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	<description>"But I don't want to go among mad people." says Alice to the Cat</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 19:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Taiji Bell Body</title>
		<link>http://wujimon.com/2008/05/06/taiji-bell-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 19:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I have been coming across more and more references to the &#8216;Taiji Bell Body&#8217;. One explanation I have heard is to extend the dantien in front and the mingmen behind you in such a way that your body creates a bell shape. Ok.. sounds about right, but how? 
Then, I ran across the following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zhan Zhuang Taiji</title>
		<link>http://wujimon.com/2008/04/28/zhan-zhuang-taiji/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night after about 20 minutes of zhan zhuang standing meditation, I do as I normally do, that is go into the Yang long form. However, this time, I mixed things up a bit and did &#8220;zhan zhuang taiji&#8221;. This is basically, taking the form but then holding movements for an extended amount of time. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fishing</title>
		<link>http://wujimon.com/2008/04/17/fishing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.&#8221;
&#8211; Henry David Thoreau
&#160;
More and more, I have been noticing a shift within my own training. The main emphasis has been zhan zhuang with a sprinkle of form play thrown in the mix. The shift is I don&#8217;t really worry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stand like Sitting on a Chair</title>
		<link>http://wujimon.com/2008/04/09/stand-like-sitting-on-a-chair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of Ralph&#8217;s &#8220;One Hundred Days&#8220;, I decided the timing was right to jump in myself and train consistently for 100 days. I am actually planning to attend an upcoming workshop by Fong Ha, a practitioner of Yang Taijiquan and Yiquan. It just so happens the workshop is roughly 100 days away! What a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Intent of the Knees</title>
		<link>http://wujimon.com/2008/03/26/the-intent-of-the-knees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man.. this could not have come at a better time as I am still experiencing some knee pains.&#160; Anyhoo, while perusing taiji literature, I ran across the following passage:
7. The knees
Avoid downward pressing of the knees. Imagine the knee is always directed upwards when squatting down, pushing forward or forming a horse stance.
&#8211; Source: Neigong.net [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking to Check Stances</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I don&#8217;t often practice taiji in front a mirror, I catch myself looking down to check my stances. I have been corrected on this more than a couple of times from my Chen taiji instructor. He would tell me to try and *feel* the correct alignment instead of looking down to check. 
What this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Wuji&#8217;s Playhouse</title>
		<link>http://wujimon.com/2008/02/29/introducing-wujis-playhouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have decided to split the blog and make wujimon.com focused on taiji, health, meditation, etc. 
The new blog, Wuji&#8217;s Playhouse will be about things like video games, technology, aquarium, basically all the off-topic and other ramblings I do from time to time. 
Now, back to your regularly scheduled program..  
    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharp Knee Pains</title>
		<link>http://wujimon.com/2008/02/27/sharp-knee-pains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of days, I have had to stop practicing due to experiencing sharp knee pains. Now, this is not a new thing as I have always had knee pains, which I attributed to my high flying, low stance training Wushu days. However, the only major difference in my training is that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breathing With the Back</title>
		<link>http://wujimon.com/2008/02/20/breathing-with-the-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wujimon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a practitioner of abdominal breathing and during one of my sessions, I recalled a memory with an old chen teacher of mine. He was talking to the class about abdominal breathing and the roles of &#8216;heng and ha&#8217; within the taiji form. He then proceeded to tell us that we should try to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chen Xiaoxing&#8217;s USA Seminar Schedule</title>
		<link>http://wujimon.com/2008/02/19/chen-xiaoxings-usa-seminar-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I missed Chen Xiaoxing (CXX) last time he came through the US, but he&#8217;s making his way around again. This time, I may have the opportunity to check him out! I&#8217;m pretty excited about the whole thing as the last time I attended a workshop was back in like 2004 (Pizza With Chen Xiaowang). 
I [...]]]></description>
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