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Master Klein's Articles
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Zookinesis is a system of exercises derived from animal movements. It combines active movements to tone the muscles and increase flexibility and energy, with slower, meditative movements to eliminate stress and tension. New classes will begin in September...
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The Tai-chi Park in Wantage New Jersey, is a memorial to Tai-chi Master Jou, Tsung-Hwa. A festival is held each year with many teachers and workshops on all aspects of Tai-chi. The spirit of this weekend event is like a big Tai-chi family reunion. We...
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The battle of the dragon and tiger is a common theme of Chinese art. Hidden within these drawings is the secret of how to access power unknown in the modern world, especially the power to heal, to find great joy in every moment of life and to free yourself...
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Remember that you can click onto "blogs" above (at the top of this page), go to the end of that page and then click onto "Next Page" to see even more articles....
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Healthy skin is an important part of staying young and avoiding the normal process of aging. The ancient Chinese Taoist healing systems describe a secret training specifically used to keep the skin young. It is an important part of Tai-chi and Zookinesis...
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A Push Hands workshop will be held at the Long Island School of Tai-chi-Chuan on Saturday, Sept. 27 th . This two person exercise is the heart of Tai-chi training. This workshop will focus on the use of internal energy (chi), incorporating all the Tai-chi...
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Push Hands is the most effective way to get in touch with the inner workings of your body, to learn to perceive and use internal energy, to perceive the dynamics of consciousness itself and to unite mind and body into a powerful and efficient system....
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Chi-Gung is a type of Tai-chi exercise that heals the body by strengthening the flow of internal energy (“chi”). It is important to appreciate the way chi-gung works in order to practice it properly. We see examples of the energizing force...
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My van was filled with boxes of animals I had just picked up from the airport. After bringing them into the facility I opened the largest and heaviest box first. An eight foot long monitor (dragon) lizard emerged and began walking towards me. I slowly...
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The source of joy in our lives does not come from external circumstances but from our internal state, according to Tai-chi and Zookinesis principles. We have created our own cage of fears and assumptions that blocks us from our full share of joy in life....
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The animal importing company was like my second home. After school and on weekends I took care of monkeys, parrots, anteaters, hedgehogs, pythons, dragon lizards, tarantulas and dozens of other species. The animals were my family. Many had been there...
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Tai-chi will be an Olympic demonstration sport this year in August at the opening ceremonies. Tai-chi forms, push hands and full contact fighting will be on world-wide display. This is likely to bring Tai-chi to the forefront as a healthy exercise and...
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The process of meditation returns us to our natural state. Our culture and our own minds have weaved many tales of who we are, where we came from and how we must conduct our lives. Yet within us, there is a direct experience of our biological nature....
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Tai-chi is considered to be a “spiritual” practice and many people wonder how a physical exercise can be called spiritual. While most people begin their Tai-chi practice to improve their health and to reduce stress, they soon learn that there...
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Your body does not need to degenerate as you get older. In fact, it can continue to get stronger, more flexible and more agile throughout life. The exercise systems of Tai-chi and Zookinesis explain how to keep the body young and avoid aging altogether....
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The issue of death can lead us to a more powerful way to live our lives. We know what happens to our bodies at death. What happens to our consciousness (or what I call, “attention”)? We fear death as if it were not already part of us. Yet...
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The way the martial art of Tai-chi approaches grappling is very applicable to daily life. The pressures we face on a psychological, emotional and spiritual level are the way life grapples with us. When common sense is applied to grappling we can easily...
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The internal martial arts train the student to become more powerful in his everyday world, not just in fighting itself. They were a way of encoding ancient secrets of keeping your body and mind young throughout your life and developing magnified vitality....
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At a certain point any healing teacher looks back over all the clients he has healed and asks, “What are the main problems causing poor health among all these people?” Is there a fundamental change in our lives that can heal all people at...
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During our “Push Hands” party this Saturday, many issues came up. A new student wondered about the “magic” of the use of chi (internal energy). Several asked why we breathe in when we strike in the martial aspect of Tai-chi while...
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A newborn is completely dependent on the people around him or her. The behavior patterns of the people around him gradually imprint themselves on his behavior. At a certain age he begins to exert his independence to break free from the control others...
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Lessons from a student’s cultural background can often be used to help teach the Push Hands exercise. The story of Jesus provides a great opportunity to explain the principles of Push Hands. Though I am not Christian I try to learn about my student’s...
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The key to progress in the internal martial arts is to recognize the three forces at work behind your techniques and your power. There are two “intelligent” forces at work that have power and one which depletes power. The depleting force is...
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I recently had the opportunity to spar with my original instructor, Tom, in Grandmaster William C. C. Chen’s school in New York City. It was like the old days again and reminded me why Tai-chi-Chuan sparring is so different from other styles. We...
