Insufficient balance
"Ding ding ding ~" The alarm clock rang, and Gao Tianming subconsciously reached out to turn it off. Just as he was about to continue sleeping, he suddenly sat up with a start - today was the day of his martial arts exam, and he couldn't be late!
Yesterday evening, Gao Tianming adjusted his alarm clock to 4 o'clock in order not to be late today. He still had an hour before the 5 o'clock appointment with the old man, and he could make it no matter what.
It didn't occur to Gao Tianming that getting up at 4 o'clock would be so tiring, and he almost fell asleep again.
Arriving at the bathroom, I scooped up some clear water and splashed it onto my face. A chill ran up to my forehead, and I finally became a bit more alert. Only then did I start brushing my teeth and washing my face, taking care of my physical needs.
I tidied up my hair, which was flattened by the pillow from sleeping, and then put on the military uniform I bought yesterday. Standing in front of the mirror, I cheered myself on: "Gao Tianming, come on!"
A person walks on the street, C city's morning has a unique charm. April is clear and rainy, the south mountain is in front of the door, turning and dividing clearly. There are no willows swaying in the wind, only sunflowers leaning towards the sun.
At this time, there were basically no morning exercisers yet. Gao Tianming walked through the forest in the park and came to where he met the old man yesterday.
I glanced at my watch and it was only 4:30, still 30 minutes before I was supposed to meet the old man.
Gao Tianming was practicing Tai Chi alone in the courtyard, trying to avoid being asked questions by the elderly today. He had done some homework yesterday for this purpose.
Tai Chi, originated from the spear and long-handled broadsword techniques of ancient cavalry. Its basic usage is: open, close, emit. Wearing high stilts to use long spears and long-handled broadswords. Tai Chi begins with Wuji, divides into two instruments, then divides into three talents, and from three talents, four images are revealed, evolving into eight trigrams.
Tai Chi has 42 and 24 simplified versions, now Gao Tianming is doing the simplified 24 version in that messy place. Collecting feet and hands, retreating backwards, sitting legs turning waist separating hands, empty steps separating palms, Gao Tianming made a White Crane Spreads Wings pose that he thought was the most handsome, indulging himself in infinite fantasies there.
"Little friend, the white crane's wings are flapping nicely, haha!"
Startled by the sudden sound, Gaotianming opened his eyes to find that the old man from yesterday had already arrived and was smiling at him with a full face.
"No, I was just randomly gesturing earlier." Gao Tianming said with an embarrassed expression, waving his hands.
"No harm done, then can you tell me, young friend, why do you want to learn martial arts?" The old man suddenly became serious.
"I don't want to be a weakling, I hope that in the future when I encounter unfair things, I have the ability to take action, rather than just standing by and watching." Gao Tianming said with a serious face. This is indeed Gao Tianming's true words, many times when people encounter robbery events, it's not that they don't want to intervene, but they don't have the ability to do so. Let alone what happens when a group of people surround them, before a group of people can surround them, there must be someone who takes the lead, but the bird that sticks its head out gets shot, and the robbers take care of the first person who dares to stick their head out. Over time, everyone becomes afraid to take action.
"But my old man's Tai Chi can only keep you fit, it won't give you great martial power, are you still willing to learn?" The old man stroked his long white beard and said with a smile.
"I didn't know that would actually work on me, but it won't work this time, I've already figured out you're a master." Gao Tianming thought to himself, but his mouth quickly replied: "Grandpa, if you're willing to teach me, I'll learn from you."
"Since you've made up your mind to learn, I'll teach you with all my heart."
"Old man, what's your honorable surname? Now that you're teaching me martial arts, can I call you Master?" Gao Tianming asked sincerely.
"My surname is Ge, you can call me Old Man Ge from now on, no need to call me Master. What's your name?" The old man clearly didn't plan on accepting the title of Master.
"My surname is Ge, and my given name is Tianming. You can just call me Xiao Gao." said Tianming humbly.
"Alright, Little Gao, the Tai Chi I'm going to teach you is a bit different from what's out there. It only has twelve moves, and you need to remember the key points as we practice." Ge Lao assumed a stance, embracing his hands, lifting his feet, turning his waist, stepping out, bowing his legs, leaning on one leg, turning his waist, sweeping his foot, embracing his hands, drawing back his feet, turning his waist, and stepping up. This was the Wild Horse Parts Its Mane to the Left and Right.
Gao Tianming followed Ge Lao and started practicing Tai Chi.
