How to refine your art of Tai Chi ?

How do you able to refine your art of Tai Chi and have not being learning from anyone all these years?

I learnt from the mistakes made by my students. I saw and recognised their mistakes made. These were mistakes made by me too.
I looked at paintings of many artists. I saw the mistakes of their strokes made by them. I took these as my mistakes and refined mine.
Observing the manners and speeches made by monks and nuns I could identify my shortcomings. I do change and improve on myself manners and thinking.

This is of course a funny way of reflection and rectification of my mistakes.
I don’t criticise and look down upon them because they are my immediate teachers while I have none now.

这么多年您都没有向任何人学习，您是如何更进您的太极武术？

我从学生的犯错中学习，看到及辨识到他们如何犯错。这也是如同我在犯错一样。
我在看画家作画时，他们笔画上所犯的错误，我把它当作自己的错误来提升自己。
在观察和尚与尼姑们言行举止的同时，我能发现到自己的缺陷. 我改变及更进自己的言行举止。

这是一个很可笑的反省及更正自己错误的方法。
我不批评及看扁他们，因为我没有任何老师，他们便成为我的老师。

Comments :
Chow , may you telling me , is it your chinese name .

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筆名

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色身體發梅花香 今世修為非無因

The more you give, the more you gain

Willingly to give is willing to receive.

The more you give, the more you gain.

I have been teaching Tai Chi for more than forty years, and yet, I still can give new knowledge of Tai Chi for every single lesson.

I really don’t know why I have so much to impart.

The new ideas and realisation of the skills keep on coming to me.

Every day, I am lacking of understanding why I have been writing so many postings on FB.

The more I write, the more ideas come into my head.

I have no choice but to keep on writing.

Is it sickness that I have?

Or am I partially awakened?

Comments :
You are awakened master Chow Cheong King , your postings help so many peoples who get the same frequency with love and kindness , we love and respect you so much 😍😍🙏🙏🙏

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Thank you.

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You give your gift and that is beautiful. In my class, we used to say that we don’t do Tai Chi; Tai Chi does us.

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Master, the knowledge of the universe are channeling to you thru your mind and soul. My 2 cents. Om.

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Love the message Master…love the painting..you are truly Wisdom personified. A truly enlightened and healthy mind and soul that is Master Chow!!! You are on the right track Sir.

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Thank you Maître Chow

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REJOICE! REJOICE! REJOICE! to all your accomplishments! 🙏🙏🙏

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Master You have been blessed with a gift for talent so this is how you must use it that’s why the more you write the more you ‘re blessed with new ideas to write. Tai chi is very important n good for the mind n body that’s why you’re so blessed 😊

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Thank you for your daily teachings. You are a blessing.

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Hello master, you are awakened. I read your post all the times, they’re lessons to learn in daily life. I read one post talking about chanting 108 times. What’s 108 stands for. Thank you so much for sharing.

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It’s a multiple 9. We have 9 powerful planets that will affect our life journey. Doing so we cut down lots of obstacles

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thank you, but it’s not clear. Please describe.

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In olden day, the 9 as a highest and auspicious number which is powerful enough to clear our defilement and mistakes.

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9 is also mentioned in the bibles it is the highest number 😊

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May buddha blessing to you. Master chow

The bank of cosmos

One day I was called into my Tai Chi Master’s room.
My Tai Chi Master Huang wanted to know the level of my understanding of Tai Chi art after I had been practising for so many years.
He was about 75 years old or more.

When I touched his arm in pushing-hand, I was just lifted up in the air and found myself landed on to the sofa.
So I quickly took this rare opportunity to ask him a very important question.

I asked,” Master, I could see that none of your students have acquired 10% of your art. What would happen if you leave this world? Your Art is vanishing.”

My master answered,” All these arts, like Tai Chi, Taoist spiritual art, and other forms of meditation can not be vanished because they are saved in the bank of the cosmos.
For those students who make an effort to work harder, can reach and open the cosmic bank to acquire the wisdom and knowledge of any art.
If you work harder, when you reach my age you are able to apply the Tai chi or any spiritual skills in a more efficient way.”

