Tai Chi for health & wellbeing
Some of the odd places I have performed Tai Chi include;
But I’ve never performed Tai Chi at an airport.
Check out this clip of ‘Airport Tai Chi’.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syGasscRmh8&feature=youtu.be
These are some of the remarks I get from children when I run our Pozitive Kidz are happy kidz workshops in primary schools. In these workshops I use specific Tai Chi exercises, props, toys and games to reinforce themes such as self esteem resilience, calmness, etc.
Are you Kung Fu Panda?
Are we doing magic?
What’s in the box?
Heeeeay
What’s that?
Is that a dragon?
Can you do monkey brain again?
Spooky is not scary.
Ooh, Hammy Hothead.
Yin Yang, yeah!
The mozi!
It’s always enjoyable running workshops for preps to grade six students. You never know for sure what they will say or do which is a challenge and fun to experience.
Seek not to know the answers
but to understand
the questions
Training: do small chunks of training throughout the day when you are pressed for time
A famous Wu Style master, Ma Yueh-Liang – (1901-1998) pushing hands with a younger opponent. I think he was in his eighties when this clip was filmed. Also check my previous post and you will see Ma Yueh Liang’s wife, Wu Yinghua demonstrating part of the Wu Style form.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHQv6fLpIoI[/youtube]