World Tai Chi Day 2015
Last Saturday was World Tai Chi Day and at 10 AM about 40 of us from 3 different schools all did our tai chi, or qi gung as had all the time zones before us. It was a very pleasant … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Tai chi fighting
Tai chi Mobile/New Orleans 3.19.15
Got 15 min of tai chi and 13 AT this morning. Wall squat is going well again. I have a new student who says her tai chi teacher has 5 gold medals in China’s nationwide push hands competition. I’m happy … Continue reading →
Tai chi Mobile/New Orleans 3.17.15 practice
10 min tai chi and 2 of AT this morning. Very poor attention. It carried over to New Orleans and got just a little mindful rock walking done before Aedh started push hands practice in his regular class. That is … Continue reading →
Tai chi New Orleans 2.24.14 Stepping
23 min tai chi and 7 min of AT. Got a lovely 30 min nap with the rest of the allocated time.
Tai chi Mobile 2.18.15, First ten minutes
48 min tai chi and 11 AT. Still not sure where the tongue goes, but both practices were with good attention. One of my teachers says he was told everything he needed to know in the first ten minutes of … Continue reading →
Tai chi Mobile 2.16.15 Midwest Camp
31 min of tai chi and 11 of Alexander Technique this morning. I’m all signed up for the Second Annual Lenzie Williams Midwest Camp in Racine Wisconsin over the Memorial Day weekend. Ben Lo taught this retreat for many years … Continue reading →
Tai chi Mobile, 2.11.15 push hands
46 min tai chi and 11 of Alexander Technique this morning. Pushed hands, on and off, for 2 hrs yesterday, and I feel it today. He kept shaking my arms saying “Relax, relax” until they were looser–as his teacher had … Continue reading →
Tai chi Mobile, 2.6.15, “Right is relative”
I got 48 min tai chi and 8 of Alexander Technique in this morning, basically my maximum practice at this point for the TC although as I re-learn the sword, 3 repetitions will add to that time. Actually it takes … Continue reading →
Tai chi Mobile, 2.5.15, Confusing!
Got 49 min tai chi and 8 of AT this morning. With pretty good attention. I’m really working on the circle hands as I called it, which is in reality a very conscious cloud hands exercise. Aedh worked with me … Continue reading →
Tai chi New Orleans, 2.3.15, Push hands
Every Tuesday, at 8 AM in Washington Square Park in New Orleans, Aedh convenes a class to spread the Wudang taiji teachings. This morning the class included push hands in relation to the form, so I got to participate with … Continue reading →