Saturday, October 31, 2009

Tai Chi or Chai Tea


"I thought Tai Chi was a spiritual thing, like Yoga"

"Isn't Tai Chi just for health?"

"A martial art? How can you fight in slow motion?"

What is synchronised swimming doing at the Olympics?
Ask someone who's trained in the pool every day for 10 years.

Swimming against the tide
The wave of people washing blind
They are just a ripple
The real rip is caused by the storm of converted souls
The Tai Chi enthusiasts
Yesterday's students
Today's teachers
Passing on the diluted piddle they should rename - Chai Tea.

Why can I not defend myself using Tai Chi?

A: Because you are not prepared to stand in the Zhang Zhuang for 1 hour a day.

A: Because you don't practise stepping for 1 hour per day.

A: Because you don't travel to China and stay there for 5 years studying every day for 6 hours with a Master.

A: Because you don't train the applications over and over and over again with a partner.

A: Because you don't know what 'Duifang' means.

A: Because you are SOFT. Because you are not soft.

A: Because you haven't done 10,000 hours.

These Masters, these Chinese men and women who breathe Tai Chi from childhood
Unhitched by ego
Pure power
Pure physics

I also like watching Tai Chi gymnastics
Pure Chai Tea



Some relevant quotes:

Courage first; power second; technique third.~ Author unknown

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.~ Napoleon Bonaparte

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.~ Bruce Lee

Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly.~ Theodore Roosevelt

“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence.
One is a matter of quality; the other a matter of time.”

“There is no superiority or inferiority of style, only the distinctions between the practitioners.”

“The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.” -The Dhammapada

“You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.” -Charlie Parker

“First you have to be hit to know how to defend.”-unknown

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