This morning's 2-hour lesson passed exceptionally quickly today. S said this was because I was assigned to the front row corner spot and had to concentrate. I think this is quite true. I felt I really learnt something today.
What laoshi said today:
1) Use internal strength and external form like a turbo engined vehicle.
2) Difference in western and chinese styled bells (this is something I have never considered!). Western bells eg church bells are struck from the inside whereas easter eg temple bells are struck from the outside. The sound emitted naturally differs. The church bells and clear and loud compared to the deep lasting humming of the temple ones. This, says laoshi, also illustrates the difference between the US and Chinese and why the US finds it so difficult to understand the Chinese. As taiji practitioners, he said we should look to the temple bell as an example.
3) 打拳不是看行，而是看心。
10.11.09
9.11.09
Hainan Trip 2009
We took a morning flight out of Haikou and returned to Singapore eagerly looking forward to returning to our individual routines.
Summarising this trip, we visited my father's hometown for four days consecutively, visited four different beaches and apart from my mum, the rest of us all fell sick.
Will be posting more photos and details of our trip in subsequent posts but will leave now with a group photo and one I took with my grandma.
Summarising this trip, we visited my father's hometown for four days consecutively, visited four different beaches and apart from my mum, the rest of us all fell sick.
Will be posting more photos and details of our trip in subsequent posts but will leave now with a group photo and one I took with my grandma.
1.11.09
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