#11 - Andrew Townsend

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Andrew Townsend is a retired college professor and an instructor of taijiquan. He has been practicing taijiquan for thirty years and was certified as a Tai Chi Instructor by Grandmaster Jesse Tsao in 2005. Mr. Townsend became a disciple of Dr. Tsao in 2016. Under his teacher, he is a 13th generation lineage holder in the Chen family system of taijiquan. Andrew is the author of ten books on the art of taijiquan, including Tai Chi Essentials, The Tai Chi Teacher’s Handbook, and The Art of Taijiquan.

Andrew is also a lifelong meditator and was certified as a teacher of Transcendental Meditation (TM) in 1975. He has also studied Vipassana meditation and Taoist meditation, and is the author of The Tao of Mindfulness.
Andrew and his wife, Deya, who appears in this and his other books on taijiquan, live and teach in Flager Beach, Florida. In addition to practicing and teaching taijiquan, qigong, and meditation, he is an avid surfer and a veteran traveler. He can be contacted via email at [e-mail]
https://www.facebook.com/beachside.taichi
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Chapters

1. #11 - Andrew Townsend (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:00:47)

3. Martial Arts Background (00:01:37)

4. Accountant to Early Day Programmer to College Professor (00:03:15)

5. How a Surfer Failed at Ballet then Turned to Tai Chi (00:06:46)

6. How Tai Chi Relates to Surfing; Andrew's Fitness Journey (00:09:03)

7. Transcendental, Buddhist and Taoist Meditation and Tai Chi's Effects on Mental Fitness (00:11:00)

8. Tai Chi is Moving Meditation, A Gateway to Successful Meditation (00:13:17)

9. Andrew Learns Tai Chi from Grand Master Tsao and Carries on Lineage (00:15:18)

10. History of Origins of Tai Chi (00:18:47)

11. How Tai Chi Survived Manchurian Outlaw in China (00:23:10)

12. Andrew's Trip to China to Study with Grand Masters (00:26:24)

13. Resulting Benefits of Tai Chi (00:28:54)

14. How to Feel Chi Running Through the Body (00:31:14)

15. Andrew's Advice on Finding a Good Tai Chi Instructor (00:36:25)

16. The Progression of Learning the Forms of Tai Chi (00:39:00)

17. Qigong (00:41:32)

18. Andrew's Books, Purpose and Progression (00:43:09)

19. Tai Chi Essentials (Link to Purchase) (00:43:44)

20. Cultivating the Civil and Mastering the Martial: The Yin and Yang of Taijiquan (Link to Purchase) (00:43:52)

21. The Principles and Practice of Taijiquan: Volume One - The Solo Form (Link to Purchase) (00:44:04)

22. The Principles and Practice of Taijiquan: Volume Two: Auxiliary Training (Link to Purchase) (00:44:07)

23. The Principles and Practice of Taijiquan: Volume Three: Pushing Hands (Link to Purchase) (00:44:10)

24. The Principles and Practice of Taijiquan: Volume Four - Martial Applications (Link to Purchase) (00:44:14)

25. The Principles and Practice of Taijiquan: Volume Five - Weapons (Link to Purchase) (00:44:18)

26. The Tai Chi Teacher's Handbook (Link to Purchase) (00:44:42)

27. The Tao of Mindfulness (Link to Purchase) (00:44:47)

28. The Sources and Applications of Internal Power (Link to Purchase) (00:44:50)

29. Wu-Wei: The Art of Doing Nothing; Taoist Perspective of Surrendering to the Flow of Nature (Coming end of 2023) (00:44:54)

30. Tai Chi and Personal Experience with Improvement of Parkinson's Symptoms (00:48:14)