For Tai Chi Students: Warm Ups

<a href="http://<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JufjBrvifH4&quot; frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>These are either warm ups from our Lineage (the first one), or chi kung uses of Styles from the Hand Form (the others).

Clarity

The Epoch Times…

Seth Godin Again: Right On As Usual!

“Is that the most important thing?” 

If you want to have an argument, to raise tempers or to distract, the easiest thing to do is start bringing up things that are easy to argue about.

Not the things that are important.

Because the important things require nuance, patience and understanding. They require an understanding of goals, of the way the world works and our mutual respect.

If someone keeps coming back to an irrelevant, urgent or provocative point instead, they’re signaling that they’d rather not talk about the important thing.

Which is precisely what we need to talk about.

(I offer this Post, or re-Post, seconds after I made a comment on a social media platform that is guaranteed to get me into the middle of an argument:-)

At The Risk of Offending Nearly Everyone…

..I will put this here where very few people will see it. And almost no one will watch to the end, since it is a little long.

https://themodelhealthshow.com/maskfacts

Eat Fish – Sleep Better – Be Smarter: Research

Weekly Fish Consumption Linked to Better Sleep and Higher IQ

Memory: As with everything else, is better with Olive Oil!

https://www.olivetomato.com/olive-oil-good-brain-not-canola-oil/

EvCC Business and Community Solutions

This might be of interest: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1103168064834&ca=23eb55f3-cdab-4e2d-a890-c4d67a0cce10

It is where the Tai Chi classes, Tuesday and Thursday mornings are laid out for you. A great opportunity if you want to get your exercise done and out of the way early.

Here is the info on those classes: https://www.campusce.net/everett/course/course.aspx?C=1721&pc=407&mc=&sc=

 

How it will look when you get there:

WEEKDAY WAKE-UP TAI CHI (1.0 CEUS)   NEW! Learn the ancient Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits. Discover the joy of movement for balance, grace and patience while gently increasing strength and flexibility. Tai Chi is also a meditation, a healing art and a martial art.

 

Weekday Wake-up Tai Chi (1.0 CEUs) Item: 9330 Dennis Dilday 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM EvCC – Main, Nippon Business Institute Sessions: 20 Tu Th Location: 101 1/9/2018 – 3/15/2018 Fee: $55.00

A Huge Finding

Here is the article about research on Lymphatic vessels in the brain.

We talk a lot about lymph drainage in Tai Chi – in particular there are certain exercises that we do in which we discuss the effect on the dura mater (the covering of the brain where lymph vessels are now known to exit). There are a lot of implications!

Which is more difficult to come up with?

This morning I was told a story about a woman who will be having heart surgery next week. It will cost  in the neighborhood of $100,000 dollars.

All I could think about afterwards was how much JuicePlus+ $100,000 would buy.

When people choose not to take JuicePlus+ they usually mention price as a big part of the reason: too hard to come up with a couple of dollars a day for whole food in capsules to cover the serving of fruits and vegetables that they do not, can not, or will not get in their daily diet.

 

For Tai Chi Students: The EvCC Fall Tai Chi Class Syllabus – share with anyone interested

(This is an Everett Community College Class. Anyone who applies, registers, and pays may attend.)

 

Instructor:                 Dennis Dilday, DC

Course:                        PEHW            102            S

Class Sessions:          Thursday, 7:20 p.m. – 9 p.m. (with a 10-minute break)

Location:                    Student Fitness Center, Room #231

Credit:                         1 credit

Office Phone:            (425) 348-5207

Course Description:

Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese system of exercise, and self-defense, based on the principles of stillness overcoming motion, and softness overcoming hardness. It teaches (1) how to breath, so you can relax and manage stress, (2) how to align yourself to relate to gravity and other forces, (3) how to move in a way that is safe and strong, and (4) how to be sensitive and aware. This Class will focus on teaching Tai Chi principles by learning part of the Long Round Hand Form, and three basic, foundational, Push Hands drills.

Course Objectives:

1. Learn the beginning of the Long Round Hand Form (Styles 1- 17)
2. Demonstrate knowledge of basic Tai Chi terminology
3. Describe and demonstrate both Front and Back Stance
4. Describe and demonstrate elementary Push Hands (e.g., 7-Star Step)
5. Learn the 5 Components or “Five Pillars” of Tai Chi

Clothing: Street clothes are fine, loose enough so that you can move, or gym clothes. Flat-soled shoes are preferred for balance purposes. Wear shoes that will not mark up the floor.

Class Policies:

1. Arrive on time
2. Clean is good – so is trimmed nails and little or no jewelry
3. Do not eat or drink too much before class, but do not come on an empty stomach
4. Stay hydrated
5. Please turn off, and put away, your Cell Phone

Course Outline:

1. Warm ups
2. Tai Chi walking/stepping
3. Beginning of the Long Round Hand Form
4. Push Hands: Fixed Step (Single Hand & 4 Directions) and 7-Star Moving Step
5. Discuss functional aspects of Tai Chi (e.g., self-defense applications, stress management)

Evaluation:

1. Letter grades are used
2. ATTENDANCE is required
3. If you are late, or absent unexcused, your grade will be lowered:

 

9- 10             classes attended = A

8                   classes attended = B

6-7                classes attended = C

Less than 6 classes attended = FAILING Grade!!!

 

 

A PASS- FAIL formatted make-up test will be offered on week 8 or 9, which will raise your Grade one level.

 

CAVEAT: The above schedule and procedures are subject to change in the event of unusual extenuating circumstances; students will be given advanced notice of changes.

 

IF YOU ARE GOING TO MISS CLASS, CALL 425-334-6944 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE

 

Cheng Tin Hung lineage – Wu Style – Tai Chi chuan (Hong Kong)

1. The Ready Style	11. Brush Knee Twist Step
2. Beginning Tai Chi Form	12. Form of Seven Stars
3. Form of Seven Stars	13. Stroke The Lute
4. Grasp the Bird’s Tail	14. Step Up, Parry and Punch
5. Single Whip	15. As If Shutting A Door
6. Flying Oblique	16. Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain
7. Raise Hand Step Up	17. Cross Hands
8. White Crane Flaps It’s Wings
9. Brush Knee Twist Step
10. Form of Seven Stars Left

 

 

“Think and enquire where does the final purpose lie? It lies in seeking longevity and keeping a youthful appearance.”

                                                            – Song of the 13 Tactics (4^th Tai Chi Classic)

 

 

“What has taken China thousands of years to build can not be grasped by theft. We must, instead, earn it to possess it.”             – Carl Jung

For Tai Chi Students: Prague

The Mediterranean Diet May Be Good For Your Brain Too!

That exclamation mark I added:-)