Friday Snake at the Cedars

December 22,  Sifu Steve writes: Yesterday was day 13/100. WE had, probably due to holiday shopping 
and planning, only a small group at The Cedars. I got there early to work on Snake,
and suggested that we try the Snake qigong. 

My project has now shifted to refining the qigong. I have always felt that the set I inherited from Dr. Shen had a slightly "mashed together" feeling - almost as though it were 2 different forms rather uneasily combined. Bearing in mind Jill Tomasson's wonderful observation that I need to keep in mind the forms "narrative", I'm working on modifying the qigong form so that it more closely follows the narrative of the Tai Chi form.

Anyhow, we went through one version of the Snake qigong, and then had 3 rather amazing reps, very slow, of the Yang 16. By the time we finished, we were cooking and agreed, after a single rep of Crane-stye Tai Chi, to call it a day. Only 1 1/2 hours, but it was definitely enough!