My first kung fu gear

I remember my first day at my very first kung fu class. I have to buy a kung fu top, a pair of kung fu pants, and a kung fu belt to hold up the pants. It’s all in 2 shades of blue. Dark blue for the belt and the collar, light blue for everything else. Luckily, i didn’t have to buy the shoes. We just wore the normal school shoes. I was 10.
Fast forward to today, I just slip on a T shirt, a track bottom, and a pair of flat soles for my Tai Chi class. For my own practice, I don’t even bother with the track bottom and the flat soles. I just go out with the shorts I happen to wear that day, and sometimes go bare-footed.
You might want to consider [what to wear when doing Tai ji]. But more importantly, you might want to consider what to BUY when doing Tai Ji.
You might want to buy the pair of Addidas shoes, you might want to buy the Nike track bottoms, you might want to get the bag for your sword, you might want to get the sword itself – custom made, no less. You might get the sun screen for when you are practising hard under the afternoon sun. You might want to get the mosquito repellent for when you practise at dawn or at dusk.
You might want to get a lot of things, but the main thing to get, is to get how badly you want to learn Tai Chi. You can always buy those things later. i think Charles says it best in his post here:
If you want to buy something, there will be someone willing to sell it to you.
It is as straightforward as that.
So don’t worry about not getting the best stuff, or buying the right stuff. If you want to buy stuff, stuff will find you. If you want to learn stuff, stuff will not help you learn. You have to learn it yourself. Buying is easy, learning is hard. Learn first, you can always buy later.

I remember my first day at my very first kung fu class. I have to buy a kung fu top, a pair of kung fu pants, and a kung fu belt to hold up the pants. It’s all in 2 shades of blue. Dark blue for the belt and the collar, light blue for everything else. Luckily, i didn’t have to buy the shoes. We just wore the normal school shoes. I was 10.

Fast forward to today, I just slip on a T shirt, a track bottom, and a pair of flat soles for my Tai Chi class. For my own practice, I don’t even bother with the track bottom and the flat soles. I just go out with the shorts I happen to wear that day, and sometimes go bare-footed.

You might want to consider what to wear when doing Tai ji. But more importantly, you might want to consider what to BUY when doing Tai Ji.

You might want to buy the pair of Addidas shoes, you might want to buy the Nike track bottoms, you might want to get the bag for your sword, you might want to get the sword itself – custom made, no less. You might want to get the sun screen for when you are practising hard under the afternoon sun. You might want to get the mosquito repellent for when you practise at dawn or at dusk.

You might want to get a lot of things, but the main thing to get, is to get how badly you want to learn Tai Chi. You can always buy those things later. I think Charles says it best in his post here:

If you want to buy something, there will be someone willing to sell it to you.

It is as straightforward as that.

So don’t worry about not getting the best stuff, or buying the right stuff. If you want to buy stuff, stuff will find you. If you want to learn stuff, stuff will not help you learn. You have to learn it yourself. Buying is easy, learning is hard. Learn first, you can always buy later.

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