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More about my trips to Central America... We had to go into the town of Chepo because someone had brought me a dead margay. The margay is a small wild cat and the fellow had heard I was interested in animals. He thought I wanted them for the skin. I explained...
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We understand that play is a natural behavior of many animals. Puppies and kittens understand that they aren’t really trying to kill each other. They understand make-believe. They also understand reality as when a large animal runs after them, growling...
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Another episode of my experiences learning from the people of the jungle forests of Central America: Carlos came down from the hills to our little “town” early in the morning. Eduardo handed him a cup of coffee and we all waited for the cow...
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Greetings! To have Master Klein's audio lessons delivered to your mailbox, please visit: http://www.movementsofmagic.com/comments.html PLEASE ENJOY THE FOLLOWING COMPLEMENTARY DISCUSSIONS WITH MASTER KLEIN: 13. Please click on the following link for...
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All of this training culminates in a single, powerful, all revealing realization that brings power and vibrant health back to your life. You understand the source of your power as a human being and how to channel that power in your life. I will describe...
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Only a fraction of the human brain is used in modern times. We have moved our focus of attention away from those parts that make us powerful and coordinated physically and which allow us to channel the biological forces of nature through our bodies. This...
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During the winter months, I take the goldfish from my outdoor pond and bring them to a large fish tank in the basement. I didn’t dig the pond deep enough to be able to leave them out over the winter. As I watch them swim around I wonder if they...
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The concept of a spirit world, common to almost all pre-industrialized cultures, lies at the heart of developing and learning to use internal energy (“chi”). Zookinesis explains this concept very simply. We humans have senses that we do not...
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Tai-chi-Chuan uses a fundamentally different fighting strategy than any other martial art. When this strategy is applied to everyday life and to conducting business, it provides a more powerful and effective approach. This is just one example of that...
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Do you feel that work and the responsibilities of life are tearing you apart? Are you exhausted, more due to aggravation and worry than physical work? Tai-chi and Zookinesis explains why this is so and what you can do to avoid getting torn apart. One...
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Most of our lives are dedicated to just getting through the day. Many ancient teachings point to a technique which can be used in daily life, to completely change the results of your efforts. Zookinesis explains that the nature of your identity, your...
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In an internal martial arts system, the smaller your movement, the more powerful it is. The goal is to send your energy into the other person. If you can do that without using up that force in your own movements or in tensing up your body, you can send...
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The Zookinesis “art of soaring” is one of its most powerful teachings. A student learns to merge his system of internal energy (chi) and even his consciousness with those of other animals. The effect is to radically transform the student to...
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This is an episode of my experiences traveling the jungles of Central America. If you would be interested in reading more such episodes, please let me know in the comments for this article. I will be happy to write more. A heavy rain danced on the swollen...
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Kung-fu systems such as Tai-chi-Chuan and Phantom Kung-fu are based on the way animals defend themselves. The student learns to copy the body mechanics and skills of several species in his sparring. In the 1960’s and 1970’s I owned an animal...
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The immediate goal of Zookinesis training is to re-experience the primal state – the biological state of consciousness. At this level of awareness the world you experience is very different and you have more power. You understand the connection...
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I used to spend a few months at a time in the jungles of Central America, hunting for unusual reptiles. They were used for research programs to study how to develop captive breeding colonies in case the species became extinct in the wild. When you first...
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The ability of fear to control behavior is an impediment to developing the full power of your attention. As you develop the sensitivity of your attention you will notice many things that you were too dull to notice before, such as the flow of energy in...
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Welcome back to the Movements of Magic "Community" site. Our site has been down for several months but we are now ready to provide weekly lessons on our front page, clips of instructional programs, audio lectures, articles and the discussion...
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The feet are considered to be the "gateway to consciousness". The condition of your feet as it steps, affects the response of the rest of the body to that step. If you do not have awareness in your feet, and you fall into your step, the rest...
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This week's lesson at the Long Island School of Tai-chi-Chuan is about the home of the attention. We usually experience our attention as originating from our head and then going to what we are paying attention to. In Tai-chi, each part of the body...
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This principle applies to everyday life as well as practicing forms, push hands and self defense. It is the main factor eliminating excess tension and keeping the mind and emotions calm while still being active. In Zookinesis training, this principle...
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The use of internal energy (chi) as power is a very difficult subject to understand and to use in actual sparring. We usually associate power with muscular tension and with forcing the opponent's strikes out of the way. Internal martial arts systems...
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"The Elements" are the basic philosophical tool of Taoism. It is the language by which the philosophy is described. This week, I will discuss the element of metal. It is the element of will and spirit. I can describe metal with a discussion...
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When I worked on editing videos (back before the days of computer editing), there were four video monitors in front of me on a shelf. My eyes were glued to those monitors as I edited. Monitors have raster lines. These are the lines between the rows of...
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