The Details:
It's 60 at the house. It's sunny at the moment but the forecast is to be raining by noon. Jeff is scheduled to arrive at 10 for a private lesson.
The Practice:
It started to rain so I went out to The Barn to practice before Jeff came at 10:00.
I started with a very brief warm up and then did a Round (right side) to Master T. T. Liang's music with him counting out the beats. I lost the sequence towards the end of Part III. I got back on track with equanimity. The 'lost' part happened a few times. I got back on track but it wasn't the best Round I've ever had. Oy! I guess I was a little distracted thinking about the upcoming meeting with Jeff.
After Jeff arrived we worked on Cheng T'ing Hua Baguazhang's 8 Animal Form.
First we worked on the Mud Wadding Step
Next we worked on the Introduction to the 8 Animal Form.
Next we worked on the first Change: The Lion Opens It's Mouth.
Next we worked on Yin Fu 8 Linking Palms.
Next we isolated #3 from the 8 Linking Palms, flushing out the Roll, Wrap and Drill.
We finished with some discussion about The Studio and the concept of closure.