Toot Toot

We haven’t blown our own horn since our tenure began with the May 2007 issue, but when someone commented at Justin’s 92nd birthday party in November that, “Would it really matter if there was no more Vital Force,” we felt like it might be time.

Although we get lots of complimentary emails that we don’t publish, here’s one from Jocelyn Sampson, a devoted student working to become a teacher: “As I practice entirely alone up here on my lakeshore in Northern Ontario, I am hungry for The Vital Force. What a boon it is to be connected through this and the website. After reading Justin Stone’s words on the last front cover of The Vital Force, I became newly mindful of the weight transfer through the whole of my TCC practice. Hopefully this is the impetus for further progress. I am working diligently on enlarging my understanding of Bass Drum, just as I continue to work on softness during Rocking Motion (after having re-read the teaching tips in the May 2007 newsletter) that I downloaded on-line. I am so very grateful. Thank you for providing me with a point of connection to the TCC organization.”

And from YouTube, where two instructional videos were posted by Good Karma Publishing and viewed by almost 19,000 people around the world in the last 12 months: “It’s so nice to watch you teach. I am Chinese but I know nothing about it. I didn’t believe those things about ‘Chi’ before but recently I saw a few videos on YouTube. I strongly believe that the famous Chinese T’ai Chi masters would not lie to make [falsities] due to the Chinese culture background. Really appreciate your work here which can passes one of the greatest human civilizations. Hope I could learn it.” – supersig1

Renewing Subscriptions On-Line

You’ve asked and we’re answering. Quite soon (check www.taichichih.org periodically), you’ll be able to renew your subscription on-line with a credit card via a secured server. This should be particularly helpful to those who are piles-of-paper-everywhere-challenged and to all Canadian teachers. You’ll also note that the web site indicated when it was last updated.

KG, Albuquerque, NM

Table of Contents

Justin Stone1

From the Editor2

Features3

Sharing4-5

Guiding Thoughts: Sr. Antonia6

Sandy Says / Pam Says7

Teaching Tips:

Carry The Ball To The Side8-11

Justin Stone Speaks on TCC12

Justin Stone13

Events14-16

By Students / For All17-19

For All20-21

Karmic Comments22

Lighter Side22

Community Calendar23

Contacts / Subscribe24

Vital ForceDeadlines & Ideas

April 1Early MayClarityPush Pull

July 1Early AugAwarenessPulling in the Energy

Oct 1Early NovTBDPulling Taffy

Jan 1Early FebTBDPulling Taffy, Variation #1, Anchor

Web Site Updates

The on-line calendar and database (for www.taichichih.org) will be updated within a week of the following deadlines:

January 15, March 1, April 15, June 1, July 15, September 1, October 15, and December 1