Beauty is a chrysanthemum bud opening up until it reaches it’s maximum, then withers away. If it gets disrupted, it withers away prematurely. Beauty in taiji is being fully expressed. We can’t be deficient, not reaching our maximum; nor can we be over extended…
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My tendency is to over extend. When this happens I break the line. The inside goes outside…structural integrity is compromised…movements then no longer become proportional. The stretching and rotation must be proportional…I find fleeting moments of beauty…it’s not to seek it, rather notice it when it happens and move on…
Thanks for the note, John.
Most welcomed
Thank you, brother!
Most welcomed sister!