Seven slouched off the winter weather to gather at the HEC 110 for a very pleasant 27 minute uncalled set. It felt slower than that, but boy did it feel good. I woke up a bit sore this morning, probably from too much time sleeping but after the set, I felt almost human.
After the set, I spoke on the position of the pushing hand in Brush Left Knee and Repulse Monkey before the push occurs. I then spoke on the continued importance of width of stance over depth of stance. I also talked briefly about the hand position in frames like White Crane Spreads Wings and Strike Tiger combined with the concept of the center line of the body. Lastly, I revisited the breathing of Wave Hands Like Clouds and especially into the transition into the subsequent Single Whip.
After my comments, one person had a question on Play Lute so I worked with him on that paying attention to the martial application of the frame.
After the Q&A, four of us remained for some work on staff. Energetically speaking, I was a bit off, so we worked slowly through part 1 a few times and then ramped it up (for those in the know) for a couple of medium sets. Overall, it was a very nice T'ai Chi morning.
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