Strange wrote:"Later, as the class progress, my feet started itching which got stronger and stronger throughout the rest of the class. After class I rushed home and took off my shoes. My feet were swollen and sunburnt red on the tops and bottoms of my feet. Not only there but my scrotum area was affected too. This lasted for over 2 weeks gradually subsiding as time passed."
haoran, i dunno why what you said above made me hot (pun) and bothered. you see, my question is why would your teacher want to do that to you? i really dun understand. are you always late for class or something or what? its like crime mystery. its very strange.
ahhh... so, if your mindset in Taiji is only angles, only mechanics, only fighting, you will look but you will not see or you will scoff at what you see as worthless.
From an energetic, TCM point of view why do you think he did that?
Open channels? Help build kidneys? Remove Han Qi (damp qi)? Open a path way between heaven and earth?
I also follow the standing method of Cai Song Fang which is the same standing method (with a little variation) that this Taiji teacher teaches. Putting all this together and it's clear why he did that.
I told him what happened at a later class and he just said "Good!".