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Event Title: Free Tai Chi with SiGung Clear Event Date and Time: March 16, 17 & 18, 2012 Overview: A Combat Tai Chi workshop, A Healing Workshop, 2 Free Training Sessions and 6 private lessons. Read more on Combat Tai Chi, Healing & Push Hands With Sigung Clear, Brunswick, GA

LOL if by some strange fortune I end up in the States at that time then sure. But there's no indication of my planned State-side trip happening that soon. But you never know what Dao may bring.

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Really? I have no fricken idea >.<

LOL you mean there is a "point" to Dao?? Really?? Quick tell me, I beg to know. Hahaha

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What are the ethical considerations around charging students money for tuition? On one hand you have the quite valid argument that as soon as a teacher becomes financially dependent on a student showing up to class the "authentic" student/teacher relationship degenerates. The teacher may structure their classes different to "string the student out", the teacher may hold back from saying the "right thing" (i.e. perhaps another teacher would be best for you) for fear of the student leaving the class. On the the other hand you have an equally valid argument that the student should pay the teacher as a show of commitment and to balance out the "exchange of energy". It has been often said that the more a student pays for tuition the more they respect and value it. What's your thoughts on this?? I have posted my views here: Should Teachers Charge $$ For Teaching??

Hi Aaron, I was going to say, "Sorry to hear about your troubles", but how do we know that they are "bad" ... perhaps this is the doorway to your greatest opportunity. If you are interested then please consider the Woofing network (Working On Organic Farms). You basically get housed and fed in return for working on the farm. I have heard some even pay a small wage. I understand you are in Florida, so here is a list of 25 jobs available in your area: http://www.wwoofusa.org/Farms?LOC=FL Perhaps one of them could work out for you. Dao bless !!

LOL matey ... I took the 60 top posters in terms of # of posts. If it makes you feel any better your notoriety is: 4,912 / 1,049 = 4.68 There, does that soothe your feelings ... hehehe

