Tai Chi - Lesson 16: Peng (expanding | Lu (deflecting) | Ji (pressing) | An (pushing) energy, all together.


As we knew about Peng - expanding (lesson 1), Lu - deflecting (lesson 7), Ji - pressing (lesson 10), and An - (lesson 13), now we review together in this lesson to have a healthy life tomorrow.

After learning the four Kinetic Concepts of Level 1, you are ready to sequence them together into one flowing form. This form is called the Four Cardinal Energies form (Sì Zhèng Shǒu, or 四正手) because it is related to the four cardinal directions (North, South, East, West). 'Sì四' means four, 'Zhèng正' means straight, upright, primary or principal, and 'Shǒu手' means methods or techniques (or literally, hand), indicating the form is comprised of four primary movements along the four primary directions.

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