Saturday, June 14, 2008

Kung Fooey

I took some photos at the Tai Chi Chuan class at the Science Park Lake (人工湖). Ray (my teacher) teaches the class and I review it with the students afterwards. I don't think I am all that necessary, but I really need the review/second time learning opportunity so I really like it.


The class starts with basic warm-up exercises and then chi kung practice.


There are men and women. Most of the students are not affiliated with our school's regular classes, but there are three students from the evening classes that have joined the class.


Then we practice the first section of Tai Chi.


It is actually a lot more difficult than it seems. There are subtleties that are easy to skip and ignore.

Part of the group is new and so they continue reviewing part one and the other group practices the second part of Tai Chi. (our form has 3 parts)



The students are all either parents from the Science Park School or teachers. They have been practicing since September 2007. They practice Chi kung as well as Tai Chi chuan. I think it is good. I wanted to take more photos on other days, but unfortunately, the weather has turned and it's been raining on Thursday mornings and so we've been inside and it's dark in there. Next time maybe.