Develop Your Flexibility, Strength, Balance, Health, And Further Your Tai Chi Training.

Title:Develop Your Flexibility, Strength, Balance, Health, And Further Your Tai Chi Training.Word Count:551Summary:My Dad got me into martial arts, back when I was twelve, as a way to get me away from thevideo game console and out doing some exercise. I'm grateful for that, in a lot of ways.Martial arts has made me a lot more fit, and giving me confidence and a career, actually. MyDad kept on with it as well, and it's started to take a toll on him. Where we used to do sparringmatches, and throws and joint locks, he's just gotten to the point where he's enough older that hedoesn't...Keywords:tai chi single fan, tai chi, single fanArticle Body:My Dad got me into martial arts, back when I was twelve, as a way to get me away from thevideo game console and out doing some exercise. I'm grateful for that, in a lot of ways.Martial arts has made me a lot more fit, and giving me confidence and a career, actually. MyDad kept on with it as well, and it's started to take a toll on him. Where we used to do sparringmatches, and throws and joint locks, he's just gotten to the point where he's enough older that hedoesn't enjoy being thrown on the mat abruptly.I looked at Wing Chun videos for him, and he moved into that style. However, even that'sstarting to take a toll on him. His blood pressure medications sometimes make him dizzy, andhe doesn't heal from bruises as fast as he used to (for that matter, I don't either. I marvel at thevideos my Dad shot of me when I was a teenager. Oh, to have the resilience I had then with

what I know now?So, Dad and I are looking for something we can do together that's got martial arts application,but won't give pulled muscles, bruises, or force us to explain to my stepmom or my wife whythe furniture has been re-arranged or broken. We settled on Single Fan Tai Chi Chuan.Tai Chi has a number of divergent forms; they'd be called schools in other martial arts. Thefour dominant ones are Yang, Sun, Wu and Chen forms, and they've all got their adherents. Ifyou've ever seen Star Trek: The Next Generation, where Worf is doing a \"Klingon Martial Art\"in slow motion, you've actually seen some of the Yang form of Tai Chi. The Wu form iscompact, short motions, the Sun form is about swift movement, and the Chen form is aboutexplosive movements, with Wu and Chen most important for using Tai Chi as a martial artrather than as a form of exercise.Anyway, my Dad needed to get something easier on his joints, so we did single fan Tai Chi,which was developed by Wang Ju Rong, and uses a fan as an exercise instrument, andincorporates elements from all four of the Tai Chi forms into one whole form of motions.Starting out, we both felt kind of silly, because we're sweating and working our way through theforms, with a pair of news papers taped to wooden dowels to simulate the fan. It's veryslow ?and you really feel the burn. Breathing deeply, you feel it in your abdomen, anddiaphragm, and by the end, your calves are just burning. It's a great way to improve flexibilityand breath control. My Dad was grimacing from some of the more explosive movements,because it made his bad elbow hurt, but we quickly slowed it down to keep that from happeningagain. All in all, it was a good thing to do, and I'll try to keep up with it, though I may nothave time with all my other martial arts commitments. I tell you, the biggest hassle in my lifeis that there are all these cool martial arts I can study, and not enough hours in the day to do it!Title:How To Figure Health Insurance: The Married WayWord Count:314Summary:Experts say that it is very important for a two-income family to pay attention to details whendeciding on medical insurance coverage. The reasons are as follows: 1. Pay attention becausethere are more options than ever before. 2. Certain companies penalize those who are married,and are fortunate enough to have double coverage. (Meaning; if a husband and wife work forseparate companies and one of them tries to cover the other in insurance, the company theywork for will ch...Keywords:Article Body:

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