We are teaching Nei jia gong (internal energy Tai ji, qi gong) and Wai jia gong (outside energy: traditional Shaolin forms, kung fu).
To understand the differences between inner and outside energy please take a look at those two pictures.
Look closely at the face of our teacher when he practices.
At the left practicing Tai ji, he looks calm, concentrated, it is all about inner power, inner Qi.
At the right, he practices a Shaolin sword form, he radiates with energy, the energy is outside, beaming, and it feels strong, powerful. The face is fierce.
I hope you will have a better understanding of what we mean by inner or outside energy (Qi).
Qi is the life energy inside a person. This life energy comes from the combination of three things: the air
breathed in through the lungs, essential Qi from the kidney and the Qi absorbed from food and water through the digestive system.
Qi circulates throughout the body, performing many functions to maintain good health.
Qi is the driving force of the internal power (Jin) in Tai Chi. The mind (yi) directs the Qi, and the Qi drives the Jin, in practice, yi, Jin and Qi are inseparable.
This is why the maxim of our association is Yi Qi Li (also called Jin)
In our life we have 7 majors' emotions:
joy, anger, anxiety, preoccupation, sorrow, fear and fright and all of them affects us mentally but also physically (body and organs).
Anger harms the liver which regulates and smoothes (with the heart) the flow of energy in the body.
Anxiety affects the lungs, which control the mechanism of qi. Preoccupation (or rumination) harms the spleen which distributes the nutrients Fear affects the kidneys which store the essence of life. All those emotions originate form the heart which commands all of them. This is why you must cultivate mental balance.
This why there is a time to practise Tai ji and Qi gong.
Qigong, the exercise of Qi cultivation, is one of the oldest exercises in Chinese history.
Its origin dates back more than one thousand years. There are numerous types of Qigong; generally speaking
it is a variety of breathing, gymnastic, and meditative exercises.
Qigong can be done sitting, standing or moving.
Qigong can be done sitting, standing or moving.
This is a demonstration of Ba duan jin, this Qi gong is part of Chinese Traditional medicine.
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In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the movement in Picture 2 is for regulating the region in the triple warmer; the movement in Pic 4 is for regulation of the spleen and stomach, the one in pic 6 is for global health, in pic 7 it is for inceasing physical strength and energy, in pic 8 the movement reinforces kidneys and waist.
This is just a few movement of Ba duan Jin, there is now a new Ba duan jin and we can teach both. You must not forget while you practice to press the tip of your tongue against your hard palate and hold a firm ground with your feet.
A Qi gong class in front of Shaolin si.
We are teaching a lot of different Qi gong, old Ba duan Jin new Ba duan jin, Yi jin jing, 3 dantian yin and yang Qi gong (respecting the old Chinese moon calendar).
You also have qi gong exercises to practice before; our meridian stretching program is a blend of the meridian stretching from Shiatsu and traditional exercises from Shaolin..
A few demonstrations of those exercises:
work the heart and small intestine meridians: Put your feet together and spread your knee
as done in the picture, then move your knees up and dpown, bend forward and let your elbows go to the ground.
Work the liver and gallbladder meridians: spread your legs while sitting. Hold one
foot and bend sideways, repeat on the other side. Or
And do not forget it does not matter how far you can stretch.
Hard Qi gong:
