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do not have your usual efficiency, it's time to do something new, beside a health insurance plan, began to practice Tai Chi. You'll easy learn here about Tai Chi Kung positions. A 2010 comprehensive review concluded that T'ai chi and Chi Kung practice played a positive role in quality of life, bone density, immune and cardiovascular functions, longevity, decreased stress and anxiety. Taijiquan involves rhythmic breathing, coordinated with slow stylized repetition of fluid movement, and a calm mindful state. The focus is typically more on healing or meditation than martial applications. The majority of health studies have displayed a tangible benefit as other forms of exercise. As a recognition, Tai chi ch'uan and Qigong is celebrated in the last Saturday of April each year in sixty countries since 1999.
Watch Tai Chi Kung videos with the succession of the 18 positions, accompanied by descriptions and pictures. |
 Tai Chi Kung 1st position: Breathing also known as "Raising the arms" or "Tai Chi Kung Start" |
 Tai Chi Kung 2nd position: Opening the Chest as a sequence of four movements. Raise your arms in front above shoulder level... |
 Tai Chi Kung 3rd position: Rainbow Dance or "Painting a Rainbow" Lao Gong point from the left palm oriented to the sky... |
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 Tai Chi Kung 4th position: Separating the Clouds From starting position, raise your arms at your sides... |
 Tai Chi Kung 5th position: Rolling the Arms also called "Rolling the Arms in a Horse-riding Stance." |
 Tai Chi Kung 6th position: Rowing a Boat also known with the name of "Rowing a Boat in the Middle of a Lake." |
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 Tai Chi Kung 7th position: Lifting the Ball or "Carry Ball in Front of the Shoulders." |
 Tai Chi Kung 8th position: Looking at the Moon also known as "Turn to Look at the Moon" |
 Tai Chi Kung 9th position: Pushing the Palms or "Turning the Waist and Pushing with the Palm" |
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 Tai Chi Kung 10th position: Cloud Hands in Horse Stance known also as "Cloud Hands in a Horse-riding Stance" stance or simply "Cloud Hands". |
 Tai Chi Kung 11th position: Scooping the Sea Looking at the Sky or "Scooping the Sea and Looking at the Horizon" stance or "Touch the Sea Looking at the Sky". |
 Tai Chi Kung 12th position: Pushing the Waves Arms raised to chest height, palms facing forward. Stretch your right leg in front with toes up. Your body rests on the left leg... |
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 Tai Chi Kung 13th position: Punching in a Horse Stance also known as "Punching in a Horse-riding Stance" stance or "Punching." |
 Tai Chi Kung 14th position: Flying Wild Goose Raise your arms at 45 degrees laterally... |
 Tai Chi Kung 15th position: Rotating the Wheel also known as "Turn like a flying wheel" stance or "Turning Like A Wheel". |
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 Tai Chi Kung 16th position: Flying Pigeon Stretch your right leg in front with toes up... |
 Tai Chi Kung 17th position: Marching Bouncing a Ball also known as "Stepping and Bouncing a Ball" stance or "Marching Whilst Bouncing The Ball" |
 Tai Chi Kung 18th position: Balancing the Chi Sau Gong also known as "Balancing the Chi to Close" stance or "Sau Gong". |
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Used as therapy for chronic pain and limited mobility, but its greatest power is preventive. Studies of tai chi show it reduces blood pressure, episodes of anxiety and depression, and symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It also helps give a boost to the immune system, builds bone mass, and improves chronic pain, limited mobility, balance and coordination.
Helpful points in practice |
 Baihui point (Hundred Convergences) - GV 20 (Governing vessel meridian) |
 Hegu - LI 4 (Large intestine meridian) |
 Dan Tian - CV 4 (Conception vessel meridian) |
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 Lao-Gong (Palace of Toil) - PC 8 (Pericardium meridian) at the center of the palm between the 2nd and 3rd metacarpal bones closer to the radial side of the 3rd |
 Warm-Up exercise |
 Tai Chi Kung park practice |
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Recommendations
You can practice Tai Chi Kung wherever you find a quiet place, well aired, even in a room with large open windows. In order to isolated from unwanted noise, you can use a headset, where eventually, listen relaxing music. The best place is in the park (in an area without trees) or in a water shore.
For yourself to be more easily, try the following steps: a. watch each video 1-2 times; b. close your eyes and try to visualize the movements; if everything is OK, proceed to next step; if not, review it once again; c. execute the sequence of movements several times; first, concentrate on accuracy of movement; then control your breath (inspiration and expiration times); after you have succeeded that, visualize the movements and relax; finally, enjoy the energy that harmonize your body. Two general guidelines 1. First of all, you don't forget to do the warm up; 2. Remember, that after the practice of each position, you have to go back starting position, Dan Tian point, your Qi energy center. For women, the right hand over Dan Tian point area and left hand on top. For men it is vice versa. Stress health A systematic review and meta-analysis, funded in part by the U.S. government, of the current studies on the effects of practicing t'ai chi ch'uan found that: "Twenty-one of 33 randomized and nonrandomized trials reported that 1 hour to 1 year of regular t'ai chi significantly increased psychological well-being including reduction of stress, anxiety, and depression, and enhanced mood in community-dwelling healthy participants and in patients with chronic conditions. Seven observational studies with relatively large sample sizes reinforced the beneficial association between t'ai chi practice and psychological health." |