charyuop
Black Belt
The day started as usual with the warm up. After that one of the teachers went away with the beginners and the other one started working with us.
In the middle of the 8 form the Master enters and you could feel the excitement in the whole class. After the 8 form she explained that she came to give the certificate to some practitioners who passed her test. After that she told our teacher to go ahead with the class, she was jst there to watch.
Here we go again with the 8 form and the Master keeps hanging around me and watch us. Arrived at the single whip I feel a hand grabbing my hook a adjusting the position first then the hight. We don't stop and here again appears the Master moving my hand in the snake creeps down, it was just few inches...LOL I wonder why only with me...she also started doing the forms right in from of me. After that the teacher went on with the 24 form (up to where we got with leassons), but after the first time the Master stopped us at Repulse Monkey and took the class in her hands.
Her way of teaching is so different from my teachers, but I loved it immediately. She stopped us at the first movement having us keep the stence and checked it per each person. Coming near me she throw her leg out in a kick which stopped a couple of inches from my groin. She then moved my arm (the lower in the ward off) closer to my groin and kicked again showing how I could protect myself that way.
She went on with other stences and everytime stopping us to check person per person. We stopped a long time on repulse monkey. She showed us the correct movement (the way I know it) and then the movement she wants us to do (it is very different and difficult due to a pivoting on a heel). There she got me a couple of times (I was the only one who got caught doing wrong stuff
) because I was not bending my knee of the leg in front, but only the back one (I find hard doing long steps backwards as she wants and still keep the front knee bent).
Overall was a GREAT day and for the first time I felt like I was with someone who really has a deep understanding of the Art. Watching her doing even simple movements like brush knee was unbelieveble. Her pushing hand was relaxed, but her hand had a way of moving which made me think in that hand there was alot of power. I enjoyed this class of Tai Chi as I had never done before (hee hee, don't tell my teachers) even tho she kept picking on me
I am really sorry that I can't study directly under her, but I have to study under 3 students of hers who she recognized able to teach.
I will treasure this day in my personal Tai Chi history forever...
In the middle of the 8 form the Master enters and you could feel the excitement in the whole class. After the 8 form she explained that she came to give the certificate to some practitioners who passed her test. After that she told our teacher to go ahead with the class, she was jst there to watch.
Here we go again with the 8 form and the Master keeps hanging around me and watch us. Arrived at the single whip I feel a hand grabbing my hook a adjusting the position first then the hight. We don't stop and here again appears the Master moving my hand in the snake creeps down, it was just few inches...LOL I wonder why only with me...she also started doing the forms right in from of me. After that the teacher went on with the 24 form (up to where we got with leassons), but after the first time the Master stopped us at Repulse Monkey and took the class in her hands.
Her way of teaching is so different from my teachers, but I loved it immediately. She stopped us at the first movement having us keep the stence and checked it per each person. Coming near me she throw her leg out in a kick which stopped a couple of inches from my groin. She then moved my arm (the lower in the ward off) closer to my groin and kicked again showing how I could protect myself that way.
She went on with other stences and everytime stopping us to check person per person. We stopped a long time on repulse monkey. She showed us the correct movement (the way I know it) and then the movement she wants us to do (it is very different and difficult due to a pivoting on a heel). There she got me a couple of times (I was the only one who got caught doing wrong stuff
) because I was not bending my knee of the leg in front, but only the back one (I find hard doing long steps backwards as she wants and still keep the front knee bent).Overall was a GREAT day and for the first time I felt like I was with someone who really has a deep understanding of the Art. Watching her doing even simple movements like brush knee was unbelieveble. Her pushing hand was relaxed, but her hand had a way of moving which made me think in that hand there was alot of power. I enjoyed this class of Tai Chi as I had never done before (hee hee, don't tell my teachers) even tho she kept picking on me
I am really sorry that I can't study directly under her, but I have to study under 3 students of hers who she recognized able to teach.
I will treasure this day in my personal Tai Chi history forever...
