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Strangely, it was the world's greatest Karate master who changed my Tai Chi, my life, and the unique approach I have developed to expanding Tai Chi to the masses.
I had the great honor and privilege of studying under Sensei Fumio Demura who is arguably the greatest Karate master in human history (see below documentary trailer on Sensei Demura's amazing journey).
Sensei Demura changed my Tai Chi journey for the rest of my life when he told me, "The power of your punch is not determined by your muscular mass or strength, or how big you are, or how hard you train. It is determined by how relaxed you are between your fist cocked position and the completion of your punch." This caused me to understand the true power of Tai Chi, not just as a martial art, but as a "way of life," as it above all other arts teaches us how to relax through the challenges of our tumultuous constantly changing lives. In a world changing as fast as ours it, this puts Tai Chi into a category that the entire planet really needs to have access to.
The Real Myagi, a documentary on the greatest Karate master in human history
Sensei Fumio Demura
Today, I teach Tai Chi as a profound stress management tool that is seeing amazing results in not only hospital settings, but in major corporations, public schools, and all levels of society, including in prisons. I eventually gave up Karate and moved totally into Tai Chi because I realized that Tai Chi's highest gift is its ability to teach us "how to relax" into our lives, and the medical research shows how profoundly this affects us.
Sensei Demura, unwittingly was the catalyst for my honing a wholly unique approach to Tai Chi and Qigong ... focusing almost completely on Tai Chi's aspect of "letting go." A unique combination of Sitting Meditation, Moving Qigong Meditation, and Tai Chi as a Mind-Body Meditation. And as you'll see in this video it is having a profound effect on the nearly 200 weekly students I teach.
That is what this possible video instructional project I've been offering is about ... if you want to be updated as this video instructional project develops, email me at billdouglas@worldtaichiday.org with "video instructional project" in the subj. line.
-- Bill Douglas, Founder of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
ANOTHER INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO TAI CHI AS A LOOSENING EXERCISE,
by Tai Chi master David Dorian Ross.
You may know David from his founding of the global livestream of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day, "24 Hours of World Peace," where he stays up for 24 hours interviewing and covering livestreaming of our global event, in 2017 he plugged in with events in over 40 nations.
BUT YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW, that David is one of the greatest Tai Chi champions in the world, and has won numerous Tai Chi championships.
DAVID OFFERS SOME "FREE DAILY LESSONS" AT HIS WEBSITE:
A video testament to what the global Tai Chi & Qigong community has been able to accomplish ... when we come together ... 100s of cities in over 80 nations ...
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WE ARE ALL STUDENTS ... OUR JOURNEY NEVER STOPS...We ALL have MUCH to learn from each other
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A personal tribute to just a few of the great Tai Chi and Qigong
legends and masters who have had a huge influence on my
Tai Chi journey of nearly 40 years ...
-- Bill Douglas, Founder of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
Grandmaster Hong Yijiao
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Grandmaster Effie Chow
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Master Jais Booth
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Sifu Elizabeth Keith
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Grandmaster Dr. Luk
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Sifu Bev Abella
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Grandmaster Woo
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Sifu Jose Milton Olivera
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Grandmaster Dr. Michael Steward, Sr.
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Sifu Angela Wong Douglas
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Master Roger Jahnke
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Master Mohmed Essa
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Sifu Maria Lordes Lopez
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Sifu Hilda Cardinaels
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Master Ariel Betti
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Master Nikola Maricic
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Master Ken Ryan
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Sifu Dave Bucklow
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Grandmaster David Dorian Ross
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Grandmaster Kuo Lien Ying
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Sifu Olive Hui
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Master Francesco Garipolli
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Master Dave Pickens
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Grandmaster Ken Cohen
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Grandmaster Henry Look
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Grandmaster Li Junfeng
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Although he was not a Tai Chi master, but rather the most famous Karate master in the world (Karate Kid film, etc.), Grandmaster Fumio Demura was a man I had the great honor and privilege of studying Karate under. And Sensei Demura taught me something that profoundly changed my study and practice, and later teaching, of Tai Chi ... when he told me, "The power of your punch is not determined by your muscular mass or strength, or how big you are, or how hard you train. It is determined by
how relaxed you are between your fist cocked position and the completion of your punch
." This was echoed in a way by Bruce Lee who also studied under Master Demura. Bruce Lee said, "Learn your art, and then forget everything you have learned so that a raw unbridled flow can pass through you."
Grandmaster Fumio Demura
And there were a few who massively enabled my Tai Chi journey, and my ability to teach it to the mass public ... and to found this global event to help other teachers expand their teaching ... even though I never actually had the pleasure of meeting them ...
Lao Tzu, Walt Whitman, Rumi, Alan Watts, Fritjof Capra, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Yogananda,
Dr. Andrew Weil, Bruce Lipton, Richard Bach, Dr. Herbert Benson, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and Albert Einstein
Apologies to the many more Tai Chi & Qigong experts and mind-body masters who have touched my Tai Chi journey in huge ways ... this is only a small sampling of those who have.
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