Taoist Long Life Set, body opening and preparation part 4

[taichiplayer100]

Intermediate level, you must be kidding but yes, full time practice is different to twice a week. I've been doing tai chi for 10 years with some good Chen teachers. I now work with older people getting them moving with tai chi, that's a different ballgame. I commented because what you do is beautiful but could do with some explanation that it takes a lot of work to achieve that level of movement!

[taichiplayer100]

Nice basic warm up moves BUT those low stances are crazy. Only trained athletes or those doing tai chi since they were 4 could achieve them so they are hardly gentle and could encourage people to injure themselves. That sort of thing gets tai chi a bad name.

[chentaichiacademy]

@taichiplayer100 sure this is the intermediate level. At our school a lot of folks even those who have back surgery have been able to acheive this depth. The key is to do it a little twice a day and not to exhaust connective tissue or tire out the muscles. We are a full time school so its not a twice a week hobby. Every one of the moves contains martial applications, this is a separate fighting system but there is some additional stuff such as partner drills and stepping drills.