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2004
Year of the Monkey!
Asian Lunar
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Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. Today, martial arts are studied for various reasons including combat skills, fitness, self-defense, sport, self-cultivation (meditation), mental discipline, character development and building self-confidence. A practitioner of martial arts is referred to as a martial artist.
Worldwide there is a great diversity of martial arts. Broadly speaking, martial arts share a common goal: to defeat a person physically or to defend oneself from physical threat. Within some martial arts there is a deep sense of spirituality. Each style has different facets that make them unique from other martial arts. More...
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"T'ai
Chi Chuan has been compared to a string of pearls. A pearl is formed
by an oyster out of a need to deal with an irritating object. For
humans, this irritation can have a physical, mental or spiritual
basis, maybe all three. T'ai Chi evolved, like a pearl, to deal with
these irritations. A grain of sand is surrounded in defense by the
oyster to form a smooth pearl. A threat or need to our individual
self is made into a movement of such beauty by the T'ai Chi principles
that almost everybody feels a deep sense of awe. These separate moments
are strung together to make T'ai Chi Chuan, as practiced by most
people today."
~From
108 Insights into T'ai Chi Chuan: A String of Pearls, a motivational
Pocket Guide for T'ai Chi Chuan.
"In
traditional Yang Style T'ai Chi, according to customary counting,
there are 108 movements. So," says author and teacher Michael
Gilman, "I have decided to use 108 as my String of Pearls."
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Daily
practice of t'ai chi promotes mental clarity and a healthy body,
assists with balance and helps the circulation of the blood. Tai
Chi is also a vehicle for the realization of surpassing beauty.
"T'ai
chi ch'uan is the classic Chinese method of calisthenics for health,
self-defense and spiritual growth. Graceful in movement, slow in
tempo, relaxed yet dynamic in beautiful natural postures, t'ai chi
is a "moving meditation" that rejuvenates body, mind and spirit.
The
most immediate health benefits of t'ai chi practice are improved
posture, flexibility, balance, circulation, metabolism, and neuro-muscular
function, and a strengthened immune system.
Regular
t'ai chi practice develops robust physical strength, emotional calm
and serenity, mental clarity and latent powers. Thus the Chinese
say that those who practice t'ai chi ch'uan will attain the pliability
of a child, the vitality of a lumberjack,
and the wisdom of a sage."
~~ Terry Dunn
I find that I just can't live without the "liquified joy" that the circulation of internal energy can provide. Tai Chi Ch'uan, and its concomitant practice in Taoist meditation, have become woven into the very fabric of my being.
~~Moses Ma
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