Fish and chips before Tai Chi class?
by Shang Lee
I find a very strange response when I tell people that I’m going to a Tai Chi class soon and what I’m going to have for lunch. It seems that if I were to do Tai Chi, I’m suppose to eat healthily as well, well, healthily to the standards of the society i guess. I believe in “eat everything in moderation” and just keep the variety going. But somehow, others have the idea that I should be a vegan! Well, maybe not to that extreme, but just to prove a point, it seems that I shouldn’t eat oily food, deep fried food, sweet food, rich food etc.
Although I like all those, I don’t eat them all the time. I enjoy fruits as well as chocolate. I enjoy fries as well as rice. I don’t like to eat the same thing all the time, so I keep my food rotation going and try new stuff once in a while.
A recent book I read on food is In defense of food by Michael Pollan. He advocates:
“eat food, not too much, mostly plants”.
I haven’t been able to try this, but I would like to give it a go.
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It’s funny you talk about this. I was once at a seminar in Florida with my master, my teacher and several other tai chi masters from China. My master was the only one who didn’t smoke.
When I’ve been in China I’ve found many of the masters I’ve seen smoke as well. They can also drink quite a bit. Personally I do what I want in moderation and let tai chi take care of the rest.
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John
I use to train under a teacher who’s dinner consists of a cup of vodka, a glass of wine, and a mug of beer. And those are just starters. The main meal? A plate of nuts.