Tai Chi Application for Yang Tai Chi and Chen Tai Chi Opening Move
http://www.InternalGardens.com Online tai chi and tai chi NJ classes. This is a casual look at tai chi martial arts applications. This is done very slow and low intensity. In a real fight, you would go faster of course, and with more intensity. You would also follow up with an escape or serious offense. This is just a variation of tai chi combat moves for the opening posture of Yang tai chi or Chen tai chi. Provided here solely for educational and informational purposes only. Please always respect yourself and your sparring partner's limits. Train to get self-development and wisdom, not to show off. :-)
Tai Chi and Qigong Can Bolster Cancer Survivorship
By Keith I. Block, MD
Though many forms of exercise seem fairly mechanical in their execution, some are more grounded in the realm of awareness and mindfulness. The latter include Tai Chi and Qigong (pronounced Chee-Gung), both of which are more generally referred to as meditation in motion. This is because, although each type of exercise does involve some form of movement or body positioning, their practice also entails a focus on relaxed breathing and the cultivation of a clear, calm state of mind. If you have cancer, these gentle forms of exercise can markedly improve your energy levels and quality of life—and may even help in your recovering physically and emotionally from cancer and its treatment.
One of the leading investigators of meditative movement is Karen Mustian, Ph.D., an exercise physiologist and research assistant professor in Radiation Oncology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Following chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Dr. Mustian randomly assigned 21 breast cancer patients in Greensboro, North Carolina, to either a three-month Tai Chi program or a support group. Whereas the support group experienced no overall reduction in cancer-related fatigue and no significant improvement in quality of life, patients practicing Tai Chi showed a steady improvement in their energy levels, mood, self-esteem and quality of life, as reported in the March 2006 Journal of Supportive Oncology.
Tai Chi is an excellent weight-bearing exercise and therefore can help improve bone health, a problem for many patients who have received treatments that exact a toll on the bones. Most recently, Dr. Mustian and her colleagues reported that Tai Chi significantly reduced bone loss in breast cancer survivors, as reported in the June 2010 issue of Clinical Breast Cancer. In addition to these benefits, Dr. Mustian reports that Tai Chi seems to improve strength, flexibility and heart and lung function in women with metastatic breast cancer.
Traditional Chinese doctors have long used Qigong, another form of meditative movement, as a way to prevent and cure ailments, and to improve health and energy levels through regular practice. To date, five controlled clinical trials have shown favorable effects of Qigong for people with cancer. However, a recent systematic review concluded that most of the clinical studies done to date have been poorly designed. Nevertheless, at least two randomized clincial trials indicated that Qigong prolonged survival in cancer patients, as reported in the June 2007 issue of Acta Oncologica.
Most of us in the West first learned about the Qigong’s cancer-fighting impact from the Second World Conference on Academic Exchange of Medical Qigong in 1993. Scientists at the conference reported on a study of 122 cancer patients in China and offered the following conclusion: The longer the Qigong was practiced, the greater the inhibition of tumor growth and reduction in pain. Qigong practitioners also had more stable immune system functioning, fewer side effects of chemotherapy, and a much higher percentage of tumor regressions than non-practitioners. In a separate study, the Qigong practitioners had a five-fold greater response to the chemotherapy compared to non-practitioners.
Qigong is done in two basic ways, internal and external. Internal qigong is self-directed and actively engages people in their own health. Daily practice is encouraged for health maintenance and disease prevention. By contrast, external qigong is done by a practitioner such as a Qigong master or Traditional Chinese Doctor. Although neither type of Qigong is well understood in terms of the underlying mechanisms of action, there are published reports that go beyond the purposed therapeutic benefits for cancer patients.
In laboratory studies, for example, external Qigong triggered “programmed cell death” (apoptosis) in aggressive prostate cancer cells, as reported in the March 2008 issue of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry. In another lab report published two years earlier, external Qigong was found to be toxic to cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed.
As you can see, the benefits of exercise are by no means restricted to aerobic activity or resistance training. The advantage of practicing something as gentle as Tai Chi or Qigong is that it’s virtually impossible to overdo it: The practice involves slow, graceful, continuous movements that engender a state of relaxed alertness in the practitioner. As with yoga, both Tai Chi and Qigong can most certainly improve your quality of life, and I consider these low-impact, meditative forms of exercise to be safe and useful component to include as part of your integrative cancer treatment program.
