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Ivy 大四那年，被選上加入國家級訓練，準備兩年後參加亞運，本來參加長拳項目，沒想到移地到北京訓練時，那兒的老師認為她比較適合太極拳，就這麼讓從小學舞蹈的她與太極拳結緣。

練了十年的太極拳，一場雲門”水月”教她認識了太極導引，至此太極導引就是她的身體功課。

水月在1998年首演，舞蹈動作是根據熊衛所創的太極導引發展成型。” 那動作真的很美"，一看就很想學，在一篇報導中，我首次認識太極導引這四個字，我練了十年的太極拳，從沒聽過這個辭。

Ivy目前教授太極導引，也是體育總會武術太極拳國家教練及裁判。

有句話說”少不學太極，老不學少林”。Ivy 說，年長者學練少林的跑、跳、發力很可能弄傷自己，太極就比較沒有年齡的限制。太極講求專注，注意傾聽身體的覺知，保持平靜的頻率，年紀稍長者一般較亦心領神會。

Ivy 說，學舞蹈，是在追求身體舞動的線條，但這美的追求有其限制，練外家拳同樣受年齡限制，但太極導引不會，可以一直練到八、九十歲，既能保持身體靈動、健康，動作線條又極美，更重要的，它能找到一顆舒服的心。

Ivy became a national sportsperson in her last year in college. She was a promising Changquan player of the Asia Games. However, her trainer in Beijing thought she was better at Taichiquan. Thus, she started her practice back then.

After ten years of Taichichuan practice, she got to learn Taichi-dowing as well. Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s famous performance, Moon Water, inspired her.

Moon Water was first brought on stage in 1998. Its dance moves were based on Taichi-dowing, which was created by well known Taichiquan master Xiong Wei. “It is really beautiful,” she said, “I wanted to learn it the moment I saw it. I first learned about Taichi-dowing in a news report. I had been practicing Taichiquan for ten years, but never heard about Taichi-dowing before.”

Ivy is currently a Taichi-dowing teacher, and she is also a national coach and judge.

As the proverb goes, “don’t practice Taichi when you are young, and don’t practice Shaolin when you are old.” Senior people may easily get injured if they try to practice Shaolin, which is too strong and dynamic for the body. However, Taichi does not have any age limit as long as the practitioners can focus and be calm. Older people can even understand more deeply about it.

Ivy thinks that dancing and martial arts usually have their age limit, but Taichi practice does not get tougher as people get older. You can practice it until you are eighty or ninety to keep a strong body and a young heart.