Canadian teacher enjoys Victoria, BC workshop

My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop [April, 1999]. It was my first experience of teachers and students being together on a course. The idea of the teachers meeting informally the night before was a good one.

Ed [Altman] is a dedicated T’ai Chi Chih leader, and has [a] good way of explaining and putting his ideas across. I enjoyed the way he paused between thoughts in his explanations. The things that really have stayed with me are — shift the weight and follow me. So basic, and so useful to we instructors. Mind you there were a lot of other good things passed on to us.

The idea of having an instructors course in Canada is great. The new recreation programmer in Edson is desirous of taking the course. The location in Victoria was suitable for the size of the group. Guadalupe Buchwald and her committee are to be complimented on the setup and for doing all the work associated with such an undertaking, it was well done. I plan on returning to Victoria to take part in the first instructors course.

– Gordon Wade