Brush Right Knee and Push, Brush Left Knee and Punch Down

Tonight's lesson for me to give. Funny, when about to tell someone else how to do a posture, despite knowing what to do, I feel the need to check with someone or some text, just to be sure. So, here goes.
Then onto some figure-of-eights and heartwork, a follow up to last Sunday's work and a look ahead to next weekend's intensive.
Time to go time.

MDCCCLXVI

Hands and feet are extensions of the heart, they "breathe" as the heart does, they open to grasp and close to expel. The grasp can be with the tigers mouth or with the little finger side, with the thumb, index finger or middle or "ring" or little finger or each one in turn as you practise.

accept it and live up to it

I saw a very agreeable post (from whence i get my title) in another blog today, with a very interesting quote from Buddha. So, I looked it up, and found another interesting one:

To keep the body in good health is a duty otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC)

Any taichiheartworker would agree. I have walked to work for the last 8 days as well, and hope to continue ...

Floating

Floating violates T'ai Chi Ch'uan. My thought for today, arising out of Wednesday's night practice where I found myself floating while trying to concentrate on the legs during partner work. I had no problem with the attention in the arms, but as soon as I moved it to the legs, there I was, floating.

So my objective has to be to regain my root.

Pliability

"Those who are pliable and weak are alive and those who are hard and strong are dead." << Lao-Tzu

I have practised T'ai Chi Ch'uan for almost 8 years. It has developed from Cheng Man Ch'ing short form to Ta Lu to Short form let-side to Long Form. Figure-of-eight work led to heartwork, which is what I'm working at presently.