As a leading Kung Fu school in China, Global Exchange Center has been working on promoting Chinese martial arts programs, including Tai Chi programs to international students.
Currently one of our program improvements is to integrate Tai Chi related Chinese language
learning to all Tai Chi programs, so the students not only learn from Martial Arts masters of
physical forms, but also learn the practice rules that are used in all the forms in Chinese.
Here are the first three of ten Key points of practicing Tai Chi:
1), Push the head up; Be calm and nature (悬顶正容xuán dǐng zhèng róng)
Keep the head and neck naturally straight to allow the qi to rise to the top of the head. Imagine that the top of the head is being suspended from above. Keep the tailbone straight to let the spirit of vitality rise to the top of the head.
2), Keep the shoulders and elbows down (沉肩坠肘chén jiān zhuì zhǒu)
Keep the shoulders down and relaxed. Don’t shrug the shoulders, arch them or stretch them back. When bending the elbows, bend them naturally with a feeling as if they are handing slightly down. Never raise the elbows or stretch then out too straight.
3), Stretch the arms with empty armpits (展臂虚腋zhǎn bì xū yè)
The arms should be filled or inflated with springy energy no matter if they are bend or straight.When stretched straight, the arms should feel as if being pulled towards both ends. The “empty armpits” refers to keeping an empty space under the armpits rather than pressing the arms too tightly against the ribs.
If you are interested in learning more about these rules, contact us directly.
