I just finished teaching an 9 week winter community ed taiji class that was perhaps the best community ed group I've taught. It was small, only 6 people, but no one dropped out, unlike almost every other class I've taught.

By 6 weeks, the entire group had picked up the whole first section of the Yang long form. By 7 weeks, they felt confident enough that they asked me to stop verbally coaching through the form. Additionally, by the end of class they all looked reasonably good doing it. So, the last two weeks, I was also able to spend time introducing and playing with taiji sword and bagua circle walking.

This class was a real pleasure to teach. I managed to grab a short video of us tonight at http://qik.com/video/5558201. Although the camera angle could have been better, nonetheless I congratulate them on a job well done!

-- Pat