Master Shi Diaomei |
“Knowledge can be
communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do
wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”
- Hermann Hesse
Our schedule remains the
same for March, but with this exception. I will only hold one zoom
pushing-hands class this month. Monday, March 20th, 6:30-7:30, we’ll
go over The Brush Knee etude.
August 25_ 28th Summer Tai-Chi Retreat at Wild
Rice Retreat Center in Bayfield WI.
The cost is 900.00 per person. That includes instruction and
presentations, 2 meals a day, room and lodging, use of the facilities and sauna,
for three nights and two and a half days. We’ll do a long practice each day,
have free time to hike and explore, and have sessions on:
-Solo Form Updates, Review, and Refinement.
-Applications for the 2nd Section.
-2 Advanced Pushing-Hands Drills: Willow #2, and Short
Power.
-Two-Person Cane Form.
-Pa-Kua two-person form.
The center is a short walk, on a wooded trail along Lake
Superior, to downtown Bayfield. I will also have programs and presentations for
the evenings. I need a deposit (refundable) of 300 dollars by May 1st.
If we have enough people to make this a go, I’ll expect the balance by August 1st.
I’ll be arranging rides for the out-of-town people and will coordinate carpools
for the locals.
Book suggestion: Tai-Chi Chuan Body and Mind in Harmony by
Sophia Delza
Some people have been getting amazing wooden swords and
sabers from Little Raven Studios. I just received the Tai-Chi Saber as a
holiday present, thank you D. J.!! These
training weapons are of absolutely the highest quality! Here are some
recommendations:
Sword= https://www.little-raven.com/product/ching-jian/
https://www.little-raven.com/product/ming-jian/
Saber= https://www.little-raven.com/product/tai-chi-dao/
https://www.little-raven.com/product/ox-tail-saber-niu-wei-dao/
March 29th is Grandmaster Wai-lun Choi’s 84th
birthday! And it’s his Chinese Animal year, the Rabbit! I’m putting together a
card with red envelopes. If you want to add a red envelope, get it to me before
the 18th.
Order your school T-shirts here at Zazzle. Hoodies are on
the way!
https://www.zazzle.com/single_whip_chakra_tee-235016484610969225
Paul Brennen has done an amazing job translating Chinese
Martial Arts books into English. Each newsletter, I’m going to suggest a book
either by one of Master Liang’s teachers, or Master Choi’s teachers, or authors
in our direct lineage and martial arts family. This month’s suggestion is a
book by Shi Diao-mei. Shi was one of Master Liang’s teachers in Taiwan. Shi was
a student of Tian Sou-lin and the classmate of Chen Yen-ling (Yearning K. Chen).
( I have Master Liang’s signed copy)
https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2019/03/31/taiji-boxing-according-to-shi-diaomei/
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Thank you all for your continuing appreciation and commitment
to the art of Tai-Chi Chuan,
-Sifu Ray
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-Plato
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