Chi is like chewing gum.
Chewing gum is hard and stiff but gets softer and can change shape the more you chew it.

When I start my Tai Chi in the morning my chi is cold and stiff so I have use my mind, sensitivity and intention in slow careful movements to give it time to move around the body.

It’s like an army sitting in my abdomen waiting to move, it sends out the scouts, then the army moves and finally the stragglers.

As my body, mind, sensitivity and intention warm up and connect, the army eventually moves as one in an easy and if needed, faster, formation.

Age, entropy and arthritis are not an excuse to not train, we just need to take a little more care and be more mindful. We learn different things in different ways as we age, and are as effective as the youngsters, just in different ways.