If you translate Tai Chi (Taiji), it would mean “Supreme
Ultimate Force”. It is somewhat a state of infinite and absolute potentiality.
It tackles on the concept between yin and yang or the Two Aspects governing the
Four Realms and Five Elements. Using those very important aspects, the world is
created. Tai Chi also means “unity, one, or being able to attain oneness.”
With the use of the concept of the positive and negative
energy, Tai Chi is a form of force that can be assumed as a dual dynamic state
in which force coming from within the body is used in means of achieving the
supreme and ultimate discipline in oneself.
Today, Tai Chi is practiced in many parts of the world
including the Western World. It can be a sort of moving meditation and yoga
combined. Tai Chi has its many forms or sets that consist of a number of
sequential movements that was derived from martial arts that can be in the form
of imitating the movements of different kinds of birds and animals in the most
gentle and invigorating way. Even if it is a kind of movement involving martial
arts, Tai Chi is done in a soft and graceful manner entailing smooth
transitions in between.
Practitioners see Tai Chi as a form of meditative
interaction between the mind, body, soul and the environment. They don’t see it
as a martial art technique but as an exercise to calm the body. Some consider
Tai Chi as a combat interest because of its considerable force.
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