The Eight Guà: ☰ Qián 乾, ☱ Duì 兌, ☲ Lí 離, ☳ Zhèn震, ☴ Xùn 巽, ☵ Kǎn, ☶ Gěn 艮, ☷ Kūn 坤, relate to Heaven, Lake, Fire, Thunder, Wind, Water, Mountain and Earth. These are the main relationships to nature, but there are more, which can be people, animals, conditions, parts of the body and directions:
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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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