VERSION EN ESPAÑOL

Unos vecinos de la comunidad tienen un pequeño grupo donde practican Taichi Chuan tres veces a la semana; de entrada no es un arte marcial que llame mi atención pues desde mi punto de vista es una practica muy "pasiva" o al menos eso pensaba antes de iniciar la practica.

Como parte de una iniciativa de mejora de salud fisica de los vecinos; antes de la clase, una nutricionista muy querida por la comunidad nos dio una breve charla sobre como mantener habitos de alimentacion saludables.
Inicio tomando nuestras medidas; calculando nuestro indice de masa corporal y nos dio recomendaciones con respecto a como subir, mantener o bajar nuestro peso dependiendo de nuestro caso.

A las 7pm; llego nuestro profesor.
Confieso que me impresiono ver quien nos daria la clase; pues es un sr de más de ¡90 AÑOS!

Pero seguia teniendo en mente que nuestros ejercicios; serian tranquilos estiramientos y quiza, uno que otro ejercicio de meditacion.

Para mi sorpresa; hicimos posiciones que a pesar no ser muy activas, me dejaron sin aire o sudando. :o

Al terminar la practica; yo estaba agotada y el instructor, (el Sr Antonio) seguia fresco como una lechuga.

Para terminar, compartimos un té relajante y el profesor nos contó un poco de su experiencia confirmandonos que tiene más de 30 años de experiencia como deportista y que participo en talleres de este arte marcial dentro y fuera de Venezuela.

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ENGLISH VERSION

Some neighbors of the community have a small group where they practice Taichi Chuan three times a week; at first it is not a martial art that calls my attention because from my point of view it is a very “passive” practice or at least that's what I thought before starting the practice.

As part of an initiative to improve the physical health of the neighbors; before the class, a nutritionist very dear to the community gave us a brief talk on how to maintain healthy eating habits.
She began by taking our measurements; calculating our body mass index and gave us recommendations on how to gain, maintain or lose our weight depending on our case.

At 7pm; our teacher arrived.
I confess that I was impressed to see who would be giving us the class; he is a man over 90 YEARS OLD!

But I still had in mind that our exercises would be quiet stretching and maybe a meditation exercise or two.

To my surprise; we did positions that although not very active, left me out of breath or sweating. :o

At the end of the practice; I was exhausted and the instructor, (Mr. Antonio) was still cool as a cucumber.

To finish, we shared a relaxing tea and the teacher told us a little of his experience confirming that he has more than 30 years of experience as an athlete and that he participated in workshops of this martial art inside and outside Venezuela.

Definitely, appearances can be deceiving.

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