Tai Chi Information

By Jessica Moyher

How to breathe correctly

        When you do tai chi you feel relaxed inside and outside. Inhale and let your stomach get big like a balloon. Exhale and let your stomach squeeze in. You now know how to breathe correctly. There are different ways to breathe. Water breath is when you breathe you can’t hear it. You most likely do water breath every day. Fire breath is when you hear your breath but it is faster. You breathe in quickly. Then you breathe out through your mouth quickly. That is fire breath.

Rising and Falling Hands

    To do the Rising and Falling Hands you turn your hands palm up and slowly bring them up your shoulders as you inhale. Next when you exhale flip your hands palm down and slowly bring your hands back your side and keep doing it over and over again. That keeps you from stressed out moments or to calm down. Stay relaxed, smile, and be kind. Most importantly stay positive.

How to do tai chi

         There are many ways to do Tai chi. These are the five styles of tai chi, tai chi Chen, yang style wu style, and sun style. Tai chi is made to do it fast and slow. Tai chi was taught slow and not very powerful. Before anything you need to learn discipline. When you do Tai chi it is slow and you should feel like you are under water. That is why you need to learn it. Some people get frustrated because they want to learn it fast.  When the people in the temple long ago they did tai chi fast and powerful when they got attacked.  That doesn’t mean you can’t do it fast though. The movements of tai chi should flow nicely and never rough.

Tai chi Fan

Tai chi fan is very similar to Tai chi.  The only thing different is that you have a fan in your hand. The fan is very loud if you flick it open. Fan comes in different symbols all the time. The main color also changes, too. Fan is a weapon. It is used for the ladies to defend themselves. A real fan that they used had spikes at the end. The moves still flow.

Tai chi Sword

Tai chi sword is also similar to tai chi and tai chi fan. The sword is flexible at the tip. I think the sword comes in the same color all the time. The sword was used for the men to fight for their country. When you learn with the sword it is probably not sharp. It flows from your shoulder to the tip of the sword like a wave.