Taijiquan Making the choice

[white dragon]

i have been studying traditional taijiquan for 15 months now. i am well aware that this style i have chose is a long one (10-20 years)

 

for a beginner deciding wether to train in taijiquan i would say this.

 

traditional taiji is a martial art! with health benifits. as this style uses both sides of your brain ( this is why some can , or cannot play the piano ) and you body at the same time.

 

practicing this way releives the stress on the cortex, hence why there is a mental benifit.

 

the slow movement involved, conditions all the muscle strands and joint areas in a pleasing way, hence the tone and suppleness of the practitioner.

 

the breathing that is taught helps to bring a calm mind, lowering blood pressure, and with a calm mind somebody attacking will seem slower. than if your mind were cluttered.

 

the best way i can describe taiji to a beginner is...

 

if i told you to draw pictures of lines and dots, and make sounds with these pictures, for 5-10 years without telling you why.

 

then after this time i told you that you had been learning to write and speak a foriegn launguge. what would this mean to you.

 

you would have no struggle communicating with the words, or writing a letter, it would be a part of you as a whole.your subconcious becoming concious.

 

this "old" way of teaching ,at times leaves me frustrated, but i keep my patience and watch others, if you are looking for taiji traditional teaching, then it will be taught as a martial art first!! and the health is a bonus.

 

ALL THE MOVES IN CROUCHING TIGER ARE TAIJI (for reference)

 

MASTER THIS STYLE AND YOU WILL HAVE NO MASTER!!

 

[Sam]

i think all MAs have health benefits.... glad you found soemthing you enjoy