When the trees are seen to move the enemy is advancing
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Maery and Felicity “Wipe Out the Army”. My initial experience of this, just moments before, in the tree and its’ enormity, was fantastic. A Sun Tzu lesson innocently captured through this beautiful Taoist sword form. How many times in the past have we been embraced by the shadow of this most beautiful tree but were unaware? I will remember this always for both its beauty and philosophy.
Happy practising.
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About the Author:
Tina Barry started learning tai chi in 1994. She became very interested and fascinated with tai chi having found a great and wonderful teacher, Grandmaster Ho Lo at the Tai Chi College of Australia. Tina has continued to study tai chi intensively under the guidance of Grandmaster Ho Lo since that time. Grandmaster Ho Lo’s understanding and teaching of the art of tai chi is deeply profound and Tina has grown, developed and nurtured her own immense appreciation for it with the aid of his incredible teaching. Tina’s understanding of the subtlties of tai chi continue to develop under Grandmaster Ho Lo's patient guidance. It seems the more she learns, the more there is to appreciate and understand and Grandmaster Ho Lo’s intensive teaching has remained inexhaustible after all these years. On occassion Grandmaster Ho Lo allows Tina to lead the students at the Tai Chi College of Australia through the tai chi form, appreciating her expression of tai chi. Sometimes Tina thinks perhaps she is getting it right!