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I recently started recording Qi Gong exercises for myself because I kept forgetting them. I\u2019ve been practicing Taijiquan and Qi Gong for over twenty years, and so many exercises just slipped away. Not just small exercises. I once knew a Tai Chi fan form, and I forgot it. I once was really good at Yi Jin Jing Qi Gong<\/a>, and I forgot it. I\u2019m sure I could pick it back up quickly, but I still feel bad about forgetting it.<\/p>\n

It does sting a little, knowing that something I once could move through easily, is just not there anymore. And I know it will keep happening, unless I do something different.<\/p>\n

Recording my personal Qi Gong archive<\/h2>\n

So I decided to record moves. Nothing fancy. I do 3 repetitions of an exercise, then turn 45\u00b0 and do it again, until I\u2019ve captured every side and angle. That\u2019s usually enough to see what\u2019s going on, even for exercises with a few tricky details.<\/p>\n

For some exercises, the video alone isn\u2019t enough. So I add a short comment, a few words, sometimes a PDF.<\/p>\n

This is just for me. No one else will see these videos, so I don\u2019t need good lighting or a clean background. I don\u2019t edit anything. I just need enough to jog my memory later. It looks a bit like this:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/6KefsszWVOo?feature=share<\/a><\/p>\n

This is an exercise I learned during a Qi Gong workshop that focused on water element exercises. It\u2019s an exercise specifically for the kidney meridian. In my notes, I also wrote down: don\u2019t shortcut the arms. The arms, at shoulder height, go all the way to the front and then to the other side.<\/p>\n

This recording will not stop me from writing comments on paper during classes and workshops. But paper gets lost, and I can\u2019t search through a stack of notebooks. So now I\u2019m moving the video and the comment together into my own personal database, so I can actually find things again when I need them.<\/p>\n

Start your own archive<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019ve been practicing for a while, you probably have exercises somewhere in your memory that you haven\u2019t done in years. Create your own system to archive. A notebook works. So does your phone camera. The point isn\u2019t the method, it\u2019s that you actually keep something before it slips away for good.<\/p>\n

And feel free to share your system in the comments. Or write me an email! I would love to hear from you.
Angelika<\/p>\n

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