Austin Systema and Tai Chi Chuan

05/04/2024

Move. Breathe. Heal. Connect. Try a Tai Chi & Qigong class at Casa de Luz on April 14th & May 11th at 12pm. Complimentary to the Community. RSVP to [email protected].

27/09/2023

Spent the week with my sons. Drove a few thousand miles. Substituted hikes and pushups for working out.
Big concern was...how do I wear on the road and keep my blood pressure gains. Easy enough. If no good alternative was available I just didn't eat. Squeezed in a good 24 hour fast at one point. Result? Healthy BP and ...STILL NO SNORING. which is weird but I'll take it.
Non-processed food for the win...even on the road.

13/09/2023

My shoelaces didn't puff dust this morning after my run! Rain sweet rain.
Now for some hormone enhancement ,😃

10/09/2023

A question from another page. Why do forms? I read through the answers with some sadness. People gave their answers. Biomechanics, fighting techniques, health etc.
I think the notion that you can learn to fight from a form is nonsense...the other reasons listed...well, okay.
For me it is a different reason entirely.
Imagine living on the rim of the Grand Canyon...each dawn and each sunset you sit on your favorite rock and watch the colors and the shadows play on the canyon walls. On occasion an elk walks by or an eagle soars overhead...see the lizard dart from shelter to shelter... would you ever be bored? No. Endlessly fascinating, awe inspiring, humility inducing and peace...even watching lightning dance across the sky and hearing the thunderous bass rumble and bounce...the fat splat tapping of raindrops on the dirt building to a crescendo then leaving and leaving behind that smell...that post rain wash smell.
For me, practicing the form is this way and I am the canyon and the rain and the seasons past and passing. A familiar landscape brand new each day.

11/08/2023

Austin Systema and Tai Chi is evolving.
In order to present a more accurate picture of the two methods of training I currently offer, myself and Amy Imes have created a new entity called Water Way Tai Chi.

Now a person looking for taijiquan won't look at my school and see images of people being thrown to the ground and punched in the face😊 and people looking for Systema won't imagine that they will escape rasslin and pushups and being thrown to the ground and punched in the face.

If you can spare a click, it would really help if you could like and/or follow the new page.

https://www.facebook.com/waterwaytaichiatx?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Water Way Tai Chi builds into health, happiness, & overall wellness in Austin, TX.

10/08/2023

Training makes everything better.

Ever wondered why you can’t meet your fitness goals? Behavioural scientist Emily Balcetis turned to elite runners to find the answer. She proposes a strategy that consists of changing your visual focus. Video by: Izabela Cardoso & Fernando Teixeira Executive producer: Griesham Taan

05/07/2023

Well it isn't dirt but it'll do.
Heading back to the city. The desert is always good to me.
Once in Huashan I didn't want to leave, once in meditation I wanted to stay, each time in the desert some impatience is burned away and the peaceful have told me...it's not your cave. It's the road for you, live, shar your knowledge,support and return when you can, to wash, to sit, to burn away nonessential until what is left is who you are.

24/06/2023

Why practice Tai Chi? A recent New York Times article makes the case. Stay tuned for detail on an introductory Tai Chi Chuan series offered by Austin Systema in August.

The mental and physical benefits span cultures and generations. Here’s how to get started.

21/06/2023

It doesn't have to be fancy to be effective.
Triceps and grip