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 [...]
Love it when I see Tai Chi mentioned in a blog not about Tai Chi. It’s about slow, and how slow helps in learning Tai Ji (among other things). But I think people often sees a different reality about slow Tai Ji. They want to learn the SLOW-NESS of Tai Ji but they want to [...]
I use to admire people who can express their feelings and emotions through art, whether this is through songs, music, dance, martial art, sports, words etc. I like the control they show when releasing their emotions in whatever art form they choose. Now, I think the performing mind may be counter-productive to learning. During performance, [...]
Now, the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell of The Tipping Point and Blink fame, suggests that to be very good at anything you do (and I mean VERY good), you need to clock up at least 10,000 hours of doing that thing. This includes anything you can think of – basketball, golf, investing, programming, Tai [...]
