world tai chi day

Again, this is something I’m more tied to myself than it is arts, but tai chi is cultural, too! This year’s World Tai Chi day was last Saturday, and about 50 tai chi players got together during the morning at a park in Medina to play through a few forms and share different styles. A few local schools were represented, including the Progressive School of Martial Arts, for which I have no bias I totally go there.

Yeah, those are swords. Not only is tai chi really good for your mental and emotional states, it’s also a complete martial art. My teacher (the taller gentleman actually wearing pants in this photo) teaches Wu style tai chi, though we got to see some Yang and Hau styles. I got to help demo our sword style, and watched another straight sword style as well as a fan style.

After the demonstrations, all the Wu style players, a group of about 15 of us, got together and played through the entire form. So, it may’ve seemed really windy Saturday, but it was actually just the massive amount of chi that we pushed around all morning.

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