What is tai chi
Even if you do not practice or like sport, surely, on more than one occasion, you will have heard of tai chi. However, you may not be entirely sure what it is, since you may have seen people practicing it in a group in a room or others practicing it alone in the open air.
Be that as it may, tai chi is a very popular sport discipline all over the world , since it has great physical and mental benefits for the person who does it, of any age, so that every day there are more who want to practice this sport and make the most of its benefits for the good of your health , both physical and mental.
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Origins of Tai Chi
Tai Chi is a sports discipline that is part of martial arts . It was created in China, where it is also known as tai chi chuan . At the beginning they wanted to learn the movements of this martial art in order to carry out hand-to-hand fights with other opponents , as an attack, but also as personal defense.
What made this martial art more characteristic is that it could be performed with or without weapons , but that its movements were slower compared to the rest. This is so because Tai Chi wants to give them a lot of importance, since through the slowness of its exercises it can achieve a direct connection with meditation , making these the most successful and correctly produced at the time of the fight, to achieve the desired victory.
At present, tai chi is practiced as a sports discipline that is not related to martial arts, so those who do it do not compete in fights or practice hand-to-hand fighting, but simply limit themselves to learn and reproduce the movements and exercises of the same in order to work your body and mind, through the aforementioned meditation.
How to practice tai chi
Although the traditional clothing to practice tai chi is one of the typical popular Chinese costumes, which consists of a buttoned jacket and long pants made of a very fine and light material, with completely flat shoes made of cloth with a rubber sole, on the Nowadays, people usually perform these exercises with the clothes that they feel most comfortable , either sporty with sneakers or with bare feet.
Formerly you could perform the exercises of this discipline with weapons , since it was a martial art, so some of the accessories that can be used when practicing Tai Chi movements are fans, a spear, a long wooden stick. and the saber or the Chinese sword . This type of exercises with traditional weapons are usually used in specialized schools and those who perform taichi on their own outdoors tend to do without them and focus, as in most centers where it is taught, on movements that do not require more material than the body itself.
Tai Chi focuses on the movements and exercises to be performed. He believes that the slowness and correctness of these movements are what connect with the mind, so you are working on the connection between the mind and the body when you do this sport. By performing tai chi exercises you connect with your mind and through meditation you can relax the body, while eliminating tensions and nerves that can negatively affect your daily life.
Physical and mental rest
Therefore, it is normal that once the tai chi session is over, either in a gym or done on your own outdoors, you will probably feel much calmer and mentally rested , at the same time that you will notice that you have worked your body, by having the muscles in movement and in tension at times, getting to tone your figure and also greater strength and flexibility.
It is very important to perform the tai chi movements correctly if you want to make sure that you are going to get the benefits mentioned from them . Therefore, if you have never tried this sporting discipline, it would be convenient for you to learn to perform its exercises from the hand of a professional of it. They can teach you to control your breathing correctly , which is key in order to be able to perform the exercises properly and be able to achieve meditation through them.
The movements must be fluid and relaxed , but your posture must always be correct in order to avoid injuries in areas such as the cervical or lumbar areas, which are the ones that tend to suffer the most while doing most sports. Coordination, patience and balance will be three of the main aspects that are worked on while performing tai chi exercises. It may not seem so simple during the first days , you cannot perform the movements as fast as you would like and it is difficult for you to meditate and concentrate but, little by little, with perseverance and perseverance You will see how you learn them and the day will come when you will be able to do them on your own and benefit from everything that tai chi can contribute to your physical and mental health.
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