{"id":11808,"date":"2013-11-22T18:21:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T02:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plumpub.com\/kaimen\/?p=11808"},"modified":"2013-12-09T13:29:24","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T21:29:24","slug":"what-about-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plumpub.com\/kaimen\/2013\/what-about-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What About You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plumpub.com\/kaimen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tcebk1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11810\" alt=\"tcebk1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plumpub.com\/kaimen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tcebk1.jpg\" width=\"206\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plumpub.com\/kaimen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tcebk1.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.plumpub.com\/kaimen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tcebk1-200x177.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.plumpub.com\/kaimen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tcebk1-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>Well, I am starting a new book. It\u2019s on Tai Chi and it will be Plum\u2019s first eBook. Keeping to our style of doing things with a bit of a twist; \u00a0we are creating not be so much a book of instruction as a series of essays and insights mainly to convince the newer Tai Chi players that the whole process is worth the effort, that there is something here a little beyond the tv quick cut of slo-mo aerobics and that each of them should use extra concentration to do Tai Chi well, with authority and presence, thereby securing greater benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">However, it is all too easy when practicing Tai Chi, to\u00a0 end up stuck at one of those well-known holes in the road. <!--more-->You can help us to address these beginner\u2019s level concerns using your own past experience. Send us a paragraph or two about something that was difficult for you to grasp or overcome when you were first learning. And if we are able to incorporate your idea into the book we\u2019ll give you credit in the book and, of course, a free autographed copy (one of the rare hard copy ones) when it comes out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can help us to address the beginner\u2019s level from your past experience. This will encourage those who might be stuck at one of those the well-known holes in the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So send us a paragraph or two about something that was difficult for you to grasp or over come when you were first learning. And if we are able to incorporate your idea into the book we\u2019ll give you credit in the book and, of course, a free autographed copy (one of the rare hard copy ones) when it comes out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I am starting a new book. 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