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| Chen Family style Tai Chi Chuan - beginners |
| Double Batons set |
| We will start learning this weapons set the first day because it is a declaration that the teacher |
| TRUSTS the students to be responsible for the space they move through so that they do not injure |
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themselves or other students. Or lamps, mirrors, windows or anything else. Nevertheless, we will |
| start with the padded sticks. For the record, the teacher does NOT like these. But they are a good, |
| safe starting point. Of the four photos below once you are reasonably dextrous with the padded sticks |
| you can choose (1) the polished oak - very smooth and light, but very hard and somewhat willful in |
| the early going (2) common rattan - a rougher and more irregular feel (3) red and black rattan - in |
| between the common rattan and the oak in weight and smoothness - against some silk colors like |
| white the red and black contrasts nicely. Against black silks there is a tendency to disappear. (4) The |
| steel maces are too heavy and too clumsy and too dangerous to use in class. You can certainly make |
| your own - check with a teacher about not only length and diameter, but also surface preparation. |
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| Here's a link to a short YouTube video for the opening of the batons set: https://youtu.be/dQ4CNrnIBko |
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