Correct alignment and correct weight transfer of feet are important for good Tai Chi.
Push Hands in the Park
Here are the details for the next Push Hands in the Park session.
When: Sunday – 2nd August
Time: 10.00am – 12 noon
Where: Fawkner Park – South Yarra (Armadale Road entrance), Melbourne, Australia
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.
All welcomed.
Chair Chi: Dementia Unit – Part 1
At one of my regular Chair Chi sessions for an aged care centre here in Melbourne, Australia, I’ve been invited to run a session for a dementia unit.
I have worked with residents who have mild to severe dementia but this will be the first time I’ll be involved with a specific group.
So far I’ve run over 350 Chair Chi workshops for low care and high care residents, trained staff in how to run Chair Chi sessions in Melbourne, Bendigo, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and am currently finalising a report on a Chair Chi Plus Pilot study I delivered at Berwick Craigcare Aged Care.
The more experiences I have, such as working with a dementia group, the more effective I can be in working with residents and staff.
And besides the experience, it’s also very enjoyable work.
Tai Chi: 5 Minutes to Midnight
I always aim for the perfect week when it comes to my Tai Chi training.
This involves training six days a week with Sunday’s my Yin day (rest). Lately I’ve been very busy with work that I have to do what I call ‘catch up training’ on a Sunday – for the Tai Chi drills I haven’t been able to do during the week.
Well, last Saturday I knew I’d be doing ‘catch up training’ on Sunday so I had to make sure I did as much as I could on Saturday.
I did my early morning 30 minute stance work and then worked on a memoir I’m writing. In between the writing I did more Tai Chi training to stay on schedule.
I ran out of time because I had to dash off and go into town and catch a play which left me with 18 minutes of Tai Chi training to complete.
When we got back from town, about 8.00pm, I did 10 minutes of standing leg stretches but I still had to do my power weapon drills, unfortunately my weapons were at home.
So, luckily I had an ‘early’ night and got back home at about 11.47pm. As soon as I got home I turned on the heating and then grabbed my weapons to train with.
Eigth minutes later I’d completed my training. It was five minutes to midnight.
Well, I was feeling pretty good that I was on target to complete my perfect week of training – only about 70 minutes to do on Sunday. Easy.
Woke up Sunday morning with a head cold and that was the end of any more training and my perfect week of training.
As Ned Kelly once said, ‘such is life’.
But I am proud of my 5 minutes to midnight effort.
June: Push Hands in the Park
Here are the details for the next Push Hands in the Park session.
When: Sunday – June 7
Time: 10.00am – 12 noon
Where: Fawkner Park – South Yarra (Armadale Road entrance), Melbourne, Australia
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.
All welcomed.
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