Learning Tai Chi Chuan

Due to various health reasons and still facing obesity problem despite having exercise in gym, I decided to learn Tai Chi Chuan 太极拳.

Tai Chi Chuan 太极拳 is a Chinese martial art practiced many centuries in China for both its defence training and health benefits. It emphasizes hard and soft martial art techniques which involve internal strength control, breathing exercise and moving in slow movement.

All these years, I am hoping to learn this martial art but I don't know where to learn. So, I decided to search in the internet. Nowadays, seaching information in internet is very easy and convenient; I type in Google search for "leaning Tai Chi at ", relevant websites will appear and I find a Tai Chi Chuan training center near my house.

I started my first class of Tai Chi Chuan yesterday night. There are about 30 people and most of them are elderly. I think younger generation not interested in Tai Chi Chuan because of the slow movement and it takes patience to practice the arts.

Begining, the master said we need loosen up our body, not only physically but emotionally. It is so true because city lives generally are stressful. In this competitive world, especially those who live in Kuala Lumpur, life here is moving so fast, generaly people are feeling stressful and tension. I wouldn't be surprise many are suffer stiff neck and muscle.

On the other hand, I have my day dream about one day I can be a Kung Fu master that flight like the Karate Kid. Ha! Ha! I imagine one day I use my Kong Fu to beat up the bad guys…….wow.. Lol

So I stand there, carefully observe and follow the movement of the master. It is a simple movement whereby we are moving both legs and arms slowly. We kept repeating the same movement again and again until it becoming natural. The whole night, I just learn two movements but my knee is feeling soreness … but I still looking forward for the next class.