Sometimes Shifu struggles with the English language. Despite English NOT being his native tongue, Shifu excels at getting his points across. Today in class we briefly touched on a specific movement in Lao Jia and how to move efficiently and correctly in our practice. I was actually thrilled to hear him very briefly try to share with us some of the particular differences in a given movement as done by other styles of Chen Tai Chi.
Shifu very rarely discusses other styles of Chen Tai Chi, but today he was willing to share some variations in different styles, emphasizing they were all correct and very similar, and yet also, different. His sharing of these tidbits really inspired me to examine more closely OTHER styles of Chen Tai Chi and now to have a better appreciation for why they choose to do or move as they do. It's not about one being better than another, rather one different than another, and yet also similar.
It is so good to have Shifu pass on HIS respect for others to us as well; and in this manner we can continue to help promote and recognize all other Chen practices as well.
I am very proud to be Shifu's student.
J
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