When raising your arms make sure you sink (relax) your shoulders.
Push Hands in the Park
There’s nothing like a two hour Tai Chi Push Hands session to get the Chi flowing on a Sunday morning.
I caught up with the Push Hands group yesterday after missing the last two sessions. There were seven of us there including a first timer.
I enjoy these sessions as it gives me a chance to test my skills against various experienced Tai Chi players including newcomers. We practiced free style Push Hands, both fixed feet and moving, and it gave me a gentle cardiovascular workout.
Chair Chi: Aged Care
So far I have delivered two Chair Chi workshops in the aged care sector. One for a nursing home and one for a retirement village. Next week I have two more sessions booked so my workshops are starting to take off.
And what a pleasure it is in working with elderly people.
It was fun and inspiring not only to share the Chi exercises but also the wonderful conversations and stories during the session.
Ma Yueh Liang – Quote
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.
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