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Your part
Tai chi is easy in
principle, yet difficult in execution.
The problem lies with your own body and
mind. After all, it is you that make the
tai chi exist.
Without your body, the system cannot become manifest - the tai chi can only be
as good as you personally make it.
Focus
Do not look outside yourself for
answers. The solution lies in this very moment,
in the very process of doing.
Your tai chi will improve relative to your ability to produce it.
Aah... stubborn. Thinking that the
body is still functioning like a 40 year old.
(Henry Kajana, aged 68)
Syllabus
Our syllabus was developed as the result of
our own tai chi practice and
teaching experience.
The teaching skills/qualification have proven invaluable in creating a syllabus.
Interlocking
Every exercise has been systematically broken-down, explained and re-built.
This is a very thorough process.
All aspects of the syllabus interlock.
The material is self-reinforcing and challenges each student to understand
tai chi for themselves.
Professional
A professional syllabus is not the norm in tai chi; most
schools do not have a formal syllabus.
At best they have qigong, forms and drills - and these are taught in a habitual
manner.
A curriculum needs to be very carefully thought through in order to build layer
upon layer of understanding, body growth and internal development.
Patience
How well you do is entirely down to you.
Your capacity to coordinate the body, memorise, observe, comprehend and adapt
will all be put to the test.
Yet, this is no competition. You do what you can, as you can. The
class is for
you. We are here to assist you.
The process of learning takes as long as it needs to.
Continuous learning
Learning can be improved by adopting good mental practices:
Persistence
Controlling your impulses
Avoid distraction
Better listening skills
Think flexibility
Metacognition - being aware of your thinking processes/thinking about how you think
Seeking accuracy
Questioning and problem posing
The relevance of past knowledge
The application of new insights/experiences
Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
Gathering data through all the senses
Creating, imagining and innovating
Responding with wonderment and awe
Taking responsibility
Risk assessment
Humour
Working with others
Adopt a positive mental attitude
See learning as a process not a destination
Page created
18 April 1995
Last updated
04 May 2023
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