Mal

Hi All,

Practice of the 5 Tibetans (T5T)and the Royal Court (from Mat Furies Combat Conditioning) is progressing well.

Started doing 7 reps of T5T this week. I'm enjoying doing these first thing in the morning. I do notice increased tenderness in my lower back (always tender anyhow) on the day after I increase the reps but it's not "sore" this time. I'm only increasing the reps by 2 every week and it's putting a lot less strain on my body. Last time I tried these I increased the reps too quickly (thought I was too young and fit) and strained my back and had to stop and recover

The Royal Court is going well too, for the first time ever I'm actually enjoying doing these in the afternoon I'm up to 20 reps but I've only been increasing them one a day (only if I'm feeling good) for one week (max increase 5 in a week) and then just doing that number of reps for the next week.

Again being focused on just doing the exercises rather than pushing myself to be doing 31 reps by the end of the month is working much better. So much so that I've actually been practicing the Royal Court on my rest day (was going to take one day off a week) and my body isn't getting more sore and exhausted day after day like it was last year.

I'm starting to feel my body posture "align" as my mussles become stronger and I slouch less. My spine's flexabitity is also increasing and I'm basically feeling good.

Mal

Hello there,

Nice community you have here. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone.

My main interests are Tai Chi and Kung Fu. I'm also interested in "The 5 Tibetans", "Mat Furies Combat Conditioning" as well as M. Chia's sexual energy techniques, although I've never really tried to practice them they do have a lot more appeal now that I'm 33 as opposed to 18 when I originally found his "Taoist Secrets of Love-Cultivating Male Sexual Energy" book.

I'm from Townsville in Queensland, Australia. I've been practicing Tai Chi, badly , since I started High School. Our Art teacher use to lead the entire school through a short form during morning parade. Everyone use to make fun of Tai Chi, but I loved it. I tried to keep learning from books and various teacher over the years but I have only made good progress since I found my current teacher in 2002. I'm also learning Tong Long Kung Fu from him.

The reason for my post is that my new years resolution is to practice "The 5 Tibetans" in the morning and after Kung Fu practice (I've practiced daily since 2003) and "The Kings Court Exercises" from Mat Furies Combat Conditioning.

I've done these exercises previously but I've always found the kings court exercises too intense and I've really only been able to keep doing them for a month before I giving up. So this year I'm increasing my reps a lot more slowly, aiming at just enjoying the exercises everyday rather than trying to get to "x" amount of reps in "x" amount of weeks. So far so good (I'm up to 20 reps, started before new year) and I'm enjoying them a lot more this time too.

I'm also doing the 5 Tibetans, basically as an experiment to see if can take advantage of it's "youthing" properties to fill in a developing bald spot I've done these previously too, but not on a daily basis, I find the "spin" exercise quite enjoyable and unique. Also my partner believes they actually do thicken up my hair!!! So I thought I'd give them a proper go and see what happens

I think that's enough rambling for now