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I have been learning Tai Chi from Ric Lum
for about eight months. I have had strange
undiagnosed pains in my knees and hands and
was consequently unable to do much in the
way of exercise previously. When I started
Tai Chi I found it hard to do more than the
first couple of movements, and am now
successfully performing the whole set(108
sequences) - sometimes twice a day - plus
walking and generally leading a much more
normal life. Quite early on in my learning I
found that at the end of practice I would be
greeted by a kind of 'explosion of peace',
this still occurs. I am, according to my
wife, much better balanced than when I began
the practice, no longer gripped by panic
attacks and the feeling of imminent death.
This might be a coincidence, but Tai Chi
offers a meditative form of movement, which
involves the person at all levels and has
undoubtedly contributed something to this
benefit. I can heartily recommend Ric as a
patient, encouraging and complimentary
teacher (he is the first person to ever
praise any physical activity I’ve engaged
in, anyway). The lessons are superficially
easy, but there is always more to extract
from them.
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