It has been a year since Bob passed away and all of his students miss him. His Taichi skills were authentic and very high level. It was a privilege to have known and studied with him. However, we are also incredibly grateful that Bob trained his successor so the his tradition of teaching the entire […]
For me the most striking and consequential information in Bob Amacker’s book, The Theoretical Basis of Tai Chi Chuan, is this: there is a major overriding principle present when Taichi is done with a training partner or when fighting an opponent. When learning Taichi, both partners must cooperate to discover how to ‘feel’ The Principle and how to apply it in […]
It was 1970 in San Francisco. As a young college student, I was drawn to study Taichi with reputed master Kuo Lien Ying. In those days Taichi was very interesting and mysterious and I found myself loving it! And, I still love it after over 46 years of training. During that time I have studied […]