Of course, at time, I could not understand what he had said.
Only recently, as I am getting older, his voice is ringing at my ear.
I start to tap the wisdom and knowledge from the bank of the cosmos.
That means to say, I need to work even harder.

I used to tell this story to my students in case if I leave this world all of a sudden.

某天，我的太极师父把我叫进他的房间。
黄师父想要了解我跟他学习这么多年，我对太极的领悟到了什么程度。
当时他大约75岁。

当我在推手时触碰到他的手，我整个人很轻易被抬起于空中然后被摔到沙发上。
我赶紧趁这难逢之际，问了他一个很重要的问题。

我问：”师父，我可以看到没有任何一位您的学生达到一成您的功夫。 您若离开这世间，您的功夫不就失传了吗？”

我的师父回答：“这些太极的功夫，道家的灵修以及其他禅修的功法是无法消失的，因为它们储存在宇宙的银行之中。
那些精进用功的学生，可以来到开启这宇宙的银行，索取所有智慧及技术的知识。
只要您勤习，当你到了我的年纪你就能够更好的运用太极或任何心灵之术。”

当然，那时我并不明白及理解他说的话。
直至近日，我也开始年迈了，他的话语一直不停的在我耳边回响。
我开始挖掘宇宙中的智慧与知识。
这代表我必须更加的努力。

也许有一天我突然离开这世间，因此我经常告诉学生们这些故事。

Comments :
Master chow you already acquired your master art and pushing hand but you are humble do not admit it . I saw you one push few of your students fly off .
Your master will be very proud of you for you have carried on what he had taught you in those years you under his care . Om……

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thank you dear Sir, this is beautiful comment ❤ so you are telling us to continue…because when the student is ready, the answer or lesson will be revealed? thank you for your care & encouragement ❤

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A very wise attitude. Nothing is lost. On the contrary a master is a pioneer travelling and discovering uncharted universes. Your master gave you his legacy of his travels as you give yours. This is selfless and should be a strong motivation for others to Love learning and give their lives to the quest of discovery with great passion.

Walking meditation and Tai Chi

Walking meditation helps you to develop concentration with awareness.
Each step that touches the ground will awaken your inner being.
As you progress, you find your body and ‘That’ are there bonded together.
Bliss and peacefulness come into existence for you to enjoy.

I realise this understanding while I am deeply involved while doing my Tai Chi practice.

The ‘I’, the ego has just disappeared.
The energy of the outside cosmic universe and your own little inner cosmic universe energy just merges to form into ‘Oneness’.
Hence you are the one who is bathing in the cosmic sea of bliss and peace.

行禅有助于开发定力与觉知。
每一步与大地接触的当下都会震醒你的心灵。
在这过程，你会发现你身体与“祂”紧密的连结在一起。
幸福与宁静美妙的感受为你而出现。

我是透过很深入的太极锻炼之中才领悟到其中的道理。

“自我” 就从此消失了。
那大宇宙的能量与你自己小宇宙的能量就这样溶为一体。
因此你就是浸泡在宇宙幸福及宁静海洋中的那一位。

Comments :
Walking meditation may help peaceful minded N good physical movement, but it also could be very dangerous to physical as well. For example: tripped or hit on something than falling down, or somehow could accidentally unintentionally stepped on innocent lives and killed them. Like new born baby cats, dogs, etc. It also could be stepped on poisons venomous reptiles that could cause deadly.
In my opinion, I would rather practice exercise as much as I could, than sit still practice meditation is better..

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You can walk in your house or garden in circle.

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You both have great advice, Uncle Chow Cheong King and Sis N, Walking meditation and Sitting meditation’re the best way to make people have peaceful mind and good physical, thanks for sharing your idea to us 🙂

I may not be there in the next rebirth to guide you

Message From Reader :
I should have learnt Tai chi and meditation from you much earlier if you have advertised yourself in the papers.

Master Chow’s Reply :
We are just a passersby or a traveller on this world of illusion.
Soon we will have to transit to the next new world of more challenging.

Name and fame are like passing clouds and morning mists to me. They will be dispersed soon.
Why should we be longing to such an insubstantial title?

