Originally Posted by
taai gihk yahn
from a physiological standpoint, it's the sort of typical non-sensical TCMA perspective where the teacher spouts something ridiculous using anatomical terms that they have no idea about
as far as the temperament of children, unless they are intrinsically very disciplined, they are not going to be interested in taiji, unless it's the cannon fist section of Chen or something, because kids like to move around;
my only question would be WHY the parents want to have their kids learn taiji at such an early age? I would never inflict that on my son (7 1/2 ) - the most "taiji" I do w him is our goofy version of push-hands (which is still teaching him taiji principles, but he doesn't know that...); otherwise I send him to a BJJ class so he can roll around w kids his own age / size and have a good time; for the parents who want taiji for their kids, I'd b wary that they hare doing it because they heard it's "good for you", or maybe the kids are having trouble "focusing' in school or some other sort of sensory issues; if that's the case, if u r up for the challenge of working w crazy parents / neurotic kids, good luck w that...
FWIW though, I have a friend who is a taiji teacher who is also a phys ed teacher who just started teaching taiji/kung fu to middle school students as part of the PE curriculum (he's been ding kids kung fu classes at his school, and at a summer camp for some years now) - if he's going to be successful, it's because he's a fun guy who knows how to relate to kids - are you?