yin-yang. march... and you will find. Its polarized force spreads to the ends For health as well as for self-defense of the universe. or martial arts, the respect of bio- The tao It permeates more or less into mechanical and energy laws everything. guarantees greater efficiency. It is in It manifests itself in completeness or the contrariety of these natural opposition according to the degree of principles that wounds or weaknesses of the intimacy with the right medium. appear. The Tai-chi disappears in the rest and To be able to respect the natural is therefore defined by two actions movement, you need to relax because necessary for its manifestation: nervous and emotional tensions lead continuous movement and polarity. to parasitic muscle contractions. To Taiji We had seen some polarities in the relax in depth is to «clean» our whole energies: tension-relaxation, action- being while activating more and restraint, earth-sky, left-hand, front- more networks of vital energy. Thus, The energy of Tai-chi comes rear, top-down, inside-outside, ... the road being clear, the movement is from Wu-chi (whose general Imagine a balloon: its center is the free and fluid. meaning is the absence of Wu-ji, its rays manifest polarities. manifestation which, for The right gesture can manifest. The Tai-chi is impregnated in bodily disciplines, means physical and visible manifestations: CLEAN UP. WHAT IS TAI-CHI immobility). This energy, ellipses, helicoids, spirals, torus and CHUAN NOT? like a mother, gives birth to especially the eight in the three dimensions or sign of the infinite, Yin and Yang, those who It does not define itself with lemniscate. The eight motion is the slowness. If you slowly made a appear separately in the embodiment of the universal energy sequence of gestures of Karate, or chi movements and disappear in field. It is like a stagnation of slow kung would it be Tai-chi chuan? the rest.” waves not having enough speed and Moreover, in the schools of Tai-chi space to continue their journey. They chuan, there are multiple sequences Tai Chi Chuan Treaty of move on the spot. The vibrations (taolu, kata, kuen) made with speed WANG Tsung-Yueh remain but «weighed down» and as, for example, the san shou and the (Zongyue) confined to a particular place, pao chui as well as the explosive continuing their dance in the shape of movements of the form of Yang eight. Luchan. Slowness does not define the In summary, the Tai Chi includes the principle of polarity. continuous movement through the Is the Tai-chi chuan distinguished by yin-yang polarity that forms a whole. relaxation? If so, the kungfu of the In other words, the All manifests drunk man is not bad in this field... itself in the multiple through polarity. Relaxation does not define biomechanical polarities but is one of The question I would like to ask you the conditions. now is: how to manifest Tai-chi in Is it defined by the fact that it is a body practice and in particular in the gentle and peaceful gymnastic with art that directly refers to it, Tai-chi meditative colors? No, because yoga chuan? or any other sweet practice would More precisely, how to move while deserve that name. respecting the principle of yin-yang polarity in continuity? Tai chi is movement, change of point of view. Put aside everything you But first, we must ask ourselves why. have learned. Be like a child discovering novelty. Be careful to WHY SHOULD WE experience for yourself with humility Tai chi. Strength and form. Supreme INCORPORATE TAI CHI LAWS in order to verify any assertion. polarity. Promise of balance. INTO OUR BODY PRACTICE? Program for the creation of life and The double burden : its transfiguration, Tai Chi is an Try to walk so that the spine and legs energy, as we identified it in Tai Chi do not move a hair. Try to run “When you see someone, practising Mag No. 6. without swinging your arms... For for many years, unable to transform Tai-chi is the energy of life, that is, walking and running, nature has the attack and allowing themselves to the universal electromagnetic created a subtle bio-mechanics in be dominated by the adversary, it is dynamic described in negative- which each joint moves in total because he has not understood this positive terms: in other words, harmony with the others. Observe fault that is double heaviness.” according to the Chinese tradition, and observe the mechanisms of your WANG Tsung-Yueh wrist, elbow and shoulder. As the arm arms. When the arms go up, the Some classical texts speak of double goes down, the hand opens more elbows and wrists are bent. We will heaviness as having the weight with the wrist in extension (yang) designate this position as yin. Both evenly distributed on both feet. This and when it goes up it is released the arms are yin at the same time. When clearly means a neutral position the wrist in flexion (yin). descending, these are extended (the weight in the middle and stagnant. Now, remember the double heaviness inside of the arm stretches). Let’s On the contrary, the Tai-chi chuan is often understood as the weight designate this as yang. the polarized movement and as soon evenly distributed on both feet. What You have just discovered a polarity as the body moves in a natural way, it about both hands? 2 yin or 2 yang: among others but memorizes their manifests it. isn’t that the double heaviness? Also, common point: the arm flexes and doesn’t the bottom lead the top? If the palm rather directed inwards How would you avoid double the pressure on the ground must manifests a withdrawal on oneself heaviness? The weight must fluctuate constantly alternate from one foot to and corresponds to the yin. The arm from one foot to the other, right? And the other, can the weight (the force) extended, unfolded and the palm how? Take the walk as a guide. What be the same in both hands more outward is said yang. do you observe? The weight simultaneously ? If you perceive the alternation of the "crashes" on the heel, "flows" on the rise of the arms in yin posture and the line of the second small toe, "rotates" The stiffness : descent in yang position, you notice towards the base of the big toe and an alternating complementarity then passes over the heel of the other “Size controls the whole body (...) forming a tai-chi. foot. Note that it does not pass synchronize the upper part with the through the point N° 1 of the lower part of the body (...) make your 2) Frontal polarity (in front meridian of acupuncture of the movements continuously and without plane) : kidneys... This is sometimes referred interruption.” to as the anchor point, but it is YANG Chengfu located in a hollow at 2/3 of the foot length and cannot be a crossing point Stiffness manifests the immobility of for walking, running or any other two or more contiguous joints in movement. Just look at the trace relation to each other. drawn by a wet bare foot on a Stiffness indicates that stagnation wooden terrace to see this replaces life, immobility replaces phenomenon. fluid motion. If a wave, coming from The heel is a cushion to absorb the the legs or the waist, encounters a set shock into the ground. The outer of excessively gassed joints, it fades edge and small toes are provided for or “dies” in the latter and does not balance. The big toe serves as a communicate its dynamics to the thruster. If we put the weight on point upper limbs. 1 of the meridian of the kidneys, it is in static position in equilibrium on a The alternating polarities : single leg. In truth, in the walk, the path of a Now, I’m gonna take you on a tour of foot resembles the ribbon of möbius. space to map out possible polarities. Look what it is in a dictionary or on You must perform the movements the internet... In addition, the weight quickly or imagine that you are doing on the ground is an arc of circle... them in the water. It may be that you Take the same starting position and which, passing on the other foot, see your arms all the time yin... It then spread the feet shoulder-width, forms an eight or a lemniscate, a doesn’t matter what happens next. finally putting the weight in the wave, a wave, an S! This would be middle. Now push with one leg and the manifestation of Tai-chi, yin- 1) The polarity on the vertical then the other alternately by yang, for the pressure under the feet. axis : transferring your weight from one Remark: here, Tai-chi is not a circle. foot to the other. Let’s designate the Put your arms together along the leg that stretches for propulsion as For the next experiment, release the right body. Go up and down bending yang and the other as yin. arms and back well. Propels the body your knees wide and rhythmically on Accentuates the wavy swinging with the legs and drives a wave a second round trip. Lift and lower through the spine and arms. Put your through the spine into the arms and your arms as if they were chains or arms on the sides at shoulder height. hands. bird wings: start with the shoulder, Observes and observes... The back then the elbow and finally the wrist.