Markit
For all those wishing to take part in what my better half says will be a very exciting and learning time for all in magnificent surrounding with a world famous Tai Chi master that speaks fluent Australian now is your chance.For more information: [url=http://balidiscovery.com/webapps/12all/lt.php?c=1463&m=1582&nl=1&lid=28726&l=-http--www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp--Q-ID--E-9733]Bali News: Tai Chi For Vibrant Health[/url]What a great place for it too: [ATTACH]1682.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1683.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1684.vB[/ATTACH]
SHoggard
Isn't that fighting very slow people... too violent for my taste
Christmastree
Tai Chi Chuan is a MARTIAL ART but it is not in its concept defined as violent. It can be defined as meditation in movement and all in all is a very complex but beautiful art. It can be practiced in many ways combined with Qigong, Form practice, also many variations of weapons like fan, sword, etc. It is a very aesthetic art with a great philosophy. :)
Christmastree
Indeed a beautiful venue for this event and I am very much looking forward to it as there seems to be hardly any Tai Chi here in Bali. This is unfortunate for me as I am a dedicated Tai Chi Player and would love to have the opportunity to learn.
davita
Seems quite amusing to me...like people fighting air with a sword...or do they see something I cannot.Anyway, not half as amusing as that Japanese wrestling on TV...what's it called...oh yeah...SUMO.Looks like 2 guys who just consumed a full McDonald restaurant, and I don't mean just the big macs...i'm including the furniture. They don big boy pampers..tie their hair in a pony tail, strut around pampering themselves with talcum powder then..... eventually...and it takes a while for the prefight preparation to loosen the muscle from the flab...they try to push each other out of a circle. The loser leaves and the winner splashes more talcum.I'm sorry...I don't mean to be offensive but it is a joke...right?
Markit
Thank you Christmastree for the kind explanation and welcome to the forum. What we definitely need here is some complex and beautiful art not to mention a little self defense. You mention sword and fan, how is it with a mouse?For those looking for more on the retreat (I always think that word sounds like after a battle and not on the winning side):[url]https://www.facebook.com/events/538983559474402/[/url]
Christmastree
LOL, Davita, if you like to see it as a joke....please feel welcome to do so. Sorry I can't say anything about SUMO wrestling as I only have seen a little bit on TV and have no insight into the art of Sumo. I am sure it is as complex as any other Martial Art. Actually when you learn a Tai Chi Sword form or Hand form or any other weapon form before you go into application ( the concept of fight is in this to DEFEND) you learn to control your body, develop sensitivity, balance, you learn to RELAX (called song or sung), you increase your alertness, your flexibility, your spontaneity and most of all to FOCUS. It is very not easily done to describe a complex art like TCC in 3 sentences but if you would learn about it and its details I am sure you would not see it as a joke....:)
Christmastree
applied in many ways in daily life.....
joji gulapetis
Thank you Christmastree for the kind explanation and welcome to the forum. What we definitely need here is some complex and beautiful art not to mention a little self defense. You mention sword and fan, how is it with a mouse?For those looking for more on the retreat (I always think that word sounds like after a battle and not on the winning side):[url]https://www.facebook.com/events/538983559474402/[/url][/QUOTE]Had a look at the facebook site, read the comments. Something seemed to be missing......... :icon_rolleyes:MARKIT, WHERE WERE YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM AND ENTHUSIASM? :cheerful::topsy_turvy:
davita
Thanks for your answer Xmastree...and I apologise...I'm just amusing myself in thought.If you can guarantee it will prevent the dogs yapping at me when I walk to the pub....I'll consider it...otherwise, I'll continue with my big stick!Re: the Sumo thing...if I were that big I don't think the dogs would care....in fact.... more likely they see a bite of lunch/dinner that would not go amiss!
Christmastree
Markit only helped me to share this as I am new to the forum and couldn't post it myself :) Markit himself is not a TCC practitioner so that explains his lack of enthusiasm.....I am the one with the enthusiasm ...Christmastree - it is :)
Markit
I don't DO or GET Facebook. If I gave a shite what some looser was having for lunch or where then I'm sure FB and Twitter would be a major part of my life = Hot babes, Cold beer, Dribbling Social Media, YeeeeHaaaw, FeckYeah!Fur them what likes it, its the best!And for those poor souls that think Tai Chi is only for slow fights I would point out that reflex pathways that are learned are not subject to any speed restrictions when you need them, they are simply - reflex.
