Tai chi
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Taijiquan - Ji
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Continuing on with my haiku series around “Songs of The Eight Postures” attributed to T’an Meng-hsien and translated by Lee N. Scheele here is my third entry, Ji.
Ji or Chi gave me a lot of trouble when trying to put it to words and I’ll probably need to update it at some point. I don’t …
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Taijiquan - Lu
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Continuing on with my haiku series around “Songs of The Eight Postures” attributed to T’an Meng-hsien and translated by Lee N. Scheele here is my second entry, Lu.
Lu is often associated with the “rollback” technique. It’s a yielding and redirecting… force. The reason I …
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Taijiquan - Peng
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I’ve been diving deeper into taijiquan and re-reading the classics. It’s been so long I’ve forgotten most of what I read. One reason being I’m coming at them from a translation, in a different time period and culture. So the meaning doesn’t stay with me.
There’s …
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March 8th - April 4th Practice Log
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Tai Chi
Tai Chi and Kung Fu Practice Log
March 8th - April 4th
Stats
- 28 days logged
- approx. 42 hours practiced (class + personal)
- approx. 4.1 hours standing meditation
- 20 forms tai chi & kung fu
“When the opponent does not move, you will not move; when the opponent slightly moves, you …
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On this little island in the middle of the Atlantic, there is a little red dessert. So of course I had to do some tai chi.
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It was a pretty good day today. I taught tai chi in the morning, got to have some fun playing with code, went apple picking with old friends and the kids, managed to fit in yard work with much needed weeding and now I’m enjoying some time getting things set up for the upcoming week.
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It was another tough week. My uncle passed away while we were on a family vacation. I loved teaching him Tai Chi over the last six years. I’ll miss those weekly moments out in nature, chatting and enjoying something so simple. He was a fantastic and brilliant man who will be missed.
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