It's always fun to slice and dice data. Here is another way: Most Notorious TaoBum Calculated by dividing number of views by number of posts to indicate the "click through" power of the member's posts. LeonBasin ... Posts: ... 1,179 ... Views: ... 10,387 ... Notoriety: ... 8.81 zerostao ... Posts: ... 1,377 ... Views: ... 10,398 ... Notoriety: ... 7.55 Encephalon ... Posts: ... 1,635 ... Views: ... 9,437 ... Notoriety: ... 5.77 manitou ... Posts: ... 1,662 ... Views: ... 8,550 ... Notoriety: ... 5.14 Dainin ... Posts: ... 1,211 ... Views: ... 6,204 ... Notoriety: ... 5.12 Rainbow_Vein ... Posts: ... 2,389 ... Views: ... 12,120 ... Notoriety: ... 5.07 TheSongsofDistantEarth ... Posts: ... 1,924 ... Views: ... 9,751 ... Notoriety: ... 5.07 mYTHmAKER ... Posts: ... 1,936 ... Views: ... 9,695 ... Notoriety: ... 5.01 NeiChuan ... Posts: ... 1,400 ... Views: ... 6,778 ... Notoriety: ... 4.84 sean ... Posts: ... 2,802 ... Views: ... 12,528 ... Notoriety: ... 4.47 Twinner ... Posts: ... 1,364 ... Views: ... 6,009 ... Notoriety: ... 4.41 Non ... Posts: ... 1,570 ... Views: ... 6,257 ... Notoriety: ... 3.99 Apech ... Posts: ... 3,359 ... Views: ... 13,379 ... Notoriety: ... 3.98 Gerard ... Posts: ... 2,149 ... Views: ... 8,543 ... Notoriety: ... 3.98 Little1 ... Posts: ... 1,833 ... Views: ... 7,177 ... Notoriety: ... 3.92 SereneBlue ... Posts: ... 1,295 ... Views: ... 4,950 ... Notoriety: ... 3.82 ralis ... Posts: ... 2,706 ... Views: ... 10,151 ... Notoriety: ... 3.75 YaMu ... Posts: ... 1,895 ... Views: ... 7,048 ... Notoriety: ... 3.72 markern ... Posts: ... 1,195 ... Views: ... 4,303 ... Notoriety: ... 3.60 Otis ... Posts: ... 1,164 ... Views: ... 4,069 ... Notoriety: ... 3.50 Trunk ... Posts: ... 3,228 ... Views: ... 11,058 ... Notoriety: ... 3.43 Taomeow ... Posts: ... 3,068 ... Views: ... 10,278 ... Notoriety: ... 3.35 Stigweard ... Posts: ... 3,996 ... Views: ... 13,110 ... Notoriety: ... 3.28 CT ... Posts: ... 2,311 ... Views: ... 7,491 ... Notoriety: ... 3.24 steve ... Posts: ... 2,828 ... Views: ... 9,112 ... Notoriety: ... 3.22 Pietro ... Posts: ... 1,784 ... Views: ... 5,674 ... Notoriety: ... 3.18 ChiDragon ... Posts: ... 1,450 ... Views: ... 4,562 ... Notoriety: ... 3.15 Sunya ... Posts: ... 2,157 ... Views: ... 6,348 ... Notoriety: ... 2.94 vortex ... Posts: ... 3,206 ... Views: ... 9,386 ... Notoriety: ... 2.93 cat ... Posts: ... 3,090 ... Views: ... 8,955 ... Notoriety: ... 2.90 xabir2005 ... Posts: ... 1,539 ... Views: ... 4,320 ... Notoriety: ... 2.81 witch ... Posts: ... 1,207 ... Views: ... 3,222 ... Notoriety: ... 2.67 Vajrasattva ... Posts: ... 1,995 ... Views: ... 5,320 ... Notoriety: ... 2.67 drewhempel ... Posts: ... 1,960 ... Views: ... 5,182 ... Notoriety: ... 2.64 3bob ... Posts: ... 1,404 ... Views: ... 3,661 ... Notoriety: ... 2.61 thelerner ... Posts: ... 3,188 ... Views: ... 8,207 ... Notoriety: ... 2.57 freeform ... Posts: ... 1,714 ... Views: ... 4,278 ... Notoriety: ... 2.50 rain ... Posts: ... 2,745 ... Views: ... 6,639 ... Notoriety: ... 2.42 MalStainkey ... Posts: ... 6,388 ... Views: ... 14,703 ... Notoriety: ... 2.30 Lucky7Strikes ... Posts: ... 1,805 ... Views: ... 4,147 ... Notoriety: ... 2.30 SpiritApe ... Posts: ... 1,171 ... Views: ... 2,678 ... Notoriety: ... 2.29 SloppyZhang ... Posts: ... 2,963 ... Views: ... 6,712 ... Notoriety: ... 2.27 joeblast ... Posts: ... 3,621 ... Views: ... 8,054 ... Notoriety: ... 2.22 mantis ... Posts: ... 1,353 ... Views: ... 2,927 ... Notoriety: ... 2.16 AugustLeo ... Posts: ... 1,205 ... Views: ... 2,603 ... Notoriety: ... 2.16 Pero ... Posts: ... 1,314 ... Views: ... 2,777 ... Notoriety: ... 2.11 -K- ... Posts: ... 3,865 ... Views: ... 8,122 ... Notoriety: ... 2.10 sunshine ... Posts: ... 1,296 ... Views: ... 2,552 ... Notoriety: ... 1.97 TaijiBum ... Posts: ... 1,776 ... Views: ... 3,332 ... Notoriety: ... 1.88 Scotty ... Posts: ... 4,910 ... Views: ... 8,637 ... Notoriety: ... 1.76 Smile ... Posts: ... 1,898 ... Views: ... 2,994 ... Notoriety: ... 1.58 goldisheavy ... Posts: ... 2,865 ... Views: ... 4,435 ... Notoriety: ... 1.55 Marblehead ... Posts: ... 11,383 ... Views: ... 17,594 ... Notoriety: ... 1.55 Spectrum ... Posts: ... 2,302 ... Views: ... 3,332 ... Notoriety: ... 1.45 Vajrahridaya ... Posts: ... 5,751 ... Views: ... 7,933 ... Notoriety: ... 1.38 林愛偉 ... Posts: ... 1,427 ... Views: ... 1,837 ... Notoriety: ... 1.29 Lozen ... Posts: ... 2,723 ... Views: ... 3,047 ... Notoriety: ... 1.12 Wayfarer64 ... Posts: ... 1,563 ... Views: ... 1,714 ... Notoriety: ... 1.10 Yoda ... Posts: ... 6,443 ... Views: ... 4,495 ... Notoriety: ... 0.70 Cameron ... Posts: ... 5,091 ... Views: ... 2,640 ... Notoriety: ... 0.52 (Actually I only did it to knock Marblehead off his post heheheh )

How To Remember the Tai Chi Form When You Are Practicing Alone I often have my students ask me, "I keep forgetting the form outside of class when I try to practice on my own. How do I remember the Tai Chi form?" Of course what happens often is that the student will practice only up to where they can remember and then stop. Thus their private practice time is severely limited and early progress can be inhibited or, as often happens, the student gets discouraged and gives up entirely. Normally I would just give my standard response to this sort of question, "Practice more." But I got to thinking about it recently and wondered if there could be a way to help this process. Read more on How To Remember the Tai Chi Form When You Are Practicing Alone

