push hands – Michelle Folk Johnson

The Partner/Opponent: Paradox in Push Hands

I’ve liked fighting since I was a kid. Not real fighting, and not watching sport fighting, but wrestling with my little brother. I loved the energy of it— getting mad at each other, getting riled up, then yelling at each other, the grappling, the slapping each other, but not so hard that we’d actually hurtContinue reading “The Partner/Opponent: Paradox in Push Hands”

Standing & Push Hands in Canada

Recently I returned from a weeklong training with my teacher in Canada. My friends and training mates J and N were with me, and the three of us got a lot of quality time with our teacher. When people ask me what we practice with our teacher, I tell them it’s tai chi, but itContinue reading “Standing & Push Hands in Canada”

Training Journal 04.08.22

I meet with a writing partner every other Friday. We share what we will be working on for the day, and then we sit together for an hour and work on our respective pieces. Today I told my partner that I wanted to write a blog post I could complete and publish today. My mainContinue reading “Training Journal 04.08.22”