Comments on: The form is not the goal-Tai Chi and calligraphy

By: sarah

sarah — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:46:29 +0000

Hi Dale, nice to hear from you. Wonderful that you will be taking up Tai Chi again, and with your son. There have been several parent/child couples in classes I’ve done adn it seems to be a nice thing to do.
I think there’s a good chance Tai chi will have a positive influence on your frozen shoulder. I experience it as a very soft effect, an awareness of your body and a gentleness within the strength.
I know I really benefit from it, if I stop my daily practice for too long, all the old aches and pains set in again. good luck, S

By: D. from Canada

D. from Canada — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:47:38 +0000

Hi S.,
Synchronicity strikes again. After not doing tai chi for two years I recently dropped in on a class given by my old teacher. I brought my 13-year-old son because he had expressed interest. Don and his wife were so welcoming. Best of all M. likes what he saw so we will be joining the class in September when they start up again. So nice to have an activity to share with my son, and I think I can really benefit from all that tai chi has to offer. Thanks for writing so eloquently about the practise and journey v.s. learning the steps. Learning “how my joints function” will be all too apparent as I am presently challenged with frozen shoulder. But I am game to try…
D.

By: szoutewelle

szoutewelle — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:18:29 +0000

Thanks Taijiquan dude, I’ll be revisiting your site occasionally, the first quick look had me interested.

By: Tannage the taijiquan dude

Tannage the taijiquan dude — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:43:11 +0000

The Taijiquan form’s movements as you say aren’t the be all and end all, we’ve always told our students that the form is just a vehicle for learning, it’s the way of moving that is important, not what the movements themselves are