Tai Chi Chuan Book Two :Push Hands

• For the reduction of excess fat use the Turn Body and Chop with Fist postures and repeat.

• Use Wave Hands Like Clouds postures for the whole stomach area including spleen, pancreas etc.

• Hit Tiger Left and Right helps all of the back area i.e. kidneys etc.

• Use Fair Lady Works at Shuttles to relieve cramps and the whole chest area is invigorated.

• Use the posture of Cock Stands on One Leg as a Chi-kung stance to cure stomach disorders.

• Use the posture Step Forward to Form 7 Stars as a Chi-kung stance to improve blood circulation.

• Use the Lotus Kick to activate the Yang energy in a person with Yin dullness.

The first organ to be healed by practicing the Ta’i Ki form is the thymus gland.

Western medicine says that this gland is where the lymphocytes come from the marrow to mature into T cells for the immune system. Chinese medicine says that the thymus also regulates the Ch’i flow around the body. The thymus is the first organ affected by all forms of stress. So we can see that T'ai Chi's slow relaxed forms heal this organ and the Ch’i becomes regulated.

Apart from the physical aspects of T’ai Chi, there are also psychological aspects treated.

When a very timid withdrawn person starts T’ai Chi, their arms are always held very close to the body and their Chi is held inside. After a while of learning to hold the arms out etc., the Chi follows the external movements and the person starts to become more outgoing and communicable.

Almost all diseases can be treated by the use of T’ai Chi and the list is well documented.

LEARNING TO USE YOUR CHI This section deals with using the chi for healing i.e. finding the right spot and then putting chi in or pulling chi.

It must be known that in order to know whether or not push or pull chi one must be versed in acupuncture but the novice can at least learn to use his or her energy to "find the points".

By using the practice of Push Hands and San Sau for many years one becomes extremely sensitive and is able to use Yin energy to "feel" the acupuncture points which need attention.

When a sensitive T’ai Chi healing doctor rubs his fingers on the patient's skin they feel a sort of dragging feeling at certain points. This feeling is very very minute and one must learn to trust his or her senses. Also this dragging feeling may be described as a completely different feeling from one person to the next, so just learn to use your senses and trust yourself. When you have found a spot, push it with the base of your thumb and if it is unusually sore then you have found the right spot.

You now apply acupressure or if trained use needles etc.

T’ai Chi sensitivity can also be used for energy massage. Because one is used to extending his ki by practicing Push Hands, one is able to place one hand over an affected area and the other hand under that area. As you breathe out you make your top hand Yang with your mind and the other hand Yin. The Out breath causes the Chi to flow from Yang to Yin i.e. from top to bottom. To stop your chi from changing direction as your breath changes, as you breathe in make your top hand Yin and your bottom hand Yang and this causes your chi to keep flowing from top to bottom.

The Chi can also be used to hurt but who on earth wants to learn that?

T’ai Chi is used for Self Defense and Healing - not Killing.