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Qingdao Tai Chi

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It’s taken me over 25 years but I finally achieved my goal of practising Tai Chi in China.

Sue and I just came back from a business trip to Qingdao where we ran a three day workshop on Appreciative Inquiry for an international school. Part of the workshop included my Tai Chi energisers and I was pleased with the reaction as everybody seemed to listen closely, practice the skills and haved a good time.

It was a short stay, 5 days, and I was super busy day and night but managed to practice my stance work in the hotel room while there.

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Learning: Four Tai Chi Doors

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There are four possible ways of learning Tai Chi. They range from the easiest to the almost impossible.

  1. Books, dvd’s, videos, articles
  2. Classes
  3. Indoor student
  4. Family Lineage

The first two are easy as they are available to everyone who has an interest in learning Tai Chi.

Becoming an indoor student is only available to a select group of students who show dedication, skill and good character. Indoor students receive more in depth instruction than students from a general class. Usually it takes several years of training before a teacher considers a student for indoor training.

The family lineage door is only available to those born into a Tai Chi family and who also can demonstrate dedication, skill and good character before the art is handed down to them.

The key difference between the doors is choice and circumstance. In doors one and two you are able to choose and in doors three and four you are depended on other people’s choice and circumstance.

So if door three and four are slammed shut don’t worry. Just focus on opening door one and two and enjoy the Tai Chi journey.

 

16 Minute Tai Chi Man

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It’s taken sixteen weeks but I’ve gradually built up my standing ’embrace the tree posture’ to sixteen minutes.

And I haven’t had any major problems with my knees reacting against the stance. Apart from some minor soreness, the knees feel fine.

In the past I’ve tried to work through pain and practice  lower stances which actually stressed my knees and caused pain. A silly attitude because it wasn’t in line with the Yin Yang philosophy of finding one’s balance. It took me a while to wake up to my self and focus on only doing exercises I could physically handle.

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Push Hands Training

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Coming up this Sunday is the third free Push Hands session organised by Phil, from Changeskill Tai Chi. I missed last month’s session but hope to be there this Sunday.

Details

  •     Sunday July 29
  •     10.00 am-12 noon
  •     Fawkner Park – South Yarra (Armadale Road entrance)
  •     Friendly, non-competitive push hands (tui shou) practice and play for anyone – old, young, beginners, masters.
  •     Team up with someone and discuss what you’d like to do – and what you’d not like to do!
  •     Ten minute exchanges timed by a bell – but you can rest as well!
  •     Learn, share and enjoy

It should be fun and I hope to see you there.