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Haitian Hotel Weihai

No.21 Dongshan 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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... and some little pudding nutty things, had to get thrown away because they have to be measured and priced in the pastry department before checkout. Man, that was tough!!

We hired a taxi to take us there and wait for us at each spot and then drive us back again. When we stopped, he just stayed in his cab and napped. The entire 6-hour trip cost a total of 260 Yuan, or about $45 canadian dollars, split between four of us. So for Tristan and I, it cost us less than $25 for ...

Tristan's Training Update

A travel blog entry by kungfukroeker

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... they were going to fall off.

We spent some time practicing forms. I'm just doing the most basic Kung Fu forms to start with, and so far I've only learned 6 moves in one form, 8 moves in another, and 15 moves in the third form, and that's it so far. I'll learn more moves in each form as time goes by. There's also a punching drill for Sanda that is kind of like a form that I also learned this week, and I have to yell "nee-ha-ha" when I do it, over and over again ...

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