In this video Wu and Yang Style Tai Chi Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis talks about and demonstrates some of the methods within tai chi he used to overcome back, neck and spine injuries.
Back pain is a problem for many people. Hear how Bruce suffered a broken back and other problems caused by a car accident.
Bruce is lucky he knew tai chi so he could help himself heal. He is not giving medical advice, this is just his experiences.
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Tai Chi 24-Form Movements Step-by-Step Tai Chi 24-Form
These are the movements of the official Tai Chi 24-form, which is often referred to as the "Simplified" form. Because tai chi is passed down in an oral tradition, forms tend to slowly evolve and change based on the students and the teacher's understanding, body type, and preferences. But, this Simplified 24-form is standardized and is used in performances and competitions around the world. The form listed and shown below is an authentic and accurate version of the 24-form. The author's father, Grandmaster Liang Shou-Yu, was a student and then a teacher of tai chi in China at the time this form was created and popularized.
Be sure to watch the video for an artistic look at Master Helen Liang's 24-form.
Section 1
Commencing Form 起勢 Qishi
Left and Right Part the Wild Horse's Mane 左右野馬分鬃 Zuo You Ye Ma Fen Zong
White Crane Spreads Its Wings 白鹤亮翅 Bai He Liang Chi
Left and Right Brush Knee and Push Forward 左右摟膝拗步 Zuo You Lou Xi Ao Bu
Playing Lute 手揮琵琶 Shou Hui Pi Pa
Section 2
Repulse Monkey Left and Right 左右倒卷肱 Zuo You Dao Juan Gong
Grasp Sparrow's Tail Left 左攬雀尾 Zuo Lan Que Wei
Grasp Sparrow's Tail Right 右攬雀尾 You Lan Que Wei
Left Single Whip 单鞭 Dan Bian
Section 3
Wave Hands Like Clouds 雲手 Yun Shou
Left Single Whip 單鞭 Dan Bian
High Pat on Horse 高探馬 Gao Tan Ma
Right Heel Kick 高探馬 You Deng Jiao
Strike to the Ears with Both Fists 右蹬脚 Shuang Feng Guan Er
Left Heel Kick 雙峰貫耳 Zhuan She Zuo Deng Jiao
Section 4
Left Lower Body and Stand on One Leg 左下勢獨立 Zuo Xia Shi Duli
Right Lower Body and Stand on One Leg 右下勢獨立 You Xia Shi Duli
Fair Lady Works with Shuttles 右左玉女穿梭 You Suo Yu Nu Chuan Suo
Needle at Sea Bottom 海底针 Hai Di Zhen
Section 5
Fan Through the Back 閃通背 Shan Tong Bei
Turn Body, Deflect, Parry, and Punch 轉身搬攔捶 Zhuan Shen Ban Lan Chui
Apparent Closure 如封似閉 Ru Feng Si Bi
Cross Hands 十字手 Shi Zi Shou
Closing Form 收勢 Shoushi
Master Helen Liang, the eldest daughter of Grandmaster Liang, Shou-Yu, began training in traditional Wushu at the age of 4. She has participated in many international competitions and has won a great number of gold medals. She has been featured in many magazines and TV programs. Master Helen Liang lives and teaches in Vancouver, Canada.
The Simplified Tai Chi 24 form is the most popular tai chi form in the world. With only 24 movements, it is the perfect way to experience the amazing health benefits of a shortened tai chi form, no matter your current fitness level. The ancient art of tai chi is often described as "moving meditation" because it stimulates your mind, body, and spirit.
The Tai Chi 48-movement form is ideal for those interested experiencing in the true essence of tai chi chuan, because it combines powerful techniques from all styles into a sequence embodying the spirit of relaxation and softness with circular, continuous movements. There are over 250 million people worldwide that practice tai chi daily for health benefits.
Tai Chi Chuan is a martial art that combines martial arts movements with Qi energy circulation, breathing, and stretching techniques. It utilizes the ancient philosophy of Yin / Yang and the Five Element theories for its foundation and to establish its training principles.
