A sceptic’s journey towards enlightenment. 3: Tai chi is hard

Hardest choreography in the style of LS Lowry (Midjourney)

Tai chi is hard to learn although I would always tell my students that it is easy (if you say it’s difficult, it automatically becomes difficult). It’s hard because you have to learn to walk differently; it’s hard because your body moves differently from how your brain imagines it; it’s hard because you are having to coordinate several limbs at the same time; its hard because, unless…