Category: Tai Chi

Chinese overseas are bound together by notions of collective identity through enactment of a common cultural heritage, such as Tai Chi, that is often stronger than territorial nationalism. In Vancouver, it is not unusual to find Chinese people from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere convening in a unified motion of Tai Chi. I… Continue reading Tai Chi in Vancouver →

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时间一晃就过了三年。起初为什么想学太极？2015年10月我隔了十年再回到了温哥华。当时的我右腕损伤，手脚总是冰冷的，气血不足，而且我时常都会感到很沉闷，提不起劲来。我一心想练太极和气功来改善我的健康。开始的时候，我跟两位老师学过太极,但我觉得他们只教套路，而我想学的是基本功法。2016年9月，我在网上搜寻到了李蓉武术气功保健中心。记得第一次见到李蓉老师，我就有一种熟悉，似曾相识的感觉。上第一堂课，李蓉老师只教了我站桩。课后我特别高兴，因为我找到了我一直在寻找的老师。 Four years have gone by since I first took up Tristar Taiji. I came back to Vancouver in October 2015 after being away for ten years. I had then sprained my right wrist. My limbs were always cold and I felt lethargic all the time. I wanted to learn Taiji and Qigong to improve… Continue reading My journey of learning Tai Chi →

It was my birthday today. My Tai Chi teacher has invited me to one of her students' house in White Rock where they were throwing a potluck party to celebrate the end of their training course. It turned out to be in a posh neighbourhood in South Surrey to be exact, but it's close enough… Continue reading Tai Chi with the Chinese Housewives Club →

Tokushima, Japan 2017 https://youtu.be/SgCBDfOvcNs Me and my teammate, Molly Lee in white with yellow fans, 2017