Spiritual, Medical & Martial Bagua Qi Gong - Ashland, OR Event Title: Spiritual, Medical & Martial Qi Gong Event Date and Time: Dec 10 & 11 - Noon to 7:30pm Overview: When mastery of vortexes is accomplished with the oldest traditional practice it becomes a beautiful spiraling dance that coils and uncoils with the tao, originating form the void (zero point.) The root of these arts are seen in dances of indigenous cultures and shamanic practices which open up sky ladders to connect with the ancestors. Instead of forms, simple short drills are introduced to make learning easier and fun. Read more on Spiritual, Medical & Martial Bagua Qi Gong - Ashland, OR

Tai Chi Chuan and the Tao of Anger Management I recently had the pleasure of being involved in a discussion with fellow Tai Chi practitioners about how Tai Chi can help people deal with anger. The context was in relation to my request for advice about how to help a student manage anger in the training environment, especially once they took a hit or two in sparring. Here are some of the excellent responses I received: Read more on Tai Chi Chuan and the Tao of Anger Management

Tai Chi Postures and Tai Chi Movements When discussing the various Tai Chi postures and Tai Chi movements (also referred to as Tai Chi poses or gestures) the very first Tai Chi posture to understand and establish is the Wuji 無極 stance. By understanding this Tai Chi posture properly you will develop a good foundation to then learn all the other Tai Chi postures. Read more on Tai Chi Postures and Tai Chi Movements

SIT Monterey- Sunrise Integrative Therapies Monterey, CA, USA Overview: These are community service by donation sessions- and we only ask for written feedback via email- of the effects of therapy or hand written after the therapy- about the experience sensations or immediate results. Info could be used for Doctoral research for our Doctoral work within the International Institute of Medical Qigong and Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (China) Practitioner's Name(s): Amba Dryg, Takakshi Tamasu, Dahveed Daharo, Hannibal Abera all MMQs (Masters of Medical Qigong Therapy) Current Doctoral Candidates under Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson founder of IIMQ. Read more on SIT Monterey- Sunrise Integrative Therapies Monterey, CA, USA

FREE Medical Qigong Therapy Sessions Dec. 1, 2, 3 - 2011- Monterey, CA Event Date and Time: Dec. 1, 2, 3 - 2011 Overview: Over 50 MMQs currently, will be taking clinical exams for DMQ- Doctor of Medical Qigong for the International Institute of Medical Qigong and seek participants for Dec. 1,2,3. Read more on FREE Medical Qigong Therapy Sessions

Event Title: FREE Medical Qigong Therapy Sessions Dec. 1, 2, 3 - 2011- Monterey, CA Event Date and Time: Dec. 1, 2, 3 - 2011 Overview: Over 50 MMQs currently, will be taking clinical exams for DMQ- Doctor of Medical Qigong for the International Institute of Medical Qigong and seek participants for Dec. 1,2,3. Read more on FREE Medical Qigong Therapy Sessions

Stillness Movement & Gift of the Tao Neigong with Medical Qigong & Taoist Medicine Clinical Applications Event Date and Time: January 21-24, 2012 Overview: Join us January 21, 22 to learn the internal Neigong system of Stillness-Movement along with the Shamanic Shifting Neigong techniques of Gift of the Tao movements. In the optional clinical applications days January 23, 24 learn Qi projection techniques (wai qi liao fa) and Chinese Taoist Medicine therapeutic techniques for healing others. Read more on Stillness Movement & Gift of the Tao Neigong with Medical Qigong & Taoist Medicine Clinical Applications

I recently had the pleasure of being involved in a discussion with fellow Tai Chi practitioners about how Tai Chi can help people deal with anger. The context was in relation to my request for advice about how to help a student manage anger in the training environment, especially once they took a hit or two in sparring. Have a read of some of the great responses I received: Tai Chi Chuan and the Tao of Anger Management

Event Title: Clinical Applications of Medical Qigong Event Date and Time: Sunday, December 11, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m Overview: * Good circulation, good health * Long tendons, long life * Healthy body, healthy mind Read more on "Clinical Applications of Medical Qigong, Oakland, California"

I asked David Wei what might be learned at this event. His response: "We will explore three simple principles of healing qigong - good circulation/good health, long tendons/long life, healthy body/healthy mind. and how they apply to a clinical practice. hope to see you there" LOL short sweet and to the point