Tai Chi and Bacon

May 1, 2014 at 7:12 pm • Posted in China, Education, Inspiration, Sports by Otto

In the countryside of Yangshuo, sat a Tai Chi school with two Tai Chi masters chilling, and teaching Tai Chi. One day the Sharples family decided to give this whole “Tai chi” thing a try. Warning: some of the Tai Chi move attempts are especially heinous. These are their stories…..

Here we are at Yangshuo Traditional Tai Chi School!

I had little knowledge that corresponded with the words Tai and Chi before Yangshuo. When someone said Tai Chi, I thought of people in a park swaying their arms up and down with their eyes closed. I always thought of it as a way to relax or stretch. Although some people do use it this way, it was originally developed as a martial art. One of the first things I noticed when I walked into the Tai Chi school was the amount of practice swords and axes there were laying around….that was the moment I decided that Tai Chi was going to be more fun than I originally thought

Here is a bin of some of the practice weapons they have at the school.

This is the outside studio that they built for classes.

Last day of class!

This is the front entrance to the school.

Wescott and I heading home after Tai Chi.

You are probably thinking to yourself, where is the part about bacon? The truth is, I don’t have anything to say about bacon but mom told me that she learned at Allrecipes any email with bacon in the title gets read twice as much as one without the word, so I thought I would try it with a blog post….did it work?

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Judith Dern / May 1, 2014 at 10:46 pm /

Yes! “Bacon” worked its charm. (Your mom is too clever!) And you are a terrific storyteller.
- Otto / May 2, 2014 at 4:33 am /
  
  Hi Judith! Thanks for reading!
Mara Krieps / May 1, 2014 at 10:53 pm /

It worked! I read all PE posts anyway, but I opened this one twice as quickly!

Love your writing style and general joie de vivre. Keep up those great posts!
- Otto / May 2, 2014 at 4:35 am /
  
  I’m glad the “Bacon Theory” is true!
Cliff Sharples / May 2, 2014 at 5:11 am /

Nice post Pots! TheNewBacon?
Vanessa / May 2, 2014 at 9:37 am /

I read it. Do I get bacon?
Terry / May 2, 2014 at 3:15 pm /

Not only did we read it. We had a great laugh. I think all the oh posts need a lite bacon
Pop Pop / May 2, 2014 at 3:35 pm /

That blog was like Shakespeare. Or was it Bacon?
Ryan / May 5, 2014 at 12:45 am /

Come on Tuties bacon was literally the only reason I read that. I feel so played.

But quality post!
Kaarina / May 5, 2014 at 10:10 pm /

OK, so many things… Tai Chi confuses me, but now I feel I MUST DO IT! Also, I love bacon and it’s creepy ways of sneaking into every other food group.
Stephanie Craig (@steffinseattle) / May 8, 2014 at 12:50 pm /

Dude! Way to psych me out — I was expecting bacon. You got me. Tricky marketing Pots, very tricky!