How does it work
Tai Chi as a soft art uses slow movements combined with specific breathing and choreographs it into what we know as a form. There are two types of form, qi-gong (which means energy exercise) and then the long form.
The qi-gong take a repetitive movement and combine it with the breath and you repeat the same movement a set number of times. The qi-gong are done at the beginning of class as part of the warm-up and this also helps to release tension you may have picked up in your day, before class. After the qi-gong we move onto the long form, and here we do it as a class together with me leading.
The long form is a set of choreographed postures that you move into and out of and in combination they constitute the flow of the form. The long form has 66 postures and you learn it posture by posture. This means you can be taught the proper structure and movement for each posture individually before before moving on to the next posture.
Once you have learnt the whole long form the aim then becomes doing the form in as smooth and flowing way as possible. This is easier said than done, but comes in time to everyone.
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