Another lesson with Master Chong. We don’t tend to chat very much beyond the actual lesson. I was asking him how long he’s been involved with taiji; he’s been studying it for over 50 years, and teaching for over 40. I’m not sure how old he is, in fact.
Yesterday, we worked on Brush knee, left (zuo lou xi, ao bu)m play pipa (shou hui pi pa), and brush knee left (again).
I need to work hard on correcting three faults in particular. First, I lean forward too much, instead of keeping my body upright. Secondly, I never sink my weight enough on my front leg, which means I don’t get enough power for pushing. Thirdly, I tend to forget to keep my knees turned outwards, which also reduces my pushing power.
After Friday night’s capoeira class I was feeling pretty tired and stiff even before I began the taiji! It isn’t good in the short term, but longer term all of this effort should contribute to all-body strength, flexibility and power, and the different styles should complement each other very well.
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