Hii, tai chi and my growth within this area of practice

[lostsoul13]

I’m starting karate next week and been doing ti chi last two months.. I’m learning from YouTube ~ there’s not a lot of videos but the ones I’ve watched have been helpful!! Excited for karate.. doing the beginners course for a month then buying my suit on to full time.. that’s the plan.. help with confidence and really good to have a partner in karate than alone with ti chi !!

How the practice going? Still helpful?

[CosmicWonder]

I stopped doing tai chi tbh. It wasn’t for me. Hope you enjoy karate.

Much kindness,

CW

[Tal M.]

In our dojo my teacher trains us with Kung Fu for one hour, then Tai Chi one hour. Then Qi gong in another day. The division is important.
The difference is that Kung Fu ignites the fire in you while Tai Chi is swimming in water. Both energies are essential both for mental-emotional balance and for martial arts and fighting.
Qi gong is for purification of energies, also good, but I think it's important you divide it in your mind so you can have a clear mental understanding, a map, of what is what so you can apply it as needed, when needed. Mixing it all up will rob you of basics. Your friend, it sounds is already familiar and trained, so he can combine them because he knows the basics.

Edit: Oh, didn't see your said you stopped.

[CosmicWonder]

Hey Tal M.,

Thank you for the clarification! That’s really helpful! And don’t worry about that I stopped. I have my own practices which work for other things. But nothing like this.

Kind regards CW