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Anybody here ever do Tai Chi
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06/17/25 03:21 PM
06/17/25 03:21 PM
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Idaho Falls, ID
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If so, which style and how did you like it. I just started the WU style to try to improve my coordination, and balance among other things.
An old man roaming the Rockies
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Re: Anybody here ever do Tai Chi
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06/17/25 03:49 PM
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I have thought about taking some beginner classes because of my condition. I've read it can be helpful in a lot of ways including dexterity, movement, due to arthritis, stenosis, and more.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: Anybody here ever do Tai Chi
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06/17/25 03:59 PM
06/17/25 03:59 PM
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I have thought about taking some beginner classes because of my condition. I've read it can be helpful in a lot of ways including dexterity, movement, due to arthritis, stenosis, and more. You can watch and follow along on YouTube for free.
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Re: Anybody here ever do Tai Chi
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06/17/25 04:34 PM
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Idaho Falls, ID
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I have thought about taking some beginner classes because of my condition. I've read it can be helpful in a lot of ways including dexterity, movement, due to arthritis, stenosis, and more. You can watch and follow along on YouTube for free. I have thought about taking some beginner classes because of my condition. I've read it can be helpful in a lot of ways including dexterity, movement, due to arthritis, stenosis, and more. You can watch and follow along on YouTube for free. Nowhere the same. I tried that and it doesn’t work. A practitioner needs a good instructor to show the proper techniques and correct improper form.
An old man roaming the Rockies
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Re: Anybody here ever do Tai Chi
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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06/17/25 05:57 PM
06/17/25 05:57 PM
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Yes I participated in Tai Chi for one season.
Not sure which one I did. Used to go to a park on Tuesday and Thursday nights and do Tai Chi with a group of about 10 people. I stood in the back and tried imitating what everyone was doing.
I still meditate most everyday for at least a half hour. I found Tai Chi very relaxing.
Meditation helps keep me level headed and lowers my blood pressure and heart rate.
Once I had the motions down I found doing Tai Chi with my eyes closed more relaxing. At first it tested my balance but after a few sessions it became more fluid.
I was surprised how much it hurt the first week because my body wasn't used to stretching to that degree. But once the lactic acid in my muscles subsided I was fine for the rest of the year.
I hope you find as much enjoyment in it that I did. I also found the other people that participated very interesting.
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: Anybody here ever do Tai Chi
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06/17/25 06:58 PM
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![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2025/06/full-22754-260913-img_20250613_193042168_hdr.jpg) I do Mai Tai... lol…..
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just put your ear to the ground , and follow along
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Re: Anybody here ever do Tai Chi
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06/17/25 07:06 PM
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Tai Chi, when done with speed, can also be used as a self defense art although most people do it for health. My instructor shows how each move can be used in a self defense scenario which helps understand the reason for each move.
An old man roaming the Rockies
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Re: Anybody here ever do Tai Chi
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06/17/25 07:10 PM
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Tai Chi, when done with speed, can also be used as a self defense art although most people do it for health. My instructor shows how each move can be used in a self defense scenario which helps understand the reason for each move. …. Y’all dabblin in sacrilege in here …. Get yourself a punchin bag and a sack of jerky
Insert profound nonsense here
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Re: Anybody here ever do Tai Chi
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06/18/25 10:52 AM
06/18/25 10:52 AM
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This last Saturday I watched a Buddhist monk do their "slow walk" around our farmers market with incense and a little bell. About 15 ft behind a Buddhist girl followed his footsteps with bowed head.
I'm thinkin' a few Buddhist chants and some incense might help you out Savell. You know, be all you can be. Maybe catch more wildcats.
Last edited by beaverpeeler; 06/18/25 10:54 AM.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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