a member of the Canadian Taijiquan Federation  e-mail: stevehiggins@rogers.com

I climb the road to Cold Mountain, The road that never ends. The valleys are long and strewn with stones; Streams are broad and banked with thick grass; Moss is slippery, though no rain has fallen; Pines sigh, but it isn't the wind. Who can break from the snares of the world And sit with me among the white clouds? - Han Shan ("Cold Mountain") in the T'ang.

There are many websites for Taiji (alternatively T'ai Chi, Taijiquan or T'ai Chi Ch'uan). At these sites usually one finds a "history" of T'ai Chi in one of its many (usually semi-mythological) variants as well as information promoting the classes which the specific club represented offers to the general public. The history of Taijiquan can be thoroughly explored through any number of these sites (See the links; Peter Lim's site is particularly informative.). Other sites offer a good deal of "how-to" information, sometimes stylistically or ideologically slanted to suit a particular viewpoint.

The purpose of this site is a bit different in that it is intended simply to share with you a little of our love for the art, as well as communicate certain aspects of our actual day-to-day experience. Cold Mountain is a very small outfit and we are really not even in a position to benefit much from publicity! But we enjoy what we are doing and hope that you enjoy this brief look into our activities.

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