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I have grasped the swallow’s tail, offered a shoulder strike, wielded a single whip, pushed and pulled, brushed the leg, deflected, parried and thrust.\u00a0 All moves in Tai Chi.\u00a0 I have made real progress over the last 20 weeks, nearing the real end of the first third of the form.\u00a0 Once I finish the first third, I can practice it three times in a row and will have a feel for the time it takes to do the entire form.<\/p>\n
At some point I will have the entire form under my belt, perhaps in the next year, though I will have a month and a half hiatus while rounding South America.\u00a0 Then, I can continue the form as a means of meditation, relaxation and conditioning.<\/p>\n
With the single exception of some modern dance I did while in college, this has been the most difficult, by far, physical work I’ve ever done.\u00a0 Not difficult as in strenuous, but difficult in the care and precision needed, the execution of movements which do not come naturally to me.\u00a0 The degree of difficulty has surprised me, but only because I was so ignorant of Tai Chi.<\/p>\n
Mastering a difficult physical project has been satisfying for me, satisfying in direct proportion to its difficulty.\u00a0 I tried piano for quite a while about ten years ago, but I just didn’t have the skill or the real interest.\u00a0 This I can and am doing.\u00a0 New for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Honey Extraction Moon I have grasped the swallow’s tail, offered a shoulder strike, wielded a single whip, pushed and pulled, brushed the leg, deflected, parried and thrust.\u00a0 All moves in Tai Chi.\u00a0 I have made real progress over the last 20 weeks, nearing the real end of the first third of the form.\u00a0 … Continue reading Degree of Difficulty<\/span>