GLAM Blog Club Moving the Centre The theme of ‘balance’ for the November GLAM Blog Club made me think outside the GLAM box. I’ve been studying tai chi (taiji, taijiquan) with some Xingyiquan and Baguazhang thrown in for almost three years now. Prior to this I studied fencing for two years, but before that I haven’t trained in any form of martial art. I do remember as a teenager begging to learn a martial art. My main motivation was that I wanted some form of mental discipline, physical activity, and self-defence. Looking back I
tai chi Blog June - Day Six About three months ago I started learning T’ai Chi (aka. Taiji, Tai Chi etc.) as a martial art. T’ai chi ch’uan or tàijíquán is an internal martial art that is used for health, mediation, and defence. It took a while to find someone who teaches T’ai Chi as a martial art but I’m glad I did as it’s been one of the best things I’ve ever done. For the past four years I’ve learnt and practiced fencing and I’m finding a lot of cross over between the two which has helped. Something I didn’t count on wa
