07-16-2023, 09:22 PM
6:19 daaaang this is soothing.
7:16 WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPLES THOUUGHH???!?1?1
7:42 I wish they didn't have this loud accent bro narrating the video, I only want to hear the soothing teacher guy.
8:16 dude, it says this video was uploaded 12 years ago... the quality is insane.
8:32 OMG, I love this guy, he's so wonderful.
9:03 thank God, maybe it'll be only him talking from now on.
9:33 okay so it seems like maybe he will explain the meaning behind the movements.
9:39 it seems like yin/yang symbolism. So the whole thing must be based on the balance of the energies.
13:37 it's literally an adjustment and tuning of the body's electromagnetic field... the energetic body.
This is really interesting. But can we trust whoever invented Tai Chi?? How do we know each specific movement really is for the greatest good of our energetic body?
14:04 I'd love to do this high on shrooms... lol.
14:50 this is wild yo.
15:15 see this is my favorite part right here... the energy ball. Cuz I totally get it.
19:07 this is a moving meditation for sure.
20:14 I like this part.
20:50 all the movements seem pretty genuinely chill, I don't think there's anything suspicious about it so far. It makes sense so far.
21:21 this is cool, I like it. I wanna see like 500 people doing this at the same time.
22:33 nice floor too.
22:44 this is fun.
23:27 oh wow, this is awesome, so we're bringing qi gong into it now. It's all coming together.
28:40 see, what I notice is that none of this natural fitness stuff is supposed to be strenuous. It's not supposed to be this crazy hardcore intense gym stuff you see people doing all over social media. It's like the difference between Western and Chinese medicine. One is based on the principles of nature, and the other is just wildly out of synch with the delicacy and subtlety of energy. This is fascinating.
28:55 the whole thing is just totally relaxing. It's chill, it's not forceful, it's not overbearing. I bet if you lived your life by these principles, you'd probably live to be pretty old. You'd have a better quality of life for a lot longer.
29:50 it seems to be all about mastering the body, and the energetic field as well. It's like a process of building familiarity of movement and muscle memory throughout the whole body from such a foundational level that I think eventually you'd be pretty hard to shake. I can see how this would result in minimized injury from random accidents and the like.
A ~10 min. tai chi routine would be the perfect thing to start the day with. And probably to end off the day too. Like roll outta bed and do some tai chi every day, you'd probably be doing pretty damn good in life.
32:36 dude exactly... that's what I thought. Wow, I love this.
33:16 it SEEMS simple, but it's actually a lot to remember... this is how I feel as a total beginner at least. I'll have to commit it to memory. There's way more to it than this though... apparently it advances into fighting moves.
Quote:Tai Chi offers powerful self-defense techniques and is often regarded as a 'healing' martial art
https://www.tripaneer.com/news/taichi
