Taking the Next Step in Tai Chi Chuan!

From Al Case at Matrix Martial Arts…

I was always trying to figure out

how to make Tai Chi Chuan happen a little quicker.

Just as i didn’t want to take years for a black belt in other systems,

I didn’t want to take years to get the real benefits of Tai chi.

When I put together the Nine Square Diagram Boxing

I was addressing this directly.

I figured isolating the working moves,

increasing repetition,

and focusing on the meditative aspects

would get me there.

The important things to remember

are to shift the weight back and forth,

loading the legs with energy,

pushing that energy into the tan tien,

which is the energy generator for the body.

Also, to keep the belly taut, but not tight.

This focuses on the tan tien and not the muscles.

Very important to realize that

if you focus on the muscles

you isolate body parts

instead of putting them together as one unit.

And, to keep the arms filled with unbendable energy.

Aikido definitions are best to understand the ‘unbendable arm.’

But very little flexing,

keep the arms at their most optimum bend

and work on subtle pulses

that work off the push of energy in the legs.

Doing the Nine Square in this way,

or doing Tai Chi in this manner

will up your speed of learning,

and the accumulation of energy in your body.

Simply shift back and forth

and feel the ‘slosh’ of energy in your body.

It may take a while,

but it is faster than traditional Tai Chi by ten.

But what REALLY helped me

is doing the Nine Square with my eyes closed.

I did this with Tai Chi and it helped,

but with the repetition and focus of Nine Square

it magnified everything tremendously

I was feeling like I was holding a ball of energy.

I was feeling the energy building so fast

that I was compelled to move into the hard style

and snap everything with power.

that’s why I talk about doing the Nine Square two ways.

One soft and one hard.

When doing the Nine square soft (or Tai Chi)

don’t work against yourself.

Let the power build by being patient.

Know that you’re working for more than simple self defense.

Know that you are building yourself spiritually,

building and using energies

that normal people are not aware exists.

Ground the legs,

taut the belly

unbendable arms

close the eyes and let the power build

Do the hard style separately.

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It’s a new year,

so have a great work out,

and do all the martial arts you can!

It’s good for your soul.

Al

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