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课件网) Brainstorming Tai Chi slowly yin-yang old grandfather white suits healthy different moves relaxing Brainstorming Tai Chi slowly yin-yang old grandfather white suits healthy different moves relaxing If you are invited to join a Tai Chi club, would you like to join Why or why not If you are invited to join a Tai Chi club, would you like to join Why or why not Listen and choose. Time Interest Time Time Time Interest Interest Interest A B C D Let’s learn the author’s tai chi experience. Time Feelings Reasons Change 1: Change 2 When his friend suggested After learning the basics of tai chi bored and aching fun and easy hesitatant doing the same moves over and over again moves caught his imagination; was told about the history for old people The first few tai chi classes Detailed reading Time Feelings Reasons Change 3 Change 4 Detailed reading happier and more confident satisfied After his coach’s guidance A year of practising tai chi positive effects & benefits balance and flexibility improved Read para. 2 and answer: What descriptive names of tai chi moves did the author mention White crane spreading its wings 白鹤亮翅 Detailed reading Read para. 2 and answer: What descriptive names of tai chi moves did the author mention Golden rooster standing on one leg What other moves of tai chi do you know 金鸡独立 Detailed reading 手挥琵琶 倒卷肱 右蹬脚 Detailed reading Detailed reading 海底针 单鞭 左揽雀尾 What are the two different explanations for the origin of tai chi One is related to Zhang Sanfeng, a 13th-century Taoist. It is said that he invented tai chi after drawing inspiration from a fight between a snake and a bird. The other is that tai chi was developed based on martial arts skills by a 17th-century master of Chinese martial arts--Chen Wangting. Read para. 2 and answer: Detailed reading Essence of tai chi Chinese philosophy of _____ the unity of _____ The practice of tai chi aims to maintain the balance in the body through _____ breathing in and breathing out yin and yang opposites opposite movements forwards and backwards up and down left and right Read para. 4 and complete the chart. Detailed reading What’s your understanding of Chinese philosophy of yin and yang “Yin and Yang -- the Mother of Ten Thousand Things” As this quote from Lao Tzu suggests, Tai Chi derives its name from the concept of yin and yang, also known as the Tai Chi symbol. Yin and yang is a central concept in traditional Chinese medicine, philosophy, and science, and it is one of the deepest pillars of Chinese culture. Discussion What’s your understanding of Chinese philosophy of yin and yang The yin-yang symbol, now a very popular symbol in the West as well, depicts two complementary polar opposites that, together, create a dynamic, balanced, integrated, and inter-dependent whole. Tai Chi training embodies this yin-yang concept at multiple levels. Discussion What’s your understanding of Chinese philosop ... ...
