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Haohua Hotel Weihai

No.212 Shunhe Road, Huancui District Weihai, Shandong, China

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Kathy's taiji form

A travel blog entry by kungfukroeker

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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

A travel blog entry by kungfukroeker

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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

A travel blog entry by kungfukroeker

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This is where Tristan spends almost all of his time training, except for the occassional class outside. I go back and forth between the small training hall and the big one. This is also where sparring takes place every other Friday, and grading (testing on the forms people have learned) takes place on the 1st and the 15th of each ...

Yantai and random pictures

A travel blog entry by kungfukroeker

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Yesterday we went into Yantai and had a great time. We went with two other people... a youngish guy from London who is super friendly and talkative, and a quiet middle-aged ex-military guy from Colorado... both really nice people. We went to a mall and had a great lunch where we cooked our (unidentifiable) meat on a grill at our table, and had some other salads and a seafood hot pot. It was actually really, really good. Then we got Baskin Robbins for dessert.

On our way ...

Tristan's Training Update

A travel blog entry by kungfukroeker

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... So far I have not been hit at all... not sure whether that's good or bad.

I'll get tested on my forms once in a while.. maybe once a month, or else when both my Shifu and I feel I'm ready. Once I'm graded, I can move on to the next level. There is open sparring every other Friday. I'm just going to watch for the first month or so and get a sense of things, and how each person fights, before I try it myelf.

That's it for now!





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