subject: Yang Tai Chi Chuan And The Five Rules Of Making An Energy Body [print this page] Tai Chi Chuan constructs a different body that is called an energy body. This is true for Yang Tai Chi Chuan, Chen Tai Chi Chuan, or whatever type of internal art you study. This is assuming you are following a set of rules having to do with the energy anatomy.
First, of course, one must sink the body weight. But, really, it is not just sinking; you must close your eyes and course your awareness down through the feet. This will enable you to connect a tractor beam to the planet.
Second, you must shift the weight, then turn the hips. This is the practice of doing one thing at a time, and therefore focusing all your energies on one thing at a time. This will ensure that you are not split in your intentions.
Third, you must hold unbendable arms throughout all postures. There will be a slight in and out of the arms, a slight wave of the arms, which will pulse energy. Unbendable arms require and build on pure energy.
Fourth thing to do, you must pulse not just the arms, but the whole body. Push up the legs, rotate with the waist, and then pulse the arms. Do it in this exact sequence every time, and learn how to push energy through your body.
Fifth in this procedure, you must learn to relax. Relaxation is the most important thing in all the arts, for energy will travel easiest through that which is relaxed. And, this will lead you to higher levels of the martial arts, for being able to relax creates a body emptiness through which awareness, and therefore energy, will flow.
These are actually the rules for creating energy in all internal styles of the martial arts. Do these five things with Pa Kua Chang, or Hsing i, or that esoteric form of drunken monkey chi gung, and your body will become more than flesh. It will transmogrify into a power body, a kinetic energy body, and you will become capable of things far beyond the imagination of a simple physical cultist.
The key here is to believe that you are more than flesh, that you are a spiritual being, and that there is a link between the flesh and the spirit. That link is the energy body, and that link can be forged through the five rules listed here. That and a patient practice of such martial arts as Yang Tai Chi Chuan, Chen Tai Chi Chuan.
