This is a shot with our 太极拳 (taijiquan, or tai chi, if you like) instructor. She had been teaching four of us taiji once a week for a couple months. At the end of our class, we invited her out for lunch. Thoughtful Lisa picked up some flowers.
Our coach is a national taiji champion. She's a PE major at our school.
Most of the time, it was a delightful way to relax on Tuesday afternoons. It was less relaxing when students came for a new episode of Watch the 老外 (laowai = foreigner). All the colleges here are going through the first Chinese accreditation cycle. So, a week before the inspectors arrived, classes were canceled and students worked on cleaning up the campus. When they found nothing to do, a whole bunch would sit and watch us. Most of the time it didn't bother me too much, but when they were my students I usually asked them to find another place to take a break. It was just too distracting.
There is taiji and all kinds of good exercise all over the place here. This term, though, I've switched to ping pong. Does anyone have a table? I'd love to play sometime.
And another pic. Taking a good picture every day has not been easy. I'm starting to run out of juice at this point. There are a couple more from the month of photos series, but then other favorite pics will follow.
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