Quentin, a 58-year-old golfer with a stubborn slice, picked up a tai chi sword at his wife’s class as a joke. Six weeks later his playing partners wanted to know what changed. Nothing about his clubs, his ball, or his swing coach had changed. What changed was his wrists, his rotation, and his tempo, all … Read more
Priscilla, a contemporary dancer in her fifties, came to our school after a foot injury forced her off the stage for a season. Her physical therapist suggested slow balance work, and a friend dragged her to a tai chi sword class. Three months later she told me something I have heard from dancers ever since: … Read more
Introduction Nancy, 68, moved her tai chi sword practice from her garage to the neighborhood park one spring morning and never wanted to go back inside. Fresh air, birds, space to extend every movement fully. Then, on week three, she stepped onto a patch of long wet grass during a turn and felt her back … Read more
Introduction Evelyn, 71, practices the 42 form outdoors in Georgia, where summer mornings hit 80 percent humidity before breakfast. Halfway through her third repetition, her tai chi sword started rotating inside her grip during a simple wrist circle. She did not drop it, but she spent the rest of the form thinking about holding on … Read more
Tai Chi Sword Tassel Problems Introduction Linda, a 64 year old retired nurse, had been practicing the 32 form for two months when she marched up to me before class and announced she was cutting the tassel off her tai chi sword with kitchen scissors that very night. “It attacks me,” she said. “Every turn, … Read more
Tai Chi Sword Death Grip Introduction Dennis, a 58 year old former racquetball player, joined my class with forearms like bridge cables and a grip to match. Twenty years of squeezing a racquet had trained his hands to one setting: maximum. When I handed him a tai chi sword, he grabbed it like it owed … Read more
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