A new blog from our regular guest blogger, Karen Dabrowski. I love the way she builds this article up to lead to the main idea - enjoy!

The extra inch

I was rushing to work, in a hurry as usual. When I turned the corner into the street where my office is, I almost banged into a lady in a wheelchair. It was a manual wheel chair and she was pushing herself along slowly, inch by inch, with a suitcase on wheels attached to the wheel chair.

Determined and resolute she made her way up the...

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This past weekend, the London Competition for Traditional Tai Chi Chuan took place at the Clissold Leisure Centre.

My kids class did really well - as usual for them, they won various medals for Pushing Hands. They love pushing hands and the competition has a nice friendly atmosphere, so all the kids play together, whatever clubs they come from. They have a great time and the parents get to see what they can do.

The medal I'm really proud of them for is they got gold for their group form. This ...
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A new blog from our guest blogger Karen Dabrowska, about pausing.

Fiona:  Karen's introduction is very interesting, since I take the opposite approach, trying to eliminate pauses, while still completing each movement, to aim at a smooth continuous form. Her approach has led to a most interesting train of thought, which I hope you will enjoy reading as much as I did, for its fascinating insights.

Let us pause

In the tai chi 108 form every movement starts with a pause. Each form must be gi...

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