If we want our Tàijíquán 太極拳 to be good, then we need to put our heart into it. Then we can practice everyday and this is Yì 意 – Mind. Mind is our thinking. Whenever we think and put all our mind and energy into it, this is focus, so Yì is also focus. So, when we want to do something, we need to put our heart into it, then we need to act on it, and this is mind, mind is focus. When we can focus on something, then we can get better at it. Just like when we want to be good at Tàijíquán, we need the heart to do it, then we need to do something about it and this is mind. The more we do, the easier it is to focus, and in the end, the skill becomes part of us. So, Xīn and Yì are heart and focus and this is how we do things. Then the Qì 氣 – Energy, will come along and Xīn and Yì become normal.
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If we keep developing it, then we will become spiritual and wiser. If we develop our Qì in our physical body, we will have more power for martial arts.
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This is why we must have a good Sīfú 師父 – Teacher who has higher level skill than us. Whatever we learn, if we want to be good, we need a teacher so that we can learn the proper skill. So, we need a good Sīfú to teach us the proper skill and then we can go and practise ten thousand times and get it right.
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The other side of Tàijíquán is the fighting skill. The fighting skill also has a theory and follows the principles of Yīn 陰 and Yáng 陽. This means that when we are fighting, we can use the soft skill and the hard skill.
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First thing we notice is we start to feel healthier and so for most things we feel more positive. Then we look good and our spirit is strong…
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