Tai Chi Practice In The Rain

Many practitioners of Tai Chi Chuan practice outdoors all year round. They train in all types of weather… Cold, Hot, Windy, Rain, even in the Snow! Below is a passage written by Guy Tomash, a practitioner and instructor of Yang style Tai Chi Chuan in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Guy wrote this after finishing a Tai Chi form in the pouring rain!

“After work I usually stop by a park on the way home and practice my tai chi. It was a mixture of dark clouds and sunshine as I started my Yang long form. When I got to Brush Knee I felt the odd droplet of rain upon me.

Arriving at the first Wave Hands Like Clouds, it had become a very light, slightly warm shower. By the time I Hit my first Tiger, I found myself in a torrential downpour!

Closing my eyes to keep the water out, all I could hear was the rain falling, with the sounds of the odd bird calling out from the shelter of the woods. Even the squirrels ran for cover!

I had to really focus to not be distracted by the rain falling on me, dripping off my face. When I lost the slight bit of focus I could feel the chilling effects of the cool rain, but when the focus was regained, I felt quite comfortable. I must say that it was a wonderful experience, and felt quite invigorated afterwards!”

By Guy Tomash

Unfortunately Guy did not have a video to record this wonderful moment. Please enjoy the video below of David-Dorian Ross doing Chen Tai Chi Chuan during a tornado warning!

The Die-hard practitioners of Tai Chi Chuan will practice no matter what nature brings them!

One thought on “Tai Chi Practice In The Rain”

Erwin says:

September 26, 2017 at 10:03 pm

Most of my teachers have taught me not to practice in windy and/or very cold conditions. The reason being that when you practice tai chi or chi gong, it opens up your meridians, and windy and cold conditions enter through the meridians easier and can make you sick. They never mentioned practicing in rain since they probably assumed few people ever practice in the rain intentionally. However, my Chen instructor practiced outdoors in almost any condition as long as it was not too extreme. I guess it depends a lot on the heartiness of the practitioner.