There is no mystique to Tai Chi Chuan. What is difficult is the perseverance. It took me ten years to discover my chi, but thirty years to learn how to use it. Once you see the benefit, you won’t want to stop.
Learning: Four Tai Chi Doors
There are four possible ways of learning Tai Chi. They range from the easiest to the almost impossible.
- Books, dvd’s, videos, articles
- Classes
- Indoor student
- 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
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.
Push Hands Training
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.
Chair Chi: Grounding
While practicing my Chair Chi exercises this morning I focused on the theme of grounding.
Grounding is the ability to stabilise yourself by allowing the Chi to flow through your legs and deeply into the ground. It’s similar to a tree stabilised by its deep and spreading roots.
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