Taiji 13 is a short form created by Master Shen Jin which combines the work of 13 postures from Taiji chained in 8 directions. It allows to understand the play of Yin and Yang in practice and its benefits are multiple (elimination of toxins, flexibility of the body, calm of the mind)
13 POSTURES AND 8 DIRECTIONS: SHI SAN SHI – TaiJi 13
At the request of the Doctor Shen HongXun who found that learning the entire form from Taiji 37 was sometimes difficult for students, Master Shenjin has developed a short sequence of 13 movements (TaiJi 13), easy to learn and transmit. This practice aims to better understand the spirit of Taiji, which combines the work of rooting and circulation of energy, thanks to the 13 postures, each worked separately, and linked in the 8 directions. This form responds, like the daoyin of the BuQi ® system, to the objectives of well-being, balance and development of internal strength. The active dantian becomes the center of the movement.
It is a way of questioning the origins of the practice of Taiji, by returning to its essence: the four essential movements: Peng, Lu, Ji, An, which are articulated around a center. The center of the movement is the dantian, located in the center of the body. The Taiji 13 form allows us to understand through practice the fundamental teaching of Taiji: the dantian guides the movement. The directions (4 main, 4 intermediate) do not divide the form, they form a whole. In this work, the notion of expansion in all directions is essential like the notions of yin-yang: it is about being aware of any movement soliciting the opposing and complementary force. Rooting in the ground goes with a direction towards the sky, and vice versa.
To understand this unity of movement
It is necessary to make the dantian active, to open the joints of the body, to anchor the postures thanks to the contact of the foot with the ground, thanks to the "standing position", but also to understand how the movement is possible and free by the play of the full and emptiness, feeling in each movement the play of opposing forces associated...
And this, through the learning of each of the movements worked separately, but united by the form.
The benefits are multiple:
Make your body free, elastic and soft through practice,
Eliminate tensions and BinQi (residues produced by the body and pathogenic factors),
Feel the strength, keeping the mind calm, the body relaxed,
Being centered without being concentrated, regulating your body and your mind,
To regain or maintain the health of the body and to attain calm of the mind.
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