by Rick Barrett | Apr 6, 2026 | Alignment, Taiji
Conscious, intentional feeling and movement of the wrist is a huge factor in expressing internal power. Wrists are designed to be dynamic participants in arm movements, and wrists that are Song make it much easier to be Song throughout your body.
by Rick Barrett | Mar 12, 2026 | "A Wee Bit of Alchemy with Rick Barrett", Taiji
Song is essential to Tai Chi. Song is releasing muscular tension so that we can shift to a different source of internal power, the intrinsic structure of the body as a unified whole.
by Rick Barrett | Jun 25, 2020 | Taiji
I came across this article buried deep in my blog archives and was excited to visit an old friend. It originally appeared in Tai Chi Magazine in Summer 2001. I don’t have the photos that appeared in the magazine, but I think the text will be sufficient for...
by Rick Barrett | Jun 3, 2020 | Elbow, Taiji
There is a secret source of taiji power that is buried in plain sight. You actually have two of them, standard issue for most humans, and you have most likely been unaware of the vast potential they hold. Elbows. “Elbows?! You gotta be kidding me!”...
by Rick Barrett | Mar 28, 2020 | Healing
These are certainly challenging times for us all. I don’t think that “global pandemic” and “social distancing” were on many of our New Year’s To Do lists. But here we are, and the whole world is encountering uncertainty on so many fronts. Resilience is one thing I’ve...
