to pour a little more oil on the fire, wasn’t it Earle’s Taiji teacher that Dan Docherty poured a glass of water over to prove the chi-masters inability?origami_itto wrote:, whatever Dan Docherty does...
Trick wrote:to pour a little more oil on the fire, wasn’t it Earle’s Taiji teacher that Dan Docherty poured a glass of water over to prove the chi-masters inability?origami_itto wrote:, whatever Dan Docherty does...
Other than that teacher, if I recall right, Earle spent about a week in Shanghai trying to impress Fu Zhongwen in hope to become a disciple or something like that.
And that other of Earl’s teachers, the unverified one that taught the “real thing” sound well…bogus…..
I see the flames rising
everything wrote:taijiquan is a moving meditation health art that helps seniors reduce falling risk ...
johnwang wrote:everything wrote:taijiquan is a moving meditation health art that helps seniors reduce falling risk ...
If you just train the drill "left punch with right kick, right punch with left kick" combo 60 times daily, you will get the same result as "reduce falling risk". Why do you need a MA system (such as Taiji) to get such beginner level benefit?
When you do this drill, 100% of your training time, you have to stand on one leg. You will get much more benefit for your balance than what you can get from training your Taiji form.
wayne hansen wrote:When people in their 80’s ask me what exercise they should be doing
I say the one you started in your 20’s and never stopped
For people in their 80’s conscious walking is the best thing
origami_itto wrote:That seems phenomenally boring.
wayne hansen wrote:A lot of those ones sitting in chairs were people who came to Tai chi with damage done from hard style training
I don’t know what the future holds but at 73 no problems pushing with young bulls and yet to use a chair
johnwang wrote:origami_itto wrote:That seems phenomenally boring.
Today when I walked 3 miles on the beach, I did this drill 200 times (not continuous, but 10 steps 1 leg lift). It's boring. But it helps seniors (like myself) to reduce falling risk. When I get much older, I may quit my long fist, SC, Taiji, ... but I will keep doing this for the rest of my life.
I do believe this is the best exercise to "reduce falling risk".
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