Qì is energy, feeling, power, vitality etc. we all have Qì, the question is, is it good enough? Qì can be low or imbalanced, it can also turn negative, like illness or rotten food. When our Qì is not good, then we will not feel good, but we can change it, improve it and get more Qì. This comes from our Xīn 心 – Heart, Yì 意 – Focus, from our thinking and action, then the Qì will develop. It is just like practising Tàijíquán 太極拳, if we think about it and practice regularly, then the Qì will develop and we will be healthier, look better and anything we do will be easier and flow. You can say, the Qì is the result. For example, one day you work is smooth, your cooking tastes good, you find studying goes well and you understand everything, all this happens because your Qì is strong. When we practise our form and get to the end, we will feel good, better than at the start and the Qì flows through the body. When the Qì is strong the next thing to develop is Shén 神 – Sprit
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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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