1. A true Tai Chi practitioner focuses on internal power. In Wu Tunan’s memoirs, he wrote that practicing Tai Chi requires the ability to release internal energy and control opponents with it. This indicates that Tai Chi practitioners emphasize internal strength. However, Wu Tunan also mentioned that while his style of Tai Chi was quite … Read more
Tai Chi (太极拳) is an excellent method for health preservation. As people’s awareness of health preservation increases, many have joined the ranks of Tai Chi practitioners. Are you practicing Tai Chi correctly? How can you improve your Tai Chi practice? Grasp the Core, Experience the Characteristics1. Relaxed and Gentle: The posture is stable and expansive, … Read more
What is Tai Chi? The classic states: “Tai Chi is born from Wu Ji, the mother of Yin and Yang.” Wu Ji represents stillness, silent and motionless; Tai Chi represents movement, responding and following the flow. Movement arises from stillness, Wu Ji gives birth to Tai Chi. Tai Chi is the martial art of Yin … Read more
“ Kongfu Tai Chi Chuan Tai Chi Chuan, a national intangible cultural heritage, is a traditional Chinese martial art that integrates various functions such as nurturing temperament, strengthening the body, and combat techniques, centered around the philosophical concepts of Tai Chi and Yin-Yang from traditional Confucian and Daoist thought. It combines the changes of Yin-Yang … Read more
The “Tai Chi Chuan Classics” states: “If one does not understand the principles of Yin and Yang in practicing Tai Chi, all efforts will be in vain.” This highlights the deep understanding ancient martial artists had regarding the importance of Yin and Yang in Tai Chi practice. It is often said that the concept of … Read more
Therapeutic QuoteThe mind in chaos breeds a hundred diseases; a calm mind brings an end to all ailments.—— “Hygiene Treasure” In Tai Chi, there is always a relationship of yin (阴) and yang (阳), with concepts of emptiness (虚) and fullness (实) present everywhere. Understanding emptiness and fullness allows one to know oneself and the … Read more
In the theory of Chen Xin, it is stated: “Opening and closing, void and solid, are the essence of boxing; ‘one opens and one closes, there are changes and constants, both void and solid are present, sometimes appearing and sometimes hiding’; ‘there is closing within opening, and opening within closing’; ‘there is void within solid, … Read more
The concept of “Yin and Yang” in Tai Chi is a crucial element in the practice of Tai Chi: all movements revolve around the body’s center of gravity, continuously adjusting through flexion and extension, and the transformation of “Yin and Yang” to maintain a state of balance—true equilibrium—ensuring one remains invincible! Many practitioners of Tai … Read more