Haidu Weihai
No. 9, Huanhai Road Weihai, Shandong, 264200, China
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Kathy's taiji form
OK, here is the taiji form that I learned while I was there. I suppose it's fair that I post this, since I want Tristan to post all of his. A word of warning though... even watching GOOD tai chi is pretty boring, and I'm about 20 years away from being good! But, for those who are interested... here it ...
Video: Tristan's first form
Tristan is practicing his first form. He won't be grading (testing) on it until the new year, so it's still a work in progress!
His master is watching with a spear in hand. If the students don't do well, he sometimes whack them with it -- depending on his mood. He rarely uses the pointy end, thank goodness!
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Big training hall
... sometimes as needed if people will be absent on regular grading days. The whole school attends sparring and grading. I think that Tristan is scheduled to grade before I leave and will also spar next Friday, as long as there are still regular classes. The next couple weeks are a bit wonky because of Christmas and New Years holidays.
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Yantai and random pictures
... the main purpose of our venture), we wandered through a maze of designer knock-off market stalls, and then spent an hour or so trying to find the necessities we were looking for in Walmart. I found Coke Zero, and Tristan got 7-up! And we got yummy egg-tarts, as well as more practical items like laundry soap, cleaning supplies, and oatmeal. The big disappointment came as we were checking out and discovered that the bulk pastry items we bought, including chocolate muffins, sponge ...
Tristan's Training Update
... their own shoe to show that it hurts more to be hit when you're fat than when you're lean. Plus, he says it takes the fat away when you hit it repeatedly, so when this one girl was having a hard time doing sit-ups, he took her shoe and hit her fat sides and stomach for a really long time. This was a girl who trained here for a year, and has just come back after a couple months on a travelling holiday, so this was his welcome back to her. To be fair, she was asking for ...



