The Details:
It's 56 at the house. The sunrise was at 7:13. I'll be going in to teach the Taiji & Qigong class from 8-9:30 this morning. It's my last Tuesday morning class until May 2025.
The Practice:
When I got to The Studio I opened up and started with a round of Taiji Double Dao Form using wooden broadswords.
First Jack then Janee showed up and we started with a review of The Taiji Dance focused on embodying the principles. Jack and I did part IV multiple times to develop our skills. I talked about the difference between working on the sequence (1st step) as compared to working towards embodying the principles inside the sequence. One way to refine your techniques to this level is to 'loop' short sequences.
Next we did a round of The 10 + tuned into The Principles.
About 1/2 way through The 10 Read showed up.
After The 10 we did a Round of Taiji on the left side during Part I and then the right side during Parts II and III. I recited the Taiji Classics during Part I
After class I did a couple of rounds of Taiji Jian with Janee, Read and Jack.
We finished with Lazy D on the left side and talking about "neither severance nor splice"