Another of the Internal Arts of China is Bagua, the core practice of which is walking a circle with various different palm positions. While I don’t really practice Bagua I do have a great circle walking training tool at my local park. Check it out:
As you can see, it’s important to fit your training into your life, and the local park provides many different training opportunities.
As it says in the Tai Chi Classic,
“In motion the whole body should be light and agile,
with all parts of the body linked
as if threaded together.”
Obviously you need to be light and agile to keep your balance while stepping on this childrens’ ride. Lightness and agility are important qualities that need to be trained in Tai Chi, and always practicing on a perfectly flat wooden floor of a dojo, or the flat concrete of a patio won’t help you. I strongly advocate training the form on a variety of surfaces, both even and uneven, sloping, staggered and even moving, as shown here! Also, it never hurts to have a little fun time with your kids 🙂
The Tai Chi Notebook 
My attackers are getting more skilled every day. Going to need some new moves to keep up with them soon!
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Great Fun!!! This kind of informal, everyday practice, that use the everyday environment is often neglected.
Your ‘attackers” use of Wellington boots was also a good example of ‘weapons at hand’.
You were lucky to escape!!!
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I was introduced to tai chi by a friend. I must say that I did not really know much about it before this. He told me that it had helped him no end in controlling his depression. His name is John and he has many issues in his life which not only affect his self-confidence but also makes him very depressed at times. John has been attending tai chi classes for nearly two years and has seemingly become a new man. For whatever reason he did not tell people about what he was doing. On a night out I mentioned to him that he had been a lot happier in the recent months. This is when he talked to me about tai chi. He also asked if I would like to attend the classes with him, which I duly agreed to. I am very glad that we had this conversation as I can also quite easily spiral into a state of depression.-
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