Steve Rowe Videos
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Synergy of the Classics
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Steve Rowe
I spent the time in Czech at the end of February priming everyone for the Summer Course in July. We worked on the importance of studying each bit of advice from the classics in synergy with the others.
“Raise the head as if suspended by a rope from above” goes naturally with “lighten the top of the head”. There were a few problems with ‘lighten’ in translation, but when everyone realised that they didn’t need a light bulb on the top of their head, (which I would argue with) they realised that when they tried to ‘straighten’ the head they…
Written on Tuesday, 02 March 2010 10:00
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Pinball Wizard
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Steve Rowe
We’ve been working on the idea of continuous peng in all directions whilst maintaining continuous spiraling motion in the form.
One of the ways we’ve been practicing this idea is with 4 people gently pulling or pushing the form practitioner in all directions making him find his feet and spiral into them, maintaining peng and taking the ‘opponents’ just out of their feet with the first couple of millimetres of movement so that they are still attached, weakened, but not really aware of it.
The skill is in utilising the right-brained ‘spatial’ mind that has the ability to treat all…
Written on Saturday, 23 January 2010 15:38
Tags: Steve Rowe tai chi principles training form pinball fajing
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January 2010 Training
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Steve Rowe
For those that don’t see me too often I thought I’d give you all an update as to what we’ve been working on lately….
The opening of the spine in both directions To not only stretch the spine upwards, but to also feel like you have a weight attached to the coccyx, pulling it downwards to open the spaces between the vertebrae. This goes along with the idea of ‘parking’ the spine and you cannot help but ‘loosen up’ through the ankles, knees and hips at the same time. This also allows you to be more sensitive to gently pulling…
Written on Wednesday, 13 January 2010 13:55
Tags: beyond technique Steve Rowe health tai chi principles training form
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Mnemonic Shi Kon
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Steve Rowe
The Shi Kon training system is mnemonic. At each grade the ‘form’ is mnemonic for the basics and applications to be practised for the next grade. The system is progressive from grade to grade. It works from kicking and boxing to close quarter fighting, to power striking and on to the study of the 16 gates of the human body, to the 13 remaining hands of the system, taking those ideas into curves, circles and spirals to the internal system, the method of employing it into the 5 animals, the methods of emitting power and energy and all these ‘minor…
Written on Friday, 08 January 2010 13:59
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Jablonec Seminar December 2009
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Steve Rowe
I’ve just come back from Jablonec in the Czech Republic teaching Tai Chi, it’s 19 years since I first visited there and have done so for at least 3 times a year ever since. My senior student there is Colonel Ondra Musil from the Czech Police and through him I’ve taught Presidential bodyguards, special services and police self defence instructors throughout that time. Our week long Open Summer Seminar in the mountains of Jizerka next year will be the 19th Annual Open Summer Seminar there.
On the Friday evening we started with qigong and moved on to the feet and…
Written on Monday, 07 December 2009 16:38
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