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I
don’t know how many times I have watched the movie
Notting Hill
and been
mesmerised by the tai chi class going on in the leafy London garden, as the
camera pans across towards Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts sitting serenely
on a park bench at the end of the film.
On many such occasions I promised myself I will give tai chi a try.
More recently,
The Intern
, starring Robert de Niro and Anne Hathaway also
featured a similar scene, pictured below, and finally I was spurred into
action, deciding to make 2017 the year I gave it a go.
To my delight I discovered classes in Newbury and am now getting
to grips with ‘step back and repulse monkey’, ‘grasp the sparrow’s tail’
and ‘single whip’.
I talked to teacher William Mak about his experience
and all things tai chi.
After locating a tai chi class in
Newbury, Geraldine Gardner has set
out on a quest to discover the secrets
of this most gentle of martial arts
Natural
balance
Pictures: Phil Cannings