Page 15 - Let's Practice NUTRI-LIVING TAI CHI Excercises

Thái Cực Dưỡng Sinh Ðỗ Quang-Vinh

(1) Below are ten crucial principles for the Tai Chi
Chuan Exercises:

Each of us is a "small cosmic" including Yin-Yang and Five
elements of nature, when those elements operate smoothly, one
is healthy whereas the yin-yang’s disorder causes all the
diseases. So in order to gain more benefits from the practice of

Taichi, the following essential rules are recommended:

1.1- Neck and head straight. Shen or Spirit at the crown,
no use force to do, but doing naturally.
1.2- The chest slightly contracted in order to the Chi (3) hands to push
sinking into Dan Dien and sticking to the spine.
1.3- Let loose waist, every moves must be transformed
according to the moving of the waist.
1.4- Distinguish between false and real moves; if the
weight bears heavily on this foot, this is the real stance, while
another foot is false stance.
1.5- Let shoulders loosing naturally, both elbows also
lowering.
1.6- Use mind not use the force: the whole body is letting
loose, the mind guiding the moves. Mind, Chi and Force are
connecting together. Mind conducts Chi, Chi conducts Force,
when Mind arrives, Chi comes, when Chi comes, Force arrives.
1.7- Shen (or Spirit) pursuits every move, the mind is (3) fist to punch
concentrated to follow them.
1.8- Shen and Body are mutually unified. Shen
commands body.
1.9- Continuous motion as natural as streams drifting
without interruption.
1.10- Use static to command dynamic, the softness to guide
the rigid.

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