From Yang Cheng Fu's book "The Applications of Tai Chi Chuan in Self-Defense".

The Univers is Big Tai Chi. The body of Man is Small Tai Chi. Since Man contains the quality of Tai Chi, all of Mankind can practise Tai Chi boxing. It's an inborn skill, which everybody have had, and which can be retrained.

The Human body is like a machine. If it isn't being used for some time, it will become rusty. The rust will block for the free passage of the energy and the blood. It's in this manner diseases occur.

If You want to train Your body, Tai Chi is the best way to do it. When You practise Tai Chi, You use the Mind to direct the internal energy (Jing), and not the physical power alone. This is a natural way. Sinews and bones are not being damaged, and there is no hardening of the skin.

But, if we do not use physical power, where does the power come from? In Tai Chi we lower the shoulders and we let the elbows drop. By lowering the breathing to the lower part of the stomach, the internal energy can be build up in the Tan Tien, the center of the body. From here we can direct it into the whole body, arms and legs. When the internal energy circulates throughout the whole body, it goes where the Mind tells it to go. When You reach this level, Your power will be tremendous.

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