In college I took a Tai Chi Chuan class, and it was amazing. Our instructor was probably in his 60's and lightning fast. Of course, the class was about slow movements, which was challenging (I'm a bit impatient, lol), but I loved it. We had some big jock like guy who was kind of talking back, asking what was the point of what we were doing, etc, and our instructor, a very small Chinese man, stopped class and gave a little demonstration with the fellow. He blocked everything this big bloke tried on him, and if I recall correctly, I think he put him on the floor.
For me, I found the class very centering and really loved it.
About 7 years later, my daughter (about 5 or 6 at the time) and I started going to karate. she was in a kids class and I was in with the adults, but we were learning the same things, including Filipino stick fighting (which was loads of fun). In the karate, we got into yellow and orange belts before we quit.
About 3 years ago, they started up a Tai Chi for Seniors group in the mountain town we were living in, and so I joined in with them from time to time. They were only doing about 1/2 the forms that I had learned, but it was still nice to get back into it.
I really miss the tai chi, the karate, and the stick fighting, and would love to get back into it, but I'm a bit picky - I either want the classes to be near me, or have an amazing instructor/Sensei. I've been spoiled in the past.
