T'AI CHI Magazine is the leading international magazine for persons interested in Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan), qigong, and other internal martial arts, as well as those interested in similar Chinese disciplines which contribute to fitness, health, and a balanced personal sense of well being.

Now in its 34th year, it is respected for the quality of its content and the continuing effort to contribute to the development of Tai Chi Chuan world wide. Its feature articles are written by and about international authorities from China and other countries throughout the world.

The magazine is published by Marvin Smalheiser, who founded the publication in 1977 as a four page newsletter. He has practiced Tai Chi since 1969 and studied with Marshall Ho'o and Kai-ying Tung. He teaches at Los Angeles City College Community Services program and Griffith Park.

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CHEN LAO JIYA YI LOU--PART 1
By Jiang Jian-ye. The first half of Chen style's first routine is taught as practiced by Chen Zhenglei. The Chen style is the original T'ai Chi Ch'uan and the first routine emphasizes silk reeling, fast and slow and hard and soft movements. The teaching is step-by-step following a demonstration, and each movement is repeated 2-4 times and shown from front, back and side. There are demonstrations front and back of each segment of 5 to 7 movements. At the end the form is shown front and rear. 120 min. See 1305 for Part 2.

n this issue, Wang Fengming continues his explanation of the various kinds of jin and their uses. Jin can be hard to understand so the information he gives is valuable.Wang is one of Feng Zhiquang’s top students and taught for many years in Europe before coming to the U.S. recently.

Another article in this issue also examines jin from the standpoint of re...