Great t'ai chi makeup...
Jan. 7th, 2013 09:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpLast Monday's attempt to make up the Christmas t'ai chi session didn't work out, so I went this evening, and aside from the fact I was about 30 seconds late to class, it was a really great session that concentrated on an activity known as "push-hands," in which pairs of students practice developing "muscle memory" to get a basic set of movements down, and then gradually refine those movements to develop the skill to "read" what one's opponent is about to do.
Sifu is particularly skilled at this, and between that and having learned to always be "grounded" (not electrically, of course, but in terms of balance), watching him throw opponents off balance is a little like watching a skilled magician.
Work-wise, I managed to translate about 2,400 source words of educational essay, and a short daily item from Russia (originating—go figure—on Russian Orthodox Christmas). If memory serves, the end client's Russian counterparts are off through tomorrow, so if things work out, I'll have one more reasonably uninterrupted day to work on the education stuff.
Time to relax.
Cheers...
Sifu is particularly skilled at this, and between that and having learned to always be "grounded" (not electrically, of course, but in terms of balance), watching him throw opponents off balance is a little like watching a skilled magician.
Work-wise, I managed to translate about 2,400 source words of educational essay, and a short daily item from Russia (originating—go figure—on Russian Orthodox Christmas). If memory serves, the end client's Russian counterparts are off through tomorrow, so if things work out, I'll have one more reasonably uninterrupted day to work on the education stuff.
Time to relax.
Cheers...
