CMC 37 Posture Tai Chi Chuan Form, thick winter garments, front view - 01/15/09 (Winter) Doing Prof. Cheng Manching's 37 Posture Tai Chi Chuan Form youtube.com youtube.com youtube.com outdoors, during very cold weather, in thick winter garments, helps me experience the Form in new ways. There's a big difference between doing the Tai Chi form with very few clothes on (like a T-shirt, shorts, and a thin pair of flexible sneakers during warm weather, when my body can move easily) www.youtube.com and doing each posture while every part of my body is wrapped in several layers of outdoor winter clothing. The thick gloves on my hands immobilize all my fingers. I can't even roll my fingers into a loose fist, because the puffy material of the glove is too thick. I feel like I'm wearing professional boxing gloves, where the whole hand has to move as one unit. Freedom of rotation in the wrist areas is restricted by Velcro bands on my winter coat sleeves, and the gloves, which keep my wrists and forearms basically immobilized, almost like wearing splints on both wrists. My elbows can barely bend, because of the thick padding of the winter coat. My shoulders can barely move, because of the multiple layers of clothing beneath my coat. My head can barely turn to one side or another because a hat and ear muffs are wrapped around my head; they press against the high collar of my winter coat and hold my neck immobile, as if I'm wearing a neck brace. The interesting thing about all these ...
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