{"id":38429,"date":"2011-11-27T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T03:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=38429"},"modified":"2011-11-27T19:42:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T03:42:59","slug":"the-complete-world-of-tai-chi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=38429","title":{"rendered":"The Complete World Of Tai Chi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Rickover <A HREF=\"http:\/\/bodylearning.buzzsprout.com\/382\/31332-how-the-alexander-technique-can-help-students-of-tai-chi\">tells<\/a> tai chi teacher Thomas Cook: &#8220;I have a colleague who teaches tai chi at a high level. He&#8217;s been to China many times and studied with the master there. Many years ago, he wrote an article about the Alexander Technique and how it can be helpful for people studying tai chi and he told me he got a lot of flak for that. 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