We received a book review of Sifu Leo’s book: “Yang Short Form. A beginners guide to Taiji Chaun” from the award winning blog known as “Bloke on the Path. A journey in T’ai Chi, Energy and Life.” Christian, the author of the blog, has been a fellow student of Tai Chi since 1981, and he posts regulary about Tai Chi. He had this to say about Sifu’s book: The book is a nice quality large hardback and is clearly a labour… Read More »Tai Chi Book Review
It was both an honour and a pleasure to be able to spend time with the surgeons of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital over the last 4 weeks. Even though the doctors are very pressed for time and experience an extremely stressful environment, they turned up for their sessions with me. Showing up cannot be overlooked. It is an important part of learning to be present in one’s body. It is the first step to immersion and learning. I thank them for… Read More »Doctors and Tai Chi
Clarissa Johnston and Laura Strugnell represented South Africa the 2021 Olympics and were the first duet artistic swimmers to do so in almost 3 decades. Laura and Clarissa also achieved a score of 7.2 which is the highest South Africa has achieved internationally in 15 years. Vicky Drinkwater is their coach, and also a tai chi student of Sifu Leo Ming. Leo speaks to Vicky, Laura and Clarissa about the sport of artistic swimming, their training and their experience at… Read More »Artistic Swimmers, Olympics and Tai Chi
Four years ago, in a private tai chi lesson, Caroline Addenbrooke wrote down some notes, as she had been doing for a while, and Sifu Leo Ming said: “You could eventually write a whole book just on this one form!” They were practicing the Yang Short form, and this then sparked something in their minds. Taiji and the martial arts have been Sifu Leo’s love, so he was excited to make use of a different form of media to express… Read More »Sifu Leo’s Book Launch
Sifu Leo is launching his book on 14th November, and is offering this Giveaway: Sifu Leo’s Giveaway: Enter to win Four private taiji lessons with Sifu Leo in person or via an online platform (like zoom, cisco, or skype) , valued at R1800, when you purchase two copies of his new book “Yang Short Form. A beginners guide to Taiji Chaun” at the special price of R650 each. Both purchases must be made between the dates of 26th October 2020… Read More »Giveaway
Nicholas, my young hard working , talented student, creating a nunchaku sequence
When months and days and hours of training in martial arts, specifically in tai chi, comes together in a matter of a couple of seconds:
Tips on some techniques for the yang broad sword
Sifu Leo Ming shares some of the common mistakes in tai chi stances and his tips to correct them. For more information on online Tai Chi Classes broadcast from Johannesburg during lockdown, contact Sifu Leo Ming on 0833780468.
For the unconverted or scientifically minded person, if you need some scientific proof of the many benefits of tai chi, then check out this easily understood video, entitled “Qi Gong & Tai Chi – Evidence Based Medicine”: For more information on Tai Chi Classes in Johannesburg, contact Sifu Leo Ming on 0833780468.