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From: khripin <cyk2@...>
Date: May 22, 2006 1:25 PM
Subject: [universitytango] Re: Bootcamp Teaching Ideas... help!
To: universitytango@yahoogroups.com



Wow, there are actually too many posts for me to keep up with, so
someone might have already posted something like this, but here are
two ballance excersises from tai chi that I can actually feel an
immediate benefit from:

1. Leg swings - Stand on one leg, toe slightly out, knee soft, and
swing free leg back and forth. Play with low and high amplitudes,
stay relaxed, allow the body to spiral and arms to swing opposite.

2. One-leg squats - Stand on one leg as above, the other leg extended
forward and down (higher is better, but you cant go so high that you
get tense). Hold your arms up and relaxed. To get ballance benefit
you only need to go down 3-4 inches, but people build crazy leg power
this way by going all the way to the ground. Also to get ballance
benefit you need to stay real relaxed and relax everything you dont
absolutely need to be using. Repeat 3 times, switch legs, and do this
several times.

When I do these, I can feel a real improvement when I go into the tai
chi form.

Enjoy!

Constantine
Lehigh U tango







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