Tai Chi at the Allen Center - 2012 Day 322

Two trod the paving stones for a nice warm-up followed by a 4 minute 24 second set. The flow here seemed really good today.

Following the 103, both remained for a 3.5 minute called sword set. There was some discussion of Black Dragon Wraps Around the Pole following the set.

Finally, we practiced about 11 minutes of standing meditation. Largely, this was nice, too, but my posture seemed a bit off for the first 2/3rds of the session. After that though, it was quite nice.

01, 02
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After a called set up through the end of part 2 (people in part 1 having the opportunity to practice section 1 three times), we worked on push-hands in the University class. We started with a refresher on single-hand and then proceeded into stepping single-hand.

01, 03, 13
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In the evening class, the beginners reviewed the breathing for part 1 and the opening of part 2. We then worked on positions up through Repulse Monkey.

The more advanced folks worked on part 2.

01, 02, 07, 10