By Jane Kiester
Day 8, Friday, April 23 (Xizhou)
Today, before breakfast, Shawn continued teaching us the old Chen Style Tai Chi. He does the original form, the one that dates back several hundred years. He told us that we will notice a difference in the form when we watch videos of other Masters as most of them [...]
By Jane Kiester
Day 7, Thursday, April 22 (Xizhou)
Today began at 8:00 AM in the courtyard where we started to learn Chen style Tai Chi, the original, style of Tai Chi. We also practiced the Eight Pieces of Brocade and our exercises. Behind us in the courtyard was a large backdrop of a wall with a fluted [...]
By Shawn Cartwright
Today we did a little sightseeing. We visited Science and Technology Museum and then relaxed by drinking some excellent tea. Then we made our way across the river to the Temple Market area.
The Temple Market was destroyed in WWII and rebuilt as a tourist attraction. But tonight the crowd was mostly Chinese. Prices are very [...]
By Shawn Cartwright
Today we started the formal classroom part of our program. We are teaching our group Qigong and Tai Chi every day and they are experiencing various traditional Chinese medicine treatments. But this trip is special in that we are also teaching them the theory behind the practices. We started with a lecture on the five [...]
By Shawn Cartwright
When you visit China, it’s worth it to take some time to do a little shopping. Don’t bother with the clothes – they make most of ours anyway and the export quality is much higher than domestic production. The best things to buy are their tea and their books. The tea in China is most [...]