级的人物，在中国大陆长时间意识形态的影响下，自觉不自觉之间，也把“失真”的太极拳当作传统，影响着新的一代继承者。这无疑是一种流行性传染病毒！危害生命的病毒会使我们惊恐万分，但是，危害太极拳健康发展的病毒，我们何曾为他感到忧心？
这是一份为真心从事太极拳事业的同行们设计的杂志，希望通过我们的抛砖引玉，吸引同行们的共同探索、提高太极拳的真正价值。

The start up of this blog

2007-09-26T03:25:00.000-07:00

I am inviting the other contributors of the magazine to write this blog. Share the knowledge, experiences and fun!

Looking for Tai Ji is an unique magazine about Tai Ji and more

2007-09-25T04:23:00.000-07:00

This is the blog about our magazine 'Looking for Tai Ji'. It's about many aspects of Tai Ji, like the classics of Tai Ji principes, interview with great masters, Chinese martial arts, basic theory of Chinese medicine, Tai Ji and health, how to train Tai Ji, Learning by illustration etc. and many many more.