<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Teaching from first principles helps to avoid the pitfalls that plague many martial artists. Sparring, tuishou, competitions, and the myriad competitive exercises cause students to forget the context of real violence. Non-competitive training can be just as bad as competitive training, if and effort is not made to remind the student of the context.</span></p><p></p><div class="iframe-wrapper"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/813730056?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div>

Teaching from first principles helps to avoid the pitfalls that plague many martial artists.  Exercises cause students to forget the importance of context.

Effortlessness in CONTEXT

Read articles, tips, and resources to help you learn, grow, and succeed. Explore our latest posts covering education, community, and personal growth

Blog – Insights, Tips & Resources for Learning and Growth

Explore articles, tips, and insights to help you succeed in learning, community building, and personal development.

Blog – Learn, Grow & Get Inspired

English

Playfair Display

Roboto

Dashboard

Memberships

Courses

Video Library

Digital Products

Order History

Subscription

Profile

Coaching Programs

Bundle Courses

Communities

Groups

Physical Products

Live Products

Audio Library

Events

Appointments

Premium Pages

Certificates

Badges

Coin History

Organization Orders

Affiliate Dashboard

Settings

Billing

taichi

Primary Menu

System Defaults

Primary color

Primary color hover

Heading text color

Body text color

Banner text color

Primary button text color

Primary button text hover color

Secondary button background color

Secondary button background hover color

Secondary button text color

Secondary button text hover color

Navbar item background color

Navbar item text color

Navbar item text hover color

Effortlessness in CONTEXT

Effortlessness in CONTEXT

Related Posts

A Problem with Traditional Tai chi Lineages - The Perils of Authority and Power

Easy to do. Difficult to correct.

The importance of doing hardly any practice.

Don't call it "chi" ( "chee", "qi" )

Questions, questions, questions.