The seminar taiji quan 2011, arranged by ShinZenBi, took place at the weekend 14./15. of May in Weiskirchen and Nunkirchen. Responsible for this event was our trainer Robert Haberkorn.

On Saturday the motto was 'inner strength' and was highlighted by a Chan¹ seminar  by Jochen Baarß. Jochen is dealing with different styles of meditation for many years. Here especially the basics of classic Tibetian meditation were explained and finally applied in two sessions.

 

The theme on Sunday was 'routines with weapons'. Starting with basic excercises of the taiji sword (Dan Jian) and the first figures of the sword routine of the Chen style. Thereafter the stick routine Shisanba, which has learned by the participants already in a former seminar, was repeated and deepened. After five hours of intensive training with the stick it was on the time to return to Saarbrucken. The participants joining both the days have been fascinated the contrast between working with inner strength and outer strength.

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¹The Chinese word Chan has the same meaning as the Japanese word Zen. Because the word Zen is better known in Germany this often is used also in a more general manner.