Reg,

Good peripatetic question.

I do NOT imply that kata is lacking in any way when instructed. I
would go as far as to say that under the proper Wado teacher you don't
need Tai Chi at all. However, there may be a value in getting a
different perspective. Also, depending on the club or dojo, you may
need a way to get access to that lesson because the local folks can't
teach it.

RCG
--- In wadokarate@yahoogroups.com, "Reg Kear" <sbkear@...> wrote:
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> Hi Richard,
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> Long time since.
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> I agree with your comment on the difficulty (near impossibility?) of
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> cooling down by use of 'properly done' Tai Chi - to say nothing of
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> heading down the corrosive path of misguided utility - but I would
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> raise an eyebrow at the presupposition intrinsic in your follow up
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> point that kata doesn't already have a focus on structure and posture
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> in ways that are more in keeping with its canon and character.
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> I would agree also the chi kung could fill any gap in the warm down
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> procedure or sequences but again, I would wonder why the gap was
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> there in the first place? In my experience, erm. 'properly done' wado
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> covers the full spectrum and all requirements needed for its process,
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> I mean, do we need any supplementary trimmings.?
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> Hey Richard, being an old wado man you already know this right
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> or do you really think it is lacking something.?.
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> Good to talk with you again.
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> Reg Kear
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> San no Ya.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tenkhan1600
> To: wadokarate@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Wado Forum] Taijiquan
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>
> --- In wadokarate@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Agar-Hutton" <robert@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > I think doing kata slowly as a cool down is a fine idea but
don't get
> > it mixed up with Tai Chi - Tai Chi requires you to use your body
in a
> > way that is different to Wado - not better, not worse, just
different.
> >
> > So doing a kata slowly is no more doing Tai Chi than doing a
kata fast
> > would be like running 800 yd hurdles :)
> >
> > All the best.
> >
> > Robert.
> > ---
> > Robert Agar-Hutton.
> >
> It would be difficult, if not impossible to play Tai Chi as a cool
> down exercise. Properly done it very demanding mentally and
> physically. On the other hand if one were to do Tai Chi as part of
> your training regimen you would learn to focus on structure and
> posture in ways that have a direct improvement on you kata.
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> On the other hand there are Chi Gung exercises that can serve as warm
> up or cool down exercises that augment any physical exercise. Many
> are Tai Chi like in appearance and could serve the purpose you seem to
> seek.
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> R C Goad
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