As I mentioned, I renegotiated terms at the gym a few days ago and so returned to my neglected martial arts practice. I begin with the 24-Form Simplified Taijiquan, coaxing my body into its remembered grace, letting its slow geometry settle my mind.
From there I shift gear: shotokan kihon, kumite, the first four Heian kata.
Finally a couple of rounds of the Cheng Man-ching 32-Movement Sword Form (see the video above).
Overall, a forty minute gentle ascent, from calm towards ever-increasing lethality.
These days I draw the court-curtains around me. One shouldn’t inflict an elderly man with a steel sword hissing through the air on the young souls playing badminton on adjacent courts.
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