Hugh Morris

Is there a particular resource you would recommend for studying the 13 postures and 13 principals?

 

Thank you.

Any feedback at all?

Hi, I posted this in my welcome post but wonder if this post and request for input would do better in this forum:

 

I live about 50 miles from Kansas City and would like to learn Sun Style Tai Chi. I was introduced to the style through Paul Lam's Tai Chi for Arthritis. I originally purchased TCA1 and then TCA2 and then his Sun Style 73 forms. 

 

The 73 forms has been collecting dust since I got it quite some time ago - pretty much unused.

 

A couple months ago, I decided that I wanted to start doing qigong - looking both for stretching and relaxation. I followed Dr. Binkun Hu's Creating Flexibility Through Qigong which I enjoyed for a couple of weeks. I decided that I wanted to do a long form like Wild Goose Qigong but don't have enough room to do so in my house. So I decided to look back into Tai Chi.

 

I live 50 miles from Kansas City and there is a teacher out there who teaches his own version of Wu style and from what I can tell, there are a couple teachers out there who do Chen. I think they're is probably a CMC teacher out there as well. I don't see anyone who teaches Sun Style, which is the I've that I really want to learn - because if all the Qigong it has. But even if there was a teacher in KC, 50 miles each way seems like a lot to drive each week for a class that might only last am hour or hour and a half.

 

Fwiw, I'm not really crazy about Wu or Yang forms - at least not the external appearance of the forms. Chen looks really interesting but I wonder how well I'd be able to learn it at my size. 5'10" 340 lbs (newly signed up for weight watchers).

 

So I have been looking for some quality video instruction for the Sun Style long form and have only come across a video made by Jesse Tsao. I haven't been able to watch a demonstration of the entire form, but he utilizes a jump kick in the form which I'm pretty certain isn't normally part of the form. The other couple parts of the form that I see him so do look really nice and flowy, but I really want to make sure I'm learning the legitimate form. I could read books to supplement instruction on the internal aspects of the art.

 

And, I still have Paul Lam's 73 forms that I could work on for now, buy I'm a little worried that leaning the competition form now from someone who doesn't work with the martial aspect at all that I know of, might hinder me when I'm able to start training the long form eventually.

 

Thoughts or suggestions?

 

Thanks!

 

PS, I have been waking up 30 minutes earlier than normal for me the last few weeks to do some qigong. (Wake 2:30 am, take dog outside, shower, qigong, breakfast, drive to work, work at 5am, work 10 hours (pretty active and tiring), come home, walk dog, dinner, relax, bed by 6:30pm.  

 

I'd really like to do tai chi in the am and also do some sitting meditation in the evening (tired after work and would prefer to wind down instead of reenergize). I have a touch of previous experience with mindfulness of breathing as taught by Thanissaro Bikkhu and find that enjoyable but also wonder if any recommendations for a style that would be complimentary to study of Tai Chi? 

 

Thank you.

 

Pps

 

In reflecting on what U really like about Sun and Chem styles:

 

Sun: Agile steps

Chen: Silk reeling

 

Are there any lesser known styles that incorporate the two together?

Hello. I'm interested in incorporating Tai Chi and sitting meditation into my daily routine and have joined to hopefully find some guidance.  

 

Please to meet you.