Christmastree
No problem, Davita.......it's fine not to be too serious about it actually - that is what you learn in the first lesson too....all should be playful and leave room for a sense of humour...Yep, definitely has a great effect on dogs..they like it - calms them right down. And if you need to fend off any fierce Bali dogs - that works too because one of the weapons you can learn is POLE/STAFF ....you can apply easily with a normal stick or umbrella.....and it even may help you to lift your pint of beer in a different way....Cheers :)
davita
Yep, definitely has a great effect on dogs..they like it - calms them right down. And if you need to fend off any fierce Bali dogs - that works too because one of the weapons you can learn is POLE/STAFF ....[COLOR="#FF0000"]you can apply easily with a normal stick or umbrella[/COLOR].....and it even may help you to lift your pint of beer in a different way...Cheers :)[/QUOTE]Xmastree...welcome to the forum. You are making my day full of mirth.Before I'd ever heard of Tai Chi...I thought it was a drink....I knew about POLE/STAFF and how to[COLOR="#FF0000"] apply easily with a normal stick [/COLOR]to the Bali dogs that get in my way...I beat them over the f+*ck*+8n head till they run away...:abnormal:Also...never needed Tai Chi to lift a pint of beer in over 60 years...however, if it can convince others to PAY for my beer...I'm willing to give your Tai Chi a try..:eagerness:
Christmastree
Davita, well...there is a drink called Chai Tea Latte.....:) ...sounds a bit like it .........But don't think it stretches that far to convince others to pay for your beer...at least I have not mastered that part yet....LOL
davita
Thanks Xmas...you did make my day...please...no offence.If we ever meet I'll buy you a beer...or Chai Ti..if that is your preferance.You sound like a good guy...cheers...and good luck with your kick-boxing...Oh! that's not your thing...just something else that amuses me:icon_cry:!David
Christmastree
LOL...I am a married women...the granny type actually....not a guy .....but I love Martial Arts! Many people tell me to take up knitting again instead but I do prefer sword play and push - hands. Glad I made you smile, Davita...and my favourite drink is red wine :)
davita
LOL...I am a married women...the granny type actually....not a guy .....but I love Martial Arts! Many people tell me to take up knitting again instead but I do prefer sword play and push - hands. Glad I made you smile, Davita...and my favourite drink is red wine :)[/QUOTE]Ooops...I apologise...I imagined the poster as a hunky muscle mechanic, like a Bruce Lee. Someone who had found spirituallity and was looking for a way to control his anger-management. But this new vision is even more amusing...... A lovely granny type lady who enjoys the Martial Arts. After partaking copious amounts of red wine, I see her emerging swinging a sharp sword, or steel balls on a chain, whilst punching and slashing air in between doing back-flips. Meanwhile, yelling in a kamakazi type dialect.... maybe trying to find anger...maybe recalling all those men that have wronged her...maybe determined to never be abused. I've seen movies which have all these elements.....very exciting and for me....very funny.We do have something in common...I also like red wine! My wife didn't coz she thought it would stain her lovely smile so she chose white. We have both compromised and now drink Hattens Rose from a box......and we drink lots of it. She does yoga and a fitness routine, as we have a small gym in our house, whilst I watch dvd's of ladies fitness exercises and squeeze the last drops of the Rose from the plastic insert of the box!So Christmastree...I'll change my offer from beer to wine so long as I'm not subjected to violence...even if it's only intimated!:cheerful:
joji gulapetis
For all those wishing to take part in what my better half says will be a very exciting and learning time for all in magnificent surrounding with a world famous Tai Chi master that speaks fluent Australian now is your chance.For more information: [url=http://balidiscovery.com/webapps/12all/lt.php?c=1463&m=1582&nl=1&lid=28726&l=-http--www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp--Q-ID--E-9733]Bali News: Tai Chi For Vibrant Health[/url]What a great place for it too: [ATTACH=CONFIG]1682[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]1683[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]1684[/ATTACH][/QUOTE][url=http://www.indocosmictaichi.com]Indo Cosmic Tai Chi[/url]A cheaper alternative? For us who are fond of flying ephelants.:topsy_turvy:
Markit
"Cheaper" to fly to fecking India?
