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      Learning Tai Chi forms is built some good bases in the breath, balance, responsiveness, relaxation, and health at the duration of practice them. In addition, we could gradually acquire the leg strength essential to any kind of physical activity involved the whole body. However, the knowledge of the forms alone will not enable us to defend ourselves. If our intention is to learn self-defense, we must practice push hand with a training partner.

I would like to offer a simply experiment, using an iron thread bend into a right angle, one side is inserted into a paper pipe, and then request anyone walking slowly close it. You can find that it will has a few results;

1、 預備式 Preparation              

29. Separate right foot

28. Golden cock stands on one leg (left)

Down your right foot diagonally to your right rear and place toe on the ground first, the body turn to right 45. Move your weight to right foot and lower your right hand slowly, the palm facing down continue to toward your right thigh and start to your left hand upward. As soon as you can raise your left foot which until your left knee is located a height of your waist, as your knee comes up, fingers open thrust upward with your left hand. Notice that both hands reach terminal position at the same time, the left hand upward match up the right hand downward. Remember that your body upstanding was relaxing completely, your left foot shall keep slightly bent for maintain balance.

Tai Chi Chuan function in Qi Kong and health

27. Golden cock stands on one leg (right side)

26. Descending Single Whip

    It was very important concept, I like to take part in Tai Chi Chuan that best cause was pursue myself hearth, so I always was to understand and appreciate related to me the internal energy from Tai Chi Chuan. The concept of energy flowing direction is based on the traditional Chinese meridian (jingluo) theory. According to Chinese medicinal concepts that internal energy offers our overall strength for ourselves body, the physical strength also was known Qi. While Qi provides to the power source to support our body structure for moved the lifelong.

    For several tens year practicing, we had published the U-Jin Tai Chi Journal over two years. This Journal has the valuable instruction and information about Tai Chi Chuan concepts. Today many teachers find the principles and theories to exist too much problems, all of them want further to understand. In that time my students have gradually offered their point of view, although these views only were belonging to themselves thought, therefore, it is important for beginners. It is difficult to illustrate the various kinds of questions, any teacher have himself point of view, but it is not able to answer these questions more fully. Now Tai Chi Chuan is getting more popular and more many people in the world are trying to learn it. Therefore we want to exert ourselves efforts to write a simple learning experience to use simple language for the benefit of beginner in health and safety. This Journal may serve as an introduction approach to obtain the valuable information.

 Tai Chi Chuan, once an exercise practiced by only devoted disciples in China and in Taiwan, and now become an internationally recognized the regimen art. The international popularity prompted me to explain the detail movement in U Jin journal for the 37 forms that would help familiarizes them into the best instruction. I will present the information to describe the studying reasons and profits.