Learn Tai Chi Basics In A Few Minutes

By Stacey Burt


Tai chi is known to be a very popular martial art for those who are health conscious because this type of exercise is known to be for the strengthening of the immune system. Aside from making the internal organs strong, this type of exercise also strengthens the muscles and the bones as well. So if one would want to learn tai chi, here is a short overview of what he will learn.

Now the very first part of this art would be all about the internal aspect of the martial art namely all about the health aspect. Now in Tai Chi, the key having a healthy body is in knowing how to breathe properly and in a way that one can be able to harness his inner energy or his chi. Now it is this chi that is inside of him that will make him healthier both on the inside and the outside.

Now there is actually a certain way for practitioners to breathe which is not like the way regular people would breathe. This type of breathing would require one to push in air into his stomach while inhaling and also pushing that air out of the stomach while exhaling. So if one would feel his abdomen moving up and down, he is doing it right.

Now if one would want to do this martial art properly, then he has to make sure that this would be the new way that he would breathe from now on. So of course he would have to keep on practicing if he would want to get it right. Once he has done that, then he can learn about the basic stances.

The first stance that one will be learning in this art would be the horse stance. The horse stance is a very crucial stance in this art because it is the stance that one will be assuming most of the time while he is doing his forms. It is also the stance wherein one will be relaxed the most.

Now to do this pose, one has to first stand upright and spread his legs apart shoulder width with his hands relaxed. While he is standing, he should then inhale and then exhale while he is lowering himself and bending his legs. Now he should try to just assume that pose for a while and practice until his legs become so strong that he can stay in that position for quite a long time.

From the horse stance, he will then be learning to shift to the bow rider stance which is pretty much just a forward lunge. After he would do that, he will then switch t the basic cat stance where in his back leg is bent and is carrying majority of the weight of his body. He will be learning how to switch from stance to stance.

Once one has already learned all of the stances, he will be taught how to use them in doing forms. Along with the forms, he will also be adding a few hand movements to go along with that. From there, he will be practicing these forms in sequence.




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