furtom
11-11-2008, 06:55 AM
Hi MT.
I'm an aikidoka who has recently turned on to tai chi. I'm a long-time mediator and I dabble in qigong, too. ;)
What got me into tai chi is Rick Barrett's excellent book, "Taijiquan: Through the Western Gate." With my practice of aikido, I'm very interested in ki/qi development and I'm always looking for a new book or idea to try. Rick's book blew me away and I happen to live 20 minutes from his class, so I just had to give it a go.
I have a blog (http://aikipenguin.blogspot.com), and I wrote up my experience in my first class here (http://aikipenguin.blogspot.com/2008/10/tao-of-budo.html), if you guys are interested. Subsequent entries have some more info.
So, I'm really interested in the "form applications" of tai chi. I've done a very little push hands, but I have to say I haven't warmed up to it yet. Perhaps I will.
However, if I'm going to do this thing, I want to do it right and give it 100 percent effort. Any advice from you more knowledgeable folks would be appreciated.
If any of you are located in NY and want to hook up, just drop me a line.
I'm an aikidoka who has recently turned on to tai chi. I'm a long-time mediator and I dabble in qigong, too. ;)
What got me into tai chi is Rick Barrett's excellent book, "Taijiquan: Through the Western Gate." With my practice of aikido, I'm very interested in ki/qi development and I'm always looking for a new book or idea to try. Rick's book blew me away and I happen to live 20 minutes from his class, so I just had to give it a go.
I have a blog (http://aikipenguin.blogspot.com), and I wrote up my experience in my first class here (http://aikipenguin.blogspot.com/2008/10/tao-of-budo.html), if you guys are interested. Subsequent entries have some more info.
So, I'm really interested in the "form applications" of tai chi. I've done a very little push hands, but I have to say I haven't warmed up to it yet. Perhaps I will.
However, if I'm going to do this thing, I want to do it right and give it 100 percent effort. Any advice from you more knowledgeable folks would be appreciated.
If any of you are located in NY and want to hook up, just drop me a line.