Friday Morning Tai Chi Chuan
Simple warmup segues into Qi Gong breathing and meditation. Then practising the next moves from the form before adding them into the whole. This latest part uses shoulder barges, grabs and strikes, very core generated. The martial dimension is always there but not always obvious. Structure is dynamic – the curious raised toe surge is one big difference I notice from karate. We’ve only done about eight or nine steps of the twenty-four so far.
Interesting this class. Same dojo, same sensei as Ashihara, but completely different group, different energy, different instruction. Which is good actually. I come away energised and calm. (Of course it doesn’t last lolol).