****ITS CLARE'S BIRTHDAY**** First of all, let me say a huge thank you for all the birthday messages, its been lovely to hear from you all, I have to say I was feeling a little home sick not having you all around, but you have certainly all made up for it- love you all loads xxx This morning started out with an early morning Tai Chi class in a public square, which was fantastic. This was one of our freebees, and was certainly worth more then 0GBP! Very unlike Karate, much slower, but breathing and posture are both very important like Karate. Interestingly they do not appear to break down each movement the way we do, they just learn the 'pattern' (our version of Kata) in one session and then continuely practice it until they become
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