The first thing females* ask me about Tai Chi is, ‘Can I lose weight’. My quick answer is, ‘not where you want it most, but you’ll have pretty strong legs’. Most of the time, this will discourage females from doing Tai Chi compared to doing Yoga or playing badminton. However, there are merits of doing [...]
Today, I sat with my Tai Chi teacher, watching other students perform their Tai Ji movements. I thought to myself… my god, I must look like that the last time! They are so stiff! I believe it’s only through push hands that I learn how stiff I really was. This is when I realise application [...]
Tai Chi has been known for a lot of things – old man’s exercise, good for health, “that group of weirdos who are waving their hands in the park”, the act of cutting a BIG watermelon, a martial art etc. I know it through a philosophical lens, and this is what attracted me to pick [...]
A week went by without much practice from my side. My poor performance shows when I turned up for class this morning. It wasn’t a total loss, as today, my lesson was on psychology. Today, I learned to journey within other people through their Tai Chi form. The obvious example I can think of is [...]
