tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231567078914632658.post3029663675834814502..comments2013-01-05T13:44:02.172-08:00Comments on Aging Gracefully Through Gentle Martial Practice: chewing gum while walking: involving the handsJohn Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15673225286918013251noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231567078914632658.post-22094597142331340482013-01-05T13:44:02.172-08:002013-01-05T13:44:02.172-08:00Thanks! If I persist with this you'll see tha...Thanks! If I persist with this you'll see that it diverges from Tai Chi before long. The essence of my practice is incremental variations on reciprocating (recirculating) exercises, which is a far cry from the short form, much less the long form. Each sequence of motions is at most a few seconds in length, and the end of the sequence feeds back into the beginning, making them effectively continuous. Ideally, the end/beginning can be moved to any point in the sequence without altering its nature. These sequences are frequently symmetrical, left-to-right, but if not they should be practiced equally in both mirror-image versions. The variations bring additional degrees of freedom into play, and generally involve adjustments that are perpendicular to the primary motion, as in raising or lowering the path of a side-to-side sweep of the hand.John Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673225286918013251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231567078914632658.post-71342525455204036602013-01-05T12:18:06.964-08:002013-01-05T12:18:06.964-08:00Hi John,
Just came across your blog. As a long-ti...Hi John,<br /><br />Just came across your blog. As a long-time tai chi practitioner (among other things), I appreciate your exploration of body mechanics similar to tai chi.<br /><br />RegardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com