London Tai Chi Instructors.

Browsing Archive: February, 2015

Tudor painting and tai chi.

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Tuesday, February 24, 2015,
One of my interests outside of tai chi is Tudor painting. I just love all the detail and all the bling, as well as the symbolism used. Today I visited the National Portrait Gallery, which has an excellent collection of Tudor portraits. It's really great to get so close to these paintings, which are hundreds of years old and to be able to see all the details, down to the actual brush strokes.

Tudor painting is like tai chi in that the stunning effects of realism and sparkling jewels are built u...
Continue reading ...
 

kids and grading

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Sunday, February 1, 2015,
On Sundays, together with a second instructor, I do a family class for parents and/or children. So one instructor does the adults, while the other (me) does the kids....

One of the adults asked recently (seeing the kids with their various colour belts) if they did exactly the same gradings as the adults? Short answer is "no". A longer answer is needed to explain the difference:

The adults' programme is very set in stone, to gently lead people to develop their practise in certain directions, so...
Continue reading ...
 
« Back to posts
 

Categories