Please join me in congratulating Caro Icardi, who took the Bronze Medal in "Women's Tai Chi - Other Weapons" at the International Chinese Martial Arts Championship in Orlando today!
Caro performed a Chen Style Broadsword form to win this fine piece of hardware. The feat was quite impressive because our Chen broadsword form is not long enough to satisfy the time requirements of the tournament. So, Caro developed a transition move enabling her to switch the sword from her right hand to her left and the repeat the form on the left side. This had a very neat effect because the form looks different enough when using the left hand that it did not seem repetitive. Clever lady! (Did I mention that she is also a Ph.D. candidate in Microbiology at Vanderbilt??! )
Way to go, Caro! You did us proud! ☯️😎😁
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The Den Kung Fu Instruction in Chinese Boxing, Tai Chi Chuan, Chi Kung, Pakua Chang, Xingyi