Author: kevin@tirconaill.com

  • Bagua, Tai Chi and QiGong – Learn fitness, internal cultivation and martial skills from home.

    Internal arts are time tested ways to build health, to de-stress, approached correctly they contain a wealth of martial skills. You can start at any age and still develop decade after decade. Can you learn internal martial arts like Bagua and Tai Chi online? Short answer, yes. It’s my job to guide you to get…

  • Xingyiquan

    Xingyiquan

    A brief history Xingyiquan 形意拳 (literally form/shape intention boxing) , along with many other Chinese martial arts has a mythological origin, that does not necessarily match with the historical origin.  The historical origins are not entirely clear, but there are some broad strokes that are largely agreed upon. Mythologically Xingyiquan was created by the great…

  • The History of Tai Chi Chuan

    The History of Tai Chi Chuan

    x Tai Chi or as it is more completely transliterated Taijiquan (太極拳 ) has debatable roots.  I will briefly cover a number of theories or stories of how Tai Chi originated. They each bring something to an understanding of the art. There is a mythic origin story with Daoist saint/immortal Zhang Sanfeng (張三丰). The story…