This was written when I was about to become a Tai Chi instructor. I wanted to capture the sense of wonder of being a novice learner of this ancient martial art.
It isn't an instruction guide for Tai Chi but gives some bacground that novices might find valuable. I did, as I was learning.
I credit Tai Chi with improving my health and extending my life.
Each of the 25 pages is named as follows:
1 Why Study Tai Chi
2 How to Start
3 What to Expect
4 First Steps
5 Circles Within Circles
6 Martial Art?
7 An Early Lieson
8 Level Upon Level
9 Why So Hard?
10 No Such Thing As a Bad Move
11 Wude (woo deh) - How To Behave
12 New Kid In The Class
13 A Bit of History
14 Your Body
15 Patterns
16 Strong? or Fit?
17 Intention - Energy Not Force
18 Surprises
19 Closed and Open
20 Thinking or Doing
21 Breathing and Moving
22 Learning The Form
23 Components Of A Move
Wisdom In Few Words
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