Tenesu

20/06/2024

Think differently

Every art form/discipline originally has its own uniqueness. Taiji founders chose the internal principles of Tao as its underlying principles and philosophy. Thus, its uniqueness requires it practitioners to internalize the principles of this art before understanding the various ways it can be applied. This inner practice is not easy. It is counter intuitive to most approaches to other martial arts and requires mental fortitude , spiritual discipline, and physical rigger.

Taiji’s layered approach requires one to be non-attach momentarily to external outcomes in order to bypass the default cognitive processes i.e. the sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight, freeze or freak) and train the parasympathetic system to relax and digest in the face of conflict. Yes! This is difficult. It means dropping one’s ego and the pre-programmed survival mechanism we have relied on to this point to survive. It also means letting go of our artificial perception of masculinity, strength, and power in particular to self-defense. This can be particularly difficult for men based on our social programming, physically, and privilege.

It has been my observation that many Taiji practitioners are looking outward, comparing their art to other marital arts not recognizing the jewel they possess. This narrow perspective is limiting the growth and the possibility of this art.

Therefore, it is true one cannot short circuit the work required to transform oneself in this or any other embodied liberatory art.

Taiji is a mental transformation. I believe Albert Einstein said and I paraphrase “One cannot expect to get different results while attempting to use the same old thought processes. That is an act of insanity.” To make breakthroughs in any discipline it requires thinking differently and letting go of preconceived expectations.

12/02/2024

After many iterations and struggle I have updated the Tenesu Website. I attempted to have others to do it for me to resist the impulse of doing everything myself. However, my attempts were frustrating and fruitless.

Please drop by my site https://tenesu.com if you have any questions or you can provide feedback by let me know what you think about our site. In the meantime I going to start building my TaijiAfrica website. It helps to keep the two separate.

Tenesu supports the development and restoration of holistic communities by creating “safe places and spaces” as a collective healing so, they may be productive and thrive through the lens of wellness.

03/10/2023

Tenesu! Is the our rallying cry to all African peoples to rise and awaken to wellness. We are social entrepreneurial venture which specializes in the health and wellness of African communities on the continent and its diaspora. Committed to elimination of social, historical, and generational traumas which are the precursors for disease and death. It is also or intention to facilitate and establish self-sustainable and independent wellness cottage industries throughout the African continent.

Tenesu weaves contemplative somatic / embodied praxis with indigenous spiritual technologies to create a thriving environments to produce innovative homegrown solutions. First focusing on is the development of safe places and spaces of sanctuary — to house, encourage and facilitate the collective work of healing, dreaming, and envisioning a self-determined future designed to break the mold of symptom and triage based wellness practices. It is our vision to infused wellness in all aspects of live, work and love in our greater civil society. Tenesu is not solely a series of wellness institutions or services it is liberatory in nature. We see wellness as the essential inclusive ingredient / cornerstone that is required for all aspects of decision making as a process of critical transformation which should prompt/initiate a single question before any action - “Is this Well?