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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 the proper way to breathe would be to first inhale deeply through the nose and then exhale also through the nose slowly. Now while one is inhaling, he has to make sure that his stomach is filled with air. Then while he exhales, he has to breathe out all of that air that was collected inside the stomach.

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.

Now the very first stance that one will be learning will be the horse riding stance. Now this is one of the most important stances of them all because it is a stance that one will be assuming a lot as he is doing the forms. It is also a stance wherein one can actually reap many health benefits.

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.

Now after learning those stances, the instructor will then let the student incorporate some hand movements. This would include some slow punching movements, kicking movements, and even some pushing movements. Doing this will all encompass the forms.




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