MY PAINFUL STORY: TAI CHI HAS TO BE FOR HEALTH AND FOR MARTIAL PURPOSES. A GOLDEN RULE WHICH CONTAINS THE "NO RULES", IS "DO NOT HURT YOURSELF" OTHERWISE THE OPPONENT JUST HAS TO STAND THERE, WATCH AND WAIT. "TORQUE IN KNEE AS SHOWN BY THE "SNAKE CREEPS DOWN" POSTURE ABOVE = "CHONDROMALACIA PATELLAE" A VERY PAINFUL SOFTENING, EVEN BREAKING OF THE KNEE CARTILAGE. I HAD IT FROM DOING DUMB STUFF BECAUSE I WAS IN MY 30s, HAD ARROGANT TAI CHI TEACHERS IN THEIR 30s AND THEY HAD EVEN MORE ARROGANT TAI CHI TEACHERS IN THEIR 50s MY DOCTOR NEVER HEARD OF TAI CHI, SAID "WHAT IS IT YOU ARE DOING"?
'WELL, IT'S CALLED TAI CHI (THIS WAS 1976) AND THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WAS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD. 'WHATS THAT'? HE SAID AS HE KNOCKED THE ASH OFF HIS CIGAR. I SAID "WELL, ITS WHAT ONE MIGHT CALL A MUSTANG STYLE OF BAGUA ZHANG, TAIJIQUAN, XINGYI, LIUHEBAFA QUAN' HE SAID 'WELL IF YOU WANT TO KEEP DOING THAT WITH CHONDROMALACIA PATELLAE YOU WILL UNDOUBTEDLY NEED AT LEAST 20 ASPIRINS A DAY. I WOULD TALK TO THE SPORTS MEDICINE GUYS WHERE YOU HAD THE ULTRASOUND ABOUT WHAT NOT TO DO WITH YOUR KNEES AND KNOCK OFF DOING THAT STUFF, WHOEVER YOUR LEARNING THAT STUFF FROM DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
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You may find this article helpful in finding the right student-teacher combination. good luch with your studies.
Alan Ludmer
https://slantedflying.com/what-makes-successful-tai-chi-students-and-teachers/
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