I started learning Tai Chi about a year ago from various people. I learned Yang 24, Chen 56, and Chen 13 Pole. Also learned kung fu sword 3 years ago and still practice. My goal for learning Tai Chi sword is to have a better understanding of transmitting energy and also healing the muscles medial to my scapula.|||The goal of learning the taiji sword should be to learn how to fight with the sword. With this mind frame the healing of your shoulder and the understanding of energetics will come more readily. It doen't matter which sword form you learn first. Talk to your instructor and they will teach you what is best. Be sure to learn the individual techniques (there are about 30 overall, but usually each style categorizes them into 13 basic techniques which may encompass the 30 techniques anyway), hand grips, stances, and walking exercises well - as they form the foundation of your art.
Good Luck.
To Chris,
It does not matter if you subscribe to the concept of qi or not. There are certain movements that are therapuetic and contribute to the healing of the body by improving muscle tone, circulation, flexibility, balance, etc.. We use this in physical and occupational therapy in hospitals and clinics throughout the Western world. It is good science, it is good therapy, and it is good art, regardless of the existence of qi. If you stop and take your head out of your @ss you might learn something.|||that,s bs. you can,t heal people with a MA. That is all chi bs and its irrelevant.
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