TAI CHI’S EMPTINESS & FULLNESS EXPLAINED. In Taiji Quan, understanding emptiness and fullness, in the sense of shifting body weight from the rear leg to the front leg and back again is important. The reason why, is that it is the essence of the martial art. Uniting yin and yang and combining the two to form taiji.
From a physical point view the weight is shifting from one leg to the other. From a mental point of view, in does so under the guidance of the mind. How? By focusing the mind on the dantian, a point located a few inches below the navel. The mind sinks to this point and then connects with the yongquan points of both the front and back foot. From here it connects with the ground or the earth. By connecting with the yongquan points, what is meant is that the feet are physically connected with the weight distribution on both feet, being equal in the heel and ball of the foot. From this connection, you can visualise the motion rising up from the ground into the feet, up the knees and then driving the one hip as you “connect’ with the other hip, during the shifting of the body weight.
Comments
Leave a Comment