The mysteries of Tai Chi

[willie]

I had to remove the o.p. video. The music was suppose to be royalty free, But wasn't, sorry.

[windwalker]

your clip was nice

taiji friend of mine.
someone filmed him practicing.
he didn't know it at the time.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0yLKYwZ7KI

[willie]

Oh, Windy, You saved the day.
Cool vid, But it doesn't have the dreamy look that cloudz mentioned, that's o.k. no big deal.
Peace.

[GrahamB]

I can live without the tai chi, but that music is lovely.

[willie]

I can live without the tai chi, but that music is lovely.

Yup, That's what I thought...

[Bao]

taiji friend of mine.
someone filmed him practicing.
he didn't know it at the time.

So.. You film your friend without him knowing and put him online without him knowing....

Nice "friendship"

[windwalker]

taiji friend of mine.
someone filmed him practicing.
he didn't know it at the time.

So.. You film your friend without him knowing and put him online without him knowing....

Nice "friendship"

try again,,key word "someone" he mentioned that he noted someone filming but
had not realized he was the subject


If it was me I would've said asked before doing so, he would've known directly ...
we both don't know who filmed him,,,

I thought it was well done and caught some practice
that was free....and natural.

[Bao]

If it was me I would've said asked before doing so, he would've known directly ...
we both don't know who filmed him,,,

I thought it was well done and caught some practice
that was free....and natural.

Nah, I think it's an interesting approach to film Tai Chi this way. It gets more honest this way, practice for the sake of practicing instead of for the sake of looking good in front of the camera.

[willie]

But is it internal?

[Franklin]

whats the headgear in the videos?

i am a bit confused about that...

[willie]

whats the headgear in the videos?

i am a bit confused about that...

Hi Franklin. I use head phones for sensory depravation.
Ear plugs do the same thing.

[greytowhite]

" hiding Flaws?" Everyday I train to get better. No one is perfect.

A general observation only, nothing addressed towards you personally.

not a problem.
Honestly I'm not hiding flaws, I'm hands on.
Lately though, I've been re-evaluating. A friend of mine just had a stroke, He is partially paralyzed.
What's more important, Health or martial? And as we get older, do we tend to think more of heaven?

Health is always more important. As a stroke survivor my awkward gait and posture often marks me as a target of opportunity. Thankfully the awareness I've cultivated has saved me from having to fight most of these people. I think my health would be much worse if I just had the health cultivation.

[Steve James]

Health is always more important.

And the people who have it believe that the least.

[greytowhite]

Health is always more important.

And the people who have it believe that the least.

I meant not being hit with batons, stabbed, and beaten senseless because I knew how to fight has been quite good for my health. Why learn a martial art if you can't use it? The health gains from practicing internal are quite significant but I'm thankful my teachers have all emphasized fighting drills and testing or I might not be here today.

[Steve James]

All true. If one has developed skill, it will last. However, "health" won't. Lately, in the BX, there have been a spate of robberies of elderly people in wheel-chairs. My position on martial arts is that they give practitioners the ability to protect those who can't protect themselves. There will always be "the weak," and we'll all be one some day. Well, unless we don't get there. Practicing (or exercising) puts that day off, and I agree it's better to be trained at that point.

Of course, when the predators look for a target, it's the slow and weak that they pick. When the herd runs, though, there may be those who'll turn back to protect the rear. They're the warriors.