We met each other is due to our past karma and we need to complete the left over task or practice you haven’t finished.
If you delay or refuse to learn the art I am afraid you have to come back again to finish your learning.
I may not be there in the next rebirth to guide you.

問：
如果你有在报纸登广告，我就能够早点向你学太极和静坐。

答：
我们只是在这梦幻世界的一位过客或旅客。
很快的，我们就会转道去更具挑战性的新世界。

名义和美誉对我而言如飘云和晨露，刹那间就会消散无踪。
我们何必去欲求这些无意义的浮名?

我们相見是因为过去的因缘，我们要把未完成的事項和功課做完。
你若是推迟或拒绝继续学习，恐怕你来世还要回来完成。
但我下一世可能不会在你身边引导你。

Comments :
Hmm. The moment you realise your stay is not permanent your attachments decrease and your heart opens up. You value every thing lot more.

How long does it take to learn Tai Chi completely ?

How long does it take for you to perfectly completed learning Tai Chi ?

I don’t know.
To me every learning and practising of Tai Chi is always a new awakening organic process.
Every moment of the practice provides me with a new realisation and awakening of my inner dignity and understanding of me with the universe I am in.

I do feel sadness or happiness or mixture of other feelings.
As long as I don’t attach to them and leave them alone to come and go is an opening experience of what the Buddha was talking about the suffering and ending of the suffering in his four Noble Truth.

I go beyond the art and realisation of Tai Chi.
The process keeps on renewing my practice endlessly like the flow of the tidal waves.
I suppose why the Buddha after his full enlightenment still sits on to practice his meditation as his enlightenment has never ended.

你需要花多长时间，才能将太极拳完整的学完 ？

我不知道。
对我而言，每次的学习与锻炼都是全新的觉醒过程。
每一刻的学习都让我有所发现及觉醒我内在的人格，并让我理解在宇宙中的我。

我也会感觉到悲伤、幸福或其他的情绪。
只要我不去执着他们，不理会他们的来去，这样的体验就是佛陀所说的苦及灭苦之道的四圣谛。

我超越了太极之术的领域。
这样的过程，不断的无止尽地，如潮水般更新我的锻炼。
我想这就是为什么佛祖在证悟后仍然坚持静坐，因为证悟是没有止境的。

There is no short cut or cheap way to learn any form of art

I used to tell my students that to make a pair of shoes you need to follow and learn to make it well as least three years from a realised master.
No one can learn the spiritual art or the art of tai chi by reading books, watching DVD, or from Google.

You need to be sincere and grateful to the teacher and have to spend time to learn the art.
Not only you learn the art correctly you need to observe and realise the wisdom of your master.

There is no short cut or cheap way to learn any form of art.

我常常提醒我的学生想学会做好一对鞋，你需要跟明师学习至少三年。
至於学习心灵艺术或太极武术，从书本上、影碟中或谷歌网络是学不到的。

你得花时间並真心诚意地向老师学习。
在学习武艺的过程中你不止要练得准确，你还需观察和学习老师的智慧。

学习任何技艺是没有短速或便宜途径。

Tai Chi Chuan is my life

Tai Chi Chuan is my life.
I spend my whole life to perfect myself learning this art.
This is another form of meditation in motion.
太极拳是我的生命。
我用一生时间去学习这门艺术並不断练得更完美。
这也是一种动中禅。

The Three Levels of Tai Chi Chuan
太極拳 的 三階

There are three different levels of Tai Chi Chuan – Human, Earth, and Heaven.
太極拳分 天丶地丶人 三階

• The Human Level relaxes your sinews and vitalizes your blood.
• The Earth Level “opens the gates” so that the chi can reach the joints
• The Heaven Level exercises the sensory functions.
人階 為舒筋活血 之運動。
地階 為開關達節 之運動。
天階 為知覺作用 之運動。

Each of the above levels has three degrees:
每一階再細分為三段

THE HUMAN LEVEL
The First Degree relaxes your tendons from the shoulders to the fingers.
The Second Degree relaxes your tendons from the hip joint to the “bubbling well” [point in the bottom of each foot, 涌泉].
The Third Degree relaxes your tendons from the sacrum to the top of the head (ni wan).

