Vol 10, Issue 4/2002

Taijiquan - School of Life

Taijiquan lessons with kids in Neustadt/Bad Göggingen. By Almut Schmitz

Until now there have been only a few teachers of Taijiquan who also work with children. To encourage people to enter this area we will give examples in this and upcoming editions on what Taijiquan lessons with kids could look like. In June this year Almut Schmitz visited Peter Haller who started practising Taijiquan with children in 1997. She describes his concept by giving an account of lessons she experienced in a group of what are now teenagers. It aims at a comprehensive "Lebenspflege??", stresses integration into the group and a courteous way of dealing with one another. Quiet phases alternate with movement and are bracketed by little rituals. Two of the teenagers describe how they experience their Taijiquan lessons.

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