http://poagao.org/taiji The Adventures of the Worst Student in the Pushhands Class Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:27:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I went to Sun Yat-sen Memorial on Thursday night, as I'm thinking of changing my class schedule to Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday instead of just Wednesday-Saturday. Yonghe is also a bit out of my way and runs too late. Also, I am looking into maybe adding another night of badminton, which I enjoy, ... http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/816/ Saturday was interesting. I got some good advice on my form stances, mainly that I shouldn't go up and down so much. I have bridges where I should have on-ramps, in road-terms. Little Mountain Pig and I practiced moving tuishou, which was a real chore for me. Incorporating footwork into ... http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/89-813/ I've decided to keep writing in this account, at least what I feel appropriate, for now. If this means omitting a few things here and there, so be it. I'll just have to decide it myself. Little Mountain Pig, Weeble, Guo, Teacher X and his son were all at the park ... http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/86-park/ I was late to practice due to unexpected complications at the dentist last night. Guo, Weeble, Little Mountain Pig and Teacher X were all there. I chatted with Teacher X a bit; he corrected me on my impression that the old student from last week had gotten out of dentistry; ... http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/730-at-the-park/ There was a new student at the park last Wednesday, who turned out to be an old student of Teacher X's from like ten years ago. He's opened up a couple of dentist offices over the years, Teacher X told me. We practiced a bit, and he wore himself out ... http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/723-26/ I've been skipping practice on Saturday mornings lately, due to other obligations. I hope to return to that when I have more time. I was first to the park last Wednesday, so I had some time to go through the sword form a few times before other students arrived. The ... http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/716-park/ It's been ages since I practiced. Last night I finally had some time to go to class in Yonghe. Another new guy was there, along with Guo, Weeble, Little Mountain Pig and Teacher X. Surpriginly, LMP was wearing shoes. I loosened up and went through the empty-handed form, or what ... http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/79-park/ There was an unfamiliar guy sitting on the curb with everyone, away from our usual spot, which had been taken over by a rather amorous couple. Teacher X was talking with him, and pointed at me as I walked up, and the guy shook his head. Later, as I did ... http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/64-park/ The square between the opera and concert halls was awash with students and other young people, marching bands, military recruitment groups and dancers when I arrived on Saturday morning. Our usual spot was filled with other tai-chi practitioners, so I called Teacher Xu to find out where our group had ... http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/531-cks-hall/ I've been feeling tired lately, and have missed a few practices, so I decided I had to go to the CKS Hall practice on Saturday. That morning we were joined by belly dancers with little hand-bells. I worked a bit on my form as the No-lose guy and a newer ... http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/524-taichi/