Tai Chi Chi Kung / Qi Gong by definition refers to energy work. In this post I will try to shed some light on what is meant by the energy work aspect of the practice.
Qi Gong is often taught as a set of moves separate from the Tai Chi sets. I have found that the vast majority of the time these other moves do not come with much of an explanation of why and how they are any different from the Tai Chi in the sets and that the moves by themselves do not impart any kind of ability different than what is already available in the Tai Chi sets.
The DVD is divided into six main chapters: Intro, General Knowledge, Techniques, Solo Practice, Matching Practice, and the Conclusion. These six main chapters are divided into more than 60 chapters to help you skip to the section you want to review and study. The entire program is a little over three and a half hours long, so you will want to take notes and skip back to the sections as you progress. There are subtitles that go along with Dr. Yang’s instruction. I don’t think they are necessary, but having them there does not hurt. They do not match the exact words of Dr. Yang, but convey the general concepts he discusses.
So, what is needed to survive a real self-defense situation?
My take on the whole self-defense approach, and what I teach my students, is two-fold.
1) First, be trained in as many options as possible so that you can act in different situations/against different attackers, and…
2) In the moment, when an attack is taking place, the defender must be able to respond to and deal with the violence itself – regardless of where it comes from or what’s behind it.
The next portion of the program entails the solo practice drills. There is a lot to learn and practice here. The Chinese movements are different from the Japanese and Korean I’m used to, and I enjoyed learning some different ways to use the long blade, even if some of the movements seemed awkward due to being foreign to me. At times Dr. Yang has students perform the solo drills, so you get to see different variations of solo practice.
The final section before the conclusion is the matching practice with a partner. There were ten different matching drills and again, Dr. Yang gives so much while teaching. Going slow, watching the DVD, and working with a partner, and you can definitely learn a lot from this program. Again, Dr. Yang’s students demonstrate live practice with the drills Dr. Yang teaches. Watching them illustrates how you can practice.
I really enjoy Dr. Yang’s instruction and explanations. He has such a tremendous amount of knowledge and I feel we are fortunate to have access to that knowledge through the books and DVDs he has authored and produced. Even with such knowledge and the traditional background, he still interjects humor and modern American culture, such as near the end when he says it takes a long time to become a Jedi.
The next step in solo practice is all Qi Gong. You begin to work different aspects of energy within your study both for fighting and for self defense purposes. There are approximately 36 different primary expressions of energy in Tai Chi. You use your mind to direct the internal movement and chi into an expression. That expression is known as Jing. Jing is an expression of Chi or energy hence it is energy work. A few jing expressions are well known and some are quite obscure
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