[TANGO-L] Thoughts on Tai Chi, martial arts, skiing, etc.

[luda_r1 <luda_r1 @YAHOO.COM>]

Several people commented on these topics recently.

One of the best two teachers in the area (SF) is a
martial arts practitioner. He says it has a profound
influence on his dancing. He's also the only one who
teaches technique around here. Exclusively. The other
one has been dancing tango since childhood.

I have practiced Tai Chi for several years, on and
off. It is a marvelous moving meditation in it's own
right. And it helps enhance tango, to. And vice versa.
Both require concentration, balance, shifting of
weight, being centered.

Skiing is similar in that, as Astrid points out, it
requires concentration, balance, shifting weight, and
being centered. :) Ahh...to see a skiier come "wedeln"
down the slopes! It's poetry in motion! So fluid. So
graceful. Just like tango. And it's a moving
meditation, too....just like tango.

Luda




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