Tai Chi update
25 Aug 2005 02:18 amOw.
We're almost done with the review of the set, maybe two sessions to go and we'll be a regular class.
We also started doing don-yus which are a sort of squats but very different from the ones you'd do at a gym. It's a sitting movement, but your back remains straight and your heels stay on the floor. There are coordinating arm movements, too. It's one of those moves that show how physically weak I am, as you're pushing up your whole bodyweight with your legs (through your feet up your spine, off which the whole body hangs). Having dodgy knees doesn't help. I didn't actually feel any discomfort in the knees, I just really felt it in the muscles, which can only be a good thing in the long run.
We're almost done with the review of the set, maybe two sessions to go and we'll be a regular class.
We also started doing don-yus which are a sort of squats but very different from the ones you'd do at a gym. It's a sitting movement, but your back remains straight and your heels stay on the floor. There are coordinating arm movements, too. It's one of those moves that show how physically weak I am, as you're pushing up your whole bodyweight with your legs (through your feet up your spine, off which the whole body hangs). Having dodgy knees doesn't help. I didn't actually feel any discomfort in the knees, I just really felt it in the muscles, which can only be a good thing in the long run.