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Tai Chi 24 Form with English titles inserted between postures; edited version of video copied from www.taiji.de. The performer is Gao Jiamin. According to Kungfu Magazine (July 2000 issue) she was born in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China June 26, 1966. At the time of the article she had "won 32 gold medals, a record that has never been achieved by any other competitor". She is (or was) a chief instructor at "US Wushu Center" in Portland, OR. The background music is "Simplified Tai Chi Chuan (24 Form)" from the CD "Tai Chi Melody" by the Shanghai Chinese Traditional Orchestra. The MP3 can be purchased from Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001...
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Tai Chi 24 Form Benefits And Exercises For Beginners
Tai Chi moves for beginners. If your looking for the best way to learn Tai Chi then go to http://taichi24form.com Perfect exercises for beginners.
The most popular type of Tai Chi is 24 Form that only takes 6 minutes to complete once learned, so it can easily be implemented into a diverse fitness regimen that also includes yoga or any other form of exercise.
When opting to practice Yoga or Tai Chi, please consider the following first:
Do you want your mind-body practice to focus on physical and mental health and general wellness or would you like more of a spiritual engagement within your practice?
How physically fit are you? Yoga tends to be more physically demanding.
Tai Chi may be performed by any age group, no matter what your fitness level. Nearly all Tai Chi movements are performed slowly from a standing position and take the body through its natural range of motion.
Yoga encourages an expansion of flexibility and strength through preparatory stretches, poses, and visualization to attain more advanced poses when possible.
Yoga aligns poses with each breath, and in traditional Hatha yoga, poses are also held for a certain number of breaths.
Tai Chi encourages practitioners to breathe slowly and deeply, but not to consciously align movement and breath. Tai Chi also consists of slow flowing movements, the poses are choreographed to flow into one another; they are never held.
Tai Chi exercises are excellent, especially for beginners. Watch the video for the full Tai Chi 24 Form moves. The benefits of Tai Chi are also explained.
Tai Chi & Chi Kung Breathing Tutorial - from World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
Breath is at the core of Tai Chi and Chi Kung (qigong) exercises. The breath is the key to letting your movements become slower and more effortless. It also optimumly oxigenates your cells and cleanses toxins from the body.
The mindful meditation of Tai Chi and Qigong comes from the full post birth breathing techniques. The exhalations enable you to release stress loads acumulated in your mind, heart, and body, as the gentle movements of Tai Chi and Qigong massage and cleanse your tissue.
You can find more free video lessons, medial research info, tasty health recipes, and more by joinining the Free Email Mailing List at the official website of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day, WorldTaiChiDay.
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Tai Chi - Moving for Better Balance with Suman - Lesson 1 & 2
Evidence-based Tai Chi effective for beginners and seniors. Reduces falls by more than 50% if practiced 3 months consecutively and sustained for one year.
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Six Harmonies – The Cheat Sheet for Perfect Posture
Here is a statement that needs to be intrinsically understood to progress in Tai Chi: Internal energy building and circulation, balance, and martial abilities are dependent on posture. For those of you that are one step ahead of me, you are seeing the potential bang-for-your-buck by focusing on posture over other more trivial matters.
Posture is the tai chi version of the Pareto Principle which states that 20% of your activities realize 80% of the results and vise-versa. Small postural improvements have huge impact on your health, sitting at your desk, your taichi form, balance, pushhands prowess, etc.
How do we evaluate our posture and make corrections?
We could have proper instruction, do chiropractic work or even Rolfing. But thankfully, Tai Chi also has a blueprint to evaluate yourself and make corrections in real time.
The Six Harmonies – History
Dai Long Bang was a master of the internal martial arts who lived in the 18th Century. His family cultivated and developed Xing Yi Quan, one of the two other major internal martial arts. During his life he recorded a great deal of tactical points of martial arts and wrote “The Six Harmonies Fists.” It’s from this work that the Six Harmonies are taken.
What are the Six Harmonies?
The Six Harmonies refer to coordination between three external joints (6 total, 3 per side) and the coordination of three internal processes that align emotion and intention. “Harmony” does not only mean “moving together” despite this being a good start. It also connotes a connection between the movements.
External Harmonies (san wai he)
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1) The hands harmonize with the feet.
2) The hips harmonize with the shoulders.
3) The elbows harmonize with the knees.
Internal Harmonies (san nei he)
1) The heart harmonizes with the intention.
2) The intention harmonizes with the Chi.
3) The Chi harmonizes with the movement.
