Saya berpendapat latihan olahraga/gerak badan dari negara Asia seperti Tai Chi dan Yoga lebih unggul dari cara olahraga dari negara Barat seperti jogging dll, terutama utk orang yg sudah berumur. Kedua cara olahraga tsb sebelumnya adalah sekarang popular di-negara2 Barat. Pusat "Taoist"Tai Chi yg mula2 didirikan oleh ahli silat dari Kuil Shaolin di Toronto, Kanada, dimana cabang2nya sekarang telah tersebar ke 26 negara. Banyak lain2 macam Tai Chi selain "Taoist" style, misal "Yang" style dll. Saya mengikuti Taoist Tai Chi sudah 4 tahun tetapi masih belum lancar dan harus belajar terus, yg boleh dikata adalah "long life learning". Taoist Tai Chi (TTC) mempunyai 108 gerakan yg berbeda dan memerlukan ketenangan dan konsentrasi supaya bisa melakukan 108 gerakan ini. TTC juga disebut "Moving meditation". Istri saya sudah melakukan TTC lebih dari 15 tahun tetapi juga masih harus belajar terus. Dia pernah mengikuti Yoga tetapi lebih tidak diteruskan sebab agak membosankan karena tidak bergerak banyak walaupun juga mempunyai unsur meditasi juga. Unsur meditasi ini yg tidak ada di olahraga Barat. Saya mendapat email dari Harvard University tsb dibawah, yg menerangkan keuntungan2 dari Tai Chi. Harvard University adalah universitas yg ternama, jadi pasti keuntungan2 yg disebutkan telah teruji secara klinis (bukan asal ceplas-ceplos).
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