13 Tai Chi postures /principles

13-Posture Tai Chi by Sifu Ricardo B Serrano

Embody being in the flow by 13-Posture Tai Chi practice.

Practicing regularly Tai Chi form taught by Master Helen Liang enables me to experience Qi flow easily. – Sifu Ricardo B Serrano

With thanks to Tai Chi Master Helen Liang, a cancer survivor, for her 13 Tai Chi form and Vajra Sattva Hitting Qigong Practice to promote Qi flow circulation which are vital for harmony, strength, balance and inner peace in your soul complementing my Tao Healing Hands practice.

The ancient Vajra Sattva Hitting Qigong practice by Helen Liang is of particular importance to the cultivation of the soul light body by promoting Qi flow in the energy centers and acupuncture meridians, and is complementary to the cultivation of soul communication channels in the Tao Healing Hands practice. – Ricardo B Serrano, Tao Healing Hands practitioner

According to page 6 in the Five Element theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Six healing Qigong sounds with Mantras, “Vajra Sattva hitting Qigong promotes Qi flow circulation in the energy centers and acupuncture meridians.”

According to page 79 in Return to Oneness with the Tao, “The mantra exponentially activates much more Qi life force within the practitioner making healing and enlightenment attainable.”

To be in the Qi flow is the key to return to oneness with the Tao.
– Master Ricardo B Serrano

Is the Qi experience related to the flow experience?
Tao Water Blessings

Eminent goodness is like water

The Pan Gu Shengong is the key to balancing Yin and Yang energies in the body, and an easier and simpler complementary Qigong practice to learn with other advanced meditative practices.

The 13 Postures of Tai Chi
The 13 Postures is the foundation of Tai Chi Chuan. Without these postures there is neither the Chuan (form) nor the push-hands. These postures were derived from the Eight Trigrams (the first 8 postures – energies) and the Five Elements (the last 5 postures – steps). The 13 postures are:

Peng (ward-off)
Lu (roll-back)
Chi (press)
An (push)
Tsai (pull-down)
Lieh (split)
Chou (elbow strike)
Kao (shoulder strike)
Chin (advance)
Tui (retreat)
Ku (look left)
Pan (look right)
Ting (center)

13-posture Tai Chi by Master Helen Liang

1. Embracing Tai Chi Ball – Tai Chi Bao Qiu
2. Wild Horse Parts Its Mane
3. White Crane Spreads It’s Wings – Bai He Liang Chi
4. Brush Knee and Push – Lou Xi Ao Bu
5. Playing Lute – Shou Hui Pi Pa
6. Roll Back and Squeeze – Lu Ji Shi
7. Step Forward to Deflect, Parry and Punch – Shang Bu Ban Lan Cui
8. Ward Off, Roll Back, Squeeze, and Push – Peng Lu Ji An peng
9. Cloud Hands – Yun Shou
10. Single Whip – Dan Bian
11. Snake Creeping Down – Xia Shi
12. Cross Punch – Shi Zi Chui and Step Up, Seven Stars – Shang Bu Qi Xing
13. Pluck, Split, Elbow, Strike – Cai Lie Zhou Kao

When you’re “going with the flow,” or in a state of Wu Wei via the 13-posture Tai Chi, supple as water, strong as the mountain, you maintain inner tranquility in your everyday life by promoting smooth flow of Qi and blood, and embody being in the flow.

Source: page 95, Being in the Flow with the Tao, Return to Oneness with the Tao

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The 13 postures are the basic skills that are the foundation of all Tai Chi Chuan skills. Tai Chi 13 Postures are beautiful when performed and every movement is highly practical in its application. It can be practiced for self-healing, fitness, performance, self defence applications or treatment and prevention of mental disorders. – Sifu Ricardo B Serrano

With thanks to photo of Master Chang San-feng http://blueherontaichi.com

Primordial Wuji Qigong
by Master Chang San-feng

This form is especially good in cultivating internal power channeling Qi for emision of power (Fa Jin)! – Sifu Ricardo B Serrano

The 13 Principles of Tai Chi
The 13 principles must execute the mind, Qi, and physical movement in one unit. This means that when the mind is focused on a specific area of the body, the Qi will flow into that area. When the Qi flows into an area, power will follow.