Should I go barefoot for tai chi?
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:04 pm
Hello,
Had been going to a regular Tai Chi class for around 4 months, but sadly the class folded due to the teacher being ill, but I managed to locate another on in the area a few weeks ago. When I first enquired about this class at the venue I was told all classes were done barefooted which I was surprised at. Anyway I turned up without a change of footwear, only to find other class members with footwear on. As I only had my outdoor shoes on I had to go barefoot, but asked the teacher as to why I was told it was to be done in bare feet.
He told me the venue did not allow footwear as it was a new sprung wooden floor, but they were allowed to wear a certain kind of Tai Chi footwear.
He said he would get some more when he was at the next tai chi seminar, but I am now barefooted for the classes till them and I don't find it very nice. To start with the floor is freezing till the room heats up and I never had to go barefoot at my previous class. Do different schools of tai chi have different rules or approaches to tai chi ?
Had been going to a regular Tai Chi class for around 4 months, but sadly the class folded due to the teacher being ill, but I managed to locate another on in the area a few weeks ago. When I first enquired about this class at the venue I was told all classes were done barefooted which I was surprised at. Anyway I turned up without a change of footwear, only to find other class members with footwear on. As I only had my outdoor shoes on I had to go barefoot, but asked the teacher as to why I was told it was to be done in bare feet.
He told me the venue did not allow footwear as it was a new sprung wooden floor, but they were allowed to wear a certain kind of Tai Chi footwear.
He said he would get some more when he was at the next tai chi seminar, but I am now barefooted for the classes till them and I don't find it very nice. To start with the floor is freezing till the room heats up and I never had to go barefoot at my previous class. Do different schools of tai chi have different rules or approaches to tai chi ?