MyTaiChi.co.uk
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MyTaiChi.co.uk - A Tai Chi resource
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Welcome to the Tai Chi Resource from MyTaiChi.co.uk
We've put this site together as a resource for people who are, or want be involved or interested in Tai Chi. The site provides a mass of information at your fingers, and even contains an eBook which is well worth looking at.
What is taichi ?
As the name T'ai Chi Ch'uan is held to be derived from the T'ai Chi symbol, the taijitu or t'ai chi t'u (???, pinyin tàijítú), commonly known in the West as the "yin-yang" diagram, T'ai Chi Ch'uan techniques are said therefore to physically and energetically balance yin (receptive) and yang (active) principles: "From ultimate softness comes ultimate hardness."
The core training involves two primary features: the first being the solo form or quan or ch'uan (?), a slow sequence of movements which emphasise a straight spine, relaxed breathing and a natural range of motion; the second being different styles of pushing hands or tui shou or t'ui shou for training "stickiness" and sensitivity in the reflexes through various motions from the forms in concert with a training partner in order to learn leverage, timing, coordination and positioning when interacting with another. Pushing hands is seen as necessary not only for training the self-defense skills of a soft style such as T'ai Chi by demonstrating the forms' movement principles experientially, but also it is said to improve upon the level of conditioning provided by practice of the solo forms by increasing the workload on students while they practise those movement principles.
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- 1 Butler Crescent, Exhall, Coventry
- W Midlands CV7 9DA UNITED KINGDOM
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- 36 Degrees Design
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