Coordination of the Six Harmonies
“Coordination” or “Harmonizing” includes good posture and the body parts moving in unison. It does not mean you move like a robot or that your body parts aren’t moving in different directions at times. Harmony can also refer to the angles of the joints being the same or the body parts moving in the same direction. An example of this last point could be your hand traveling forward and your toes pointing in that direction.
Coordination of the External Harmonies
Coordination of the external harmonies is a straightforward alignment of pairs of joints. In tai chi we are initially concerned with the hip and shoulder alignment because the other two harmonies will be dependent on this primary structural alignment. This can easily be studied by looking in the mirror and making concrete adjustments. Let’s take a look:
The hands harmonize with the feet: the toes are pointed in the direction that the hand is traveling and the step and strike/grab arrive at the same time. Proper alignment of hands and feet leads to heavy pushes or strikes where the support of the ground is felt rather than arm strength.
The hips harmonize with the shoulders: the shoulders are aligned over the hips. The hip joint (kua) and armpit are not collapsed. Rotational power is generated by the hips and carried out though the torso. You can accomplish this harmony by turning your whole torso as you move rather than just your arm and by keeping an upright posture as though you are sitting on an invisible chair.
The elbows harmonize with the knees: The elbows shrink and expand in unison. A great example is shooting a free throw in basketball. The player crouches down, springs up, and the hands are over his head releasing the ball at the second that the entire body has expanded.
Coordination of the Internal Harmonies
Internal coordination, harmony, is dependent on external coordination. So if you have not checked your posture throughout different parts of the tai chi form, external coordination is the low hanging fruit.
Coordinating the internal harmonies is putting the intention and will (the brains and heart) behind the movement. Yes you can just step forward and grab a doorknob. This would be more akin to focusing on the doorknob, reading your body, and consciously reaching for and seizing the doorknob.
The heart harmonizes with the intention: The heart is the emotional that sets the motivational fires burning. Back to the doorknob for practicality and humor’s sake. Imagine being mad at the doorknob and grabbing it. Imagine that it is elusive and if you don’t grab it at the right second it will disappear. When I first wrapped my mind around this I woke up to the fact of how unintentional I move about throughout the day.
The intention harmonizes with the Chi: Your degree of intention will determine your degree of concentration. Walking by a tai chi class you would just see someone taking a step. The person however would be concentrating on the accuracy of this step and setting it in motion.
The Chi harmonizes with the movement: Now it is time to act. Your posture is good you are focused and choose to move. The brain makes all movements happen. Once your intention is set you fire off nerve impulses and off you go.
We began talking about simple movements and end the same way. I hope this article provides 1) a way for us to self-monitor and make adjustments and 2) dramatically see the difference between a typical step and the movements of tai chi.
Betty Edwards in Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain described it the best when she talked about getting lost and forgetting about time when you incorporate intention and balance in the creative process. If I get nothing else out of tai chi class, I at least get a break from the continual ramble of thoughts (grocery lists, where did I put my…) that usually accompanies my day.
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KungFuMagazine.com in conjunction with TigerClaw.com and the Tiger Claw Foundation will be staging a Group Tai Chi demonstration of Simplified 24 Tai Chi routine at the KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY; June 2nd 2013. We hope to get as many participants as possible. This is open to anyone that can recite the Simplified 24 Tai Chi routine.
No matter what your skill level, please come and join us! And plan to spend the day. There will be ongoing demonstrations from noted masters and local schools, as well as introductory workshops in basic kung fu, wushu, tai chi and qigong.
Urządzenia do ćwiczeń na powietrzu serii Fitness mogą być montowane na pylonach trójstanowiskowych, czterostanowiskowych, jak również na słupie pojedynczo lub podwójnie. Nasze siłownie zewnętrzne wykonane są z solidnych i wytrzymałych elementów konstrukcyjnych, dzięki czemu bez problemu mogą być wykorzystywane przez użytkowników o wadze do 150 kg. Konfigurator online dostępny na stronie pozwoli zaplanować siłownię plenerową i indywidualnie zestawiać ze sobą wybrane urządzenia. Jako producent oferujemy pomoc w wyborze najodpowiedniejszych rozwiązań. Systematyczne ćwiczenia na dworze to gwarancja zdrowia i dobrej kondycji. Cennik szczegółowy dostępny w kontakcie telefonicznym lub mailowym.
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