Insight with Injury
Tai Chi continues to garner new insights despite my knee. Which is saying something because of all the left leading cat stances that are in that form and my reluctance to put too much weight on it. It’s that same reluctance that leads me to new lessons. There was a transitional move that was feeling off, and I realized it was because I couldn’t commit to my back leg (right leg), the way I normally would, which in turn has made everything else feel off. I have to alter the way I move to achieve similar results. I also came to realize how certain things work within the context of the Tai Chi form. Like utilizing the vertical punch for skeletal alignment versus the way we usually punch. That simple rotation of the wrist goes from having my skeleton behind me to wanting to rotate more into it. Even the way we transition movements, the place before we shift weight, which is a good rule of thumb for most of our forms...