人階：
一、為自肩至手指的舒筋法。
二、為胯至涌泉的舒筋法。
三、為自尾閭至頭頂(泥丸) 的舒筋法。

THE EARTH LEVEL
The First Degree sinks the chi to the tan-t’ien (丹田).
The Second Degree moves the chi into the bubbling well.
The Third Degree circulates the chi so that it reaches the top of the head.

地階：
一、氣沉丹田。
二、氣達涌泉。
三、氣的運轉，使其達至頭頂。

THE HEAVEN LEVEL
The First Degree is t’ing chin（听劲）[Using the skin to feel the opponent’s energy and from this feeling to further understand his intention], which is the Second Degree.
The Second Degree is tung chin (懂劲）.
The Third Degree is omnipotence(无所不能) – having great or unlimited power.

天階：
一、聽勁(用皮膚去感覺對方的能量)。
二、懂勁(感覺到對方的能量後，從中了解對方的意向)。
三、無所不能(擁有強大或無限的能量)。

Use scientific and logical mind with wisdom to understand Buddha’s teaching

A true buddhist will study and understand truly the teaching of the Buddha before practising it .

Any form of hearsay is unacceptable.

As I learnt the Tai Chi from my master, one day he wrote some words of his
understanding on the board.

He said: ” Don’t move the hands, don’t move the body and don’t move the head.”

It took me three years to understand such a concept and practising it.

After that my art of Tai Chi improves tremendously.

The next concept came from my Tai Chi grand master.

He said: “Suck in the cosmo energy through the top the head and receive or borrow the strength or power from the ground or earth.”

This concept will last me my whole life to understand and practice it.

So don’t take the teaching of the Buddha that easy.

You need to have scientific and logical mind with wisdom to understand it before you started to teach others.

Just be cautious.

真心的學佛弟子，會先用功聞思和了解佛佗的真正教義，然後才修習體證佛法。

所有道聽塗說的佛法資料，都是不可接受的。

就以我學習太極的經驗為例，有一日，師父把體驗到的心法寫在黑板上。

他寫上：手不動，身不動，頭不動。

我用了三年時間去理解這個概念以及運用得上。

此後，我的太極技術進步了非常多。

另外一個概念來自於我太極師父的師父（師公）。

他説：吞天之氣，能量從頭頂進入。接地之力。

我想，我需要用一生去深入了解和體驗這個概念。

所以，請大家千萬不要認為，佛佗的教導是容易了解和修證的。

在成為佛法導師之前，你需要以科學知識和邏輯思維，再加上智慧去了解和修證佛法。

希望大家加倍小心喔。

Comments :
extremely hard to not ‘move’ the hands ” etc.. some masters i read will say some type of tai ji are like noodle-like hands..but therein lies the potential.. Thanks for reminder .

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Come to my center I will show you how to do it.

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Few days ago I worked very hard at my school/workingplace after I finishing my work and went to the park I found out all my energy was very low so I just sat in the sun and the energy in my body just blow away as wind after 20 minutes I can feel my body and mind its clear as I woke up in the morning. So now I will use this method to clear myself after a long day at work. In this way I can find myself to work even harder.

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What a beautiful picture! No worries here. I have only my feet lightly on the path. I teach no one. Maybe those who watch…?

Breathing exercises and Tai Chi

If we practice breathing and movements of Tai Chi that involve rotating the bones and the twisting the muscles, waste materials stagnating in the body are effectively eliminated and new energy is delivered deep into the muscles. Movements that twist and squeeze the muscles also activate the capillaries ( fine and small blood vessels ), invigorating Chi and blood circulation.

For many of students who are stilling learning the Tai Chi from me have never aged and they look at the age of the year they started learning from me and in fact some look much younger. I am also a living example. They can’t find any wrinkles on my face.

當我們做呼吸法和太極練習時， 就會轉動到骨頭和䏎肉， 排出體內堆積的垃圾， 讓新的能量進入深層的䏎肉中。 扭動和擠壓䏎肉的動作會把微𢇁血管打開， 提高血氣的流動量。

很多跟我學習太極的學生， 他們的外貌就如剛開始學習太極時一樣，保持不變， 有些外貌甚至返老還童。 我自己也是一個例証， 面上沒有皺紋。