Tai Chi means ‘the ultimate end’ or ‘the ultimate idea’, a concept or law by which things happen and which is reflected in all the things and processes happening in our surroundings.  

Practising Tai Chi Chuan enables us to develop the coordination of movement and accumulation of energy that can be used both in combat and other every-day situautinos. Tai Chi helps us to skillfully control our physical and mental framework which is the underlying prerequisite for the development of our inner self. Because the movements are subtle and slow, Tai Chi Chuan is also reffered to as ‘meditation in movement’.  

Tai Chi Chuan helps us to become dynamic and vital, but that shouldn’t be its primary goal. The main goal of Tai Chi is to simplify the approach and activities related to our priorities by raising the level of vitality. 

Oxygen and breathing is of great  significance in Chi. The muscles get the energy to work from nutritious substances which release carbon-dioxide when broken down. It is needless to say that oxygen is neccessary for this chemical process.  If the muscles are heavily strained, deep and accurate breathing will provide the necessary oxygen needed by the mucles in uncustomary circumstances. Chi Kung exercises will enable the flow of higher quantities of oxygen to the muscles, which is a presumption for the their regular and uncustomary activity.  

Kung means ‘work and Chi means ‘vital energy’. Kung-fu is a term which literally means ‘a man who does something (very skillfully)’. Chi Kung therefore means ‘a man who works hard and tries to develop and master his Chi energy’. Man is alive because of the Chi energy. As long as this energy flows without obstuction through the meridians of the body, man is healthy and his positive and negative energies are balanced. Sound health is the result of the harmony between Ying and Yang and of the unobstructed flow of vital energy.  

Many exercisae programs enable us to attain a balanced energy level and an unblocked flow of vital energy through the body. These exercises will help us to feel the flow of energy, rise the level of resistance and helth and develop our ability to control and direct the energy and ourselves. Once the energy is controlled and directed it can be used in various situations: to heal if one is a doctor, to fight if one is in combat, to speak if one is a speaker.  

Chi gives provides us with an outstanding skill, the ability to project the energy outside our body and maintain a helthy state of the body and soul.