Tian-Tian

I want to share my teacher's essential teaching on the knee, and I quote: "The knees are a weight transferring joint, not a weight bearing joint. If you make this mistake, YOU WILL **** YOUR KNEE(S) UP!!"
When standing still, and progressively into motion, let your weight fall down the back of your leg and pass cleanly through the knee joint. Feel your weight in your feet, not your knees.

You really do have a clear and readable voice, and stuff like this is the reason I continue to check in here. Good luck, in and out of the training hall.

Hi,
I quit posting a few months ago, but have continued to lurk. I'm really liking your current thread, it's nice to here a fresh, curious and enthusiastic voice, and I don't know what you're studying in school, but you might look to a career in writing.
Weren't you in Texas doing a Korean style when you hurt you leg? I might not be rembering clearly, but I remember your entry onto the site and your chronicle of your injury.
I took my first tai chi class in 82, while still training actively in harder styles (TKD, Goju).
By 91 I'd swung over to only practicing softer styles, and have concentrated on chi gung, and Yang style long form since then.

(I had to break this into two parts.)