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Prom Coast Martial Arts club senior instructors Andy and Karen Law recently returned from a 24 day Tai Chi Chuan training trip throughout central and southern China. Travelling with Tai Chi Grandmaster Khor and some of his students for the first 10 days was a highlight visiting places such as Mt.Wudang, Shennonjia, Wuhan, Chongqing and spending 5 days sailing the Yangtze River including the recently flooded 3 gorges. Mt.Wudang is the home of Daoism and the Doaist martial arts and the birthplace of Tai Chi Chuan and as such is considered one of China’s holy mountains, a beautiful place to visit with the mountains surround by mist it really is a magical place full of ancient mystic.
While there the group was fortunate to meet with and witness the martial art ability of the 80 yr old Grandmaster of Wudang Mountain and witness a performance by his students. While in Wuhan city, population 12 million, a state reception was held by the Hubei provincial government for our group out of respect for our Grandmaster and the travelling Australian Tai Chi students, with dignitaries and the best food from the province on the table this was a privileged highlight from the trip. After sailing down the Yangtze and spending time in the city of Chongqing with its population of 33 million Andy and Karen left the group to travel into Southern China to re-unite with their Chen style Tai Chi master and continue to further refine this ancient Tai Chi discipline under the masters guidance.
This was the 10th trip to visit the master and 3 hrs was spent every day practicing a Chen style Tai Chi broadsword form and reviewing and expanding on past teachings handed down. Tai Chi for health or as a martial art is a lifetime pursuit, no matter how much you know there is still much more to be discovered to enhance and take your ability to a higher level. With the internal martial arts, of which Tai Chi is just one, there is no end to learning and practitioners will continue to improve well into older age.
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