Thoughts, Reflections, Ruminations, Wonderings, Notes, Suggestions, Ideas, Questions
Regarding Taijiquan, Qigong, Yoga, Exercise, Somaesthetics
By Michael P. Garofalo, Instructor, Valley Spirit Taijiquan
December 17, 2017
Observing, Doing, Performing
Watching While I Sit Watching a performance. Watching someone perform a
Taijiquan form, Karate kata, Kungfu routine, dance routine, sword or staff
routine, sporting event. Being a observer of an art. Learning by watching and
listening and being still and paying attention. How sophisticated and
knowledgeable is the observer, the fan, the follower?
Performing the Taijiuan form alone. Practicing alone. Exercising your body by
doing the form and related qigong, yoga, warm up and stretching exercises.
Nobody is looking at and observing you practice the form. Playing with the form
on your own. Enjoying the form on your own. Adjusting, modifying, creating
with the form on your own. I have always enjoyed doing the Yang Taijiquan form
at different speed levels, using some fajing bursts, different highs, playing,
experimenting.
Performing the Taijiquan form, and related exercises, in a group. Two to ten
people working together to synchronize the timing of their movements, staying
together, cooperating, having fun, coordinated, choreographed. We are just
watching each other. Our teacher, coordinator, coach may be carefully observing
our group effort, judging, correcting, suggesting. We try our best to move in a
unified manner.
Performing the Taijiquan form for other persons - an audience. Performing
during testing with our teacher/coach. Performing at a competitive event.
Videos Online Descriptions and Instructions for the 24 Movements Performance Time Martial Arts
Strategies for Learning the Tai Chi 24 Form Cloud Hands Website Cloud Hands Blog
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Spirit T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Red Bluff, Tehama County, North Sacramento Valley, Northern California, U.S.A.
Cities in the area: Oroville, Paradise, Durham, Chico, Hamilton City, Orland,
Corning,
Rancho Tehama, Los Molinos, Tehama, Proberta, Gerber, Manton, Cottonwood,
Anderson, Shasta Lake, Palo Cedro, and Redding, CA
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Qigong: Links and Bibliography
Cloud Hands: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Chi Kung Website
Chen Style Taijiquan and Qigong
Sun Style Taijiquan and Qigong
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