Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Aging Tiger's Tail's a Draggin'











Happy night. Found out that there was a beginning Tai Chi class being held tonight in the gym of Piar & Marrota Physical Therapy. It was a beginning class and I decided to go. Tai Chi is something I've been doing off and on, mostly off for nearly 28 years.

I taken martial arts classes, jujitsu, aikido, karate and tai chi over the years. But I never was ableto devote the time necessary to advance beyond beginner status. Of all the maritial arts I've studied, Tai Chi is the one I've practiced the most.

Sadly, I stopped practicing, forgot all the moves and really lost the benefit of a wonderful form of meditation and exercise. So tonight I went.

The class was hard. It was a Yang style Tai Chi class, but the moves felt different from the moves I've learned in other Yang classes. But once I started practicing, the muscles seemed to remember so much on their own.

So I am glad I went. I also think I'll keep going.

Capitano Tedeschi

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P.S. Please forgive my laxity in not maintaining my blog. Been spending too much time on Face book, which is okay, but the funny thing is many of my Face book posts are short blog essays. So, I promise to do better in the future.

Il Capitano