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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 50pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Tai Chi Chuan</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 50pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Tai Chi is a centuries old Chinese discipline for health, relaxation, balance, flexibility, strength, meditation, self-defense and self-cultivation. It improves circulation, balance, coordination, and helps relax and strengthen the muscular and nervous systems. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The stretching movements make the body limber, tone up muscles, and help release tension. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">As a meditation, Tai Chi is a way of harmonizing body and mind dynamically. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Tai Chi is referred to as moving meditation. The mind should be as still as if you are in sitting meditation, but you should still be able to actively circulate your Chi. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">You should look centered and calm from the outside, but with in is like a raging sea. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">When you are attacked you should still be calm and aware. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">When you have learned this you are able to respond in a calm and natural way to opponents moves. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Tai Chi is change and you should follow and respond naturally to the opponents every subtle move and situation. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Tai-Chi Chuan is an art shared from the rich cultural heritage of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Many tales have been told about its origin, one of which says that about 800 years ago there was a certain elixir maker named Zhang Sanfeng who lived in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wudang</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Mountains</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">One night he dreamt that he was taught Chinese boxing by Great Emperor Xuan Wu, after which he went about disseminating the art among the common people. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Thus, Tai-Chi Chuan was said to have been presented by a deity and handed down by supernatural beings. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">From available historical data, it appears that Tai-Chi Chuan was first devised in Chenjiagou, Wenxian county in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Henan</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Province</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, some 300 years ago in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Tai-Chi Chuan followed the principles of subduing the vigorous by the soft, adapting oneself to the style of others and overcoming a weight of 1,000 carries by four ounces. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">In general, some movements were energetic while others were gentle, some rapid while others slow, and one movement followed another 111 uninterrupted, rhythmic harmony, like a flowing stream. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">In the past century, Tai-Chi Chuan underwent changes, with movements becoming more relaxed, smooth, even, and graceful like floating clouds and flowing streams. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">As a result, Tai-Chi Chuan has become popular with men, women, and young and old alike. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Tai Chi is a centuries old Chinese discipline for health, relaxation, balance, flexibility, strength, meditation, self-defense and self-cultivation. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">It improves circulation, balance, coordination, and helps relax and strengthen the muscular and nervous systems. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The stretching movements make the body limber, tone up muscles, and help release tension. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">As a meditation, Tai Chi is a way of harmonizing body and mind dynamically. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Tai Chi, as it is practiced in the west today, can perhaps best be thought of as a moving form of yoga and meditation combined. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Tai Chi promotes the flow of vital energy (chi) and replaces stiffness with flexibility and good body coordination.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">This helps fighters to effectively reach the highest level in the art of self-defense. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Practiced daily and properly as an exercise, it promotes one''s mental tranquility, improves physical fitness, increases blood circulation to its fullest capacity, and provides the tissues of various organs with the maximum amount of oxygen." </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The practical exercises of Tai Chi are also situated in a wider philosophical context of Taoism. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">This is a reflective, mystical Chinese tradition first associated with the scholar and mystic Lao Tsu, an older contemporary of Confucius. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=center><v:shape id=_x0000_i1029 style="WIDTH: 196.5pt; HEIGHT: 165.75pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.crystalinks.com/laotzu.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image002.gif"><IMG alt="" src="/Image/upload/laotzu.gif" border=0></v:imagedata></v:shape></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">He wrote and taught in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">province</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Honan</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> in the 6th century B.C. and authored the seminal work of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. As a philosophy, Taoism has many elements but fundamentally it espouses a calm, reflective and mystic view of the world steeped in the beauty and tranquility of nature. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=center><v:shape id=_x0000_i1027 style="WIDTH: 133.5pt; HEIGHT: 193.5pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.crystalinks.com/taichi2.jpg" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg"><IMG alt="" src="/Image/upload/taichi2.jpg" border=0></v:imagedata></v:shape></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">There are a number of so-called forms - sometimes also called ''sets'' - which consist of a sequence of movements. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">In the early history of Tai Chi, most of the information on the art was held tightly with in the particular Tai Chi families. It was only taught to the immediate family members including the daughter in-law, but never to the daughter. The reason is that the daughter married outside of the family and no one outside the family was told anything about the fighting arts of that family. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Even this information was never written down, but was taught in poems or in songs from Master to teacher, from teacher to student. Because of this, much of the information has been tainted slightly and it takes a little know how to sift through the information to get the real meaning of what is being taught. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">In the beginning Tai Chi Chuan was taught as a martial art and when it actually started is a little vague. Some people say it is five or six hundred years old and still some say that it can be traced back to around 1100 B.C. We do know that ancient Taoist breathing technique have influenced it. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">These were apparently introduced by a Taoist monk by the name of Chung Shen-fen from Wu Tang Mountain sometime in the thirteenth century. It was his hope that Tai Chi practitioners would enjoy good health and longevity by practicing Tai Chi, and that the art be practiced as more than just a fighting skill. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The art is based on the principles of the Yin/Yang symbol, called Tai Chi in Chinese meaning "Grand Ultimate". Tai Chi Chuan means "Grand Ultimate Fist". </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">This symbol relates to the constant changes in Tai Chi Chuan from hard to soft, full and empty, open and close act. Also the "Wu-hsing, the five elements of Fire (Fou), Earth (Tu), Metal (Gin), Water (Sui) and Wood ( Moo) which relate to the five basic stances in the form, Advance(Metal), Retreat (Wood), Look Left (Water), Look Right (Fire) and Central equilibrium (Earth). These are the five characters around the Yin/Yang symbol. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The hand techniques are influenced from the tri-grams of the "I-Ching" or Book of Changes and consist of eight basic changes: Pung (Ward Off), Lu (Roll Back), Chi (Press), An (Push), Tsui (Pull), Leih (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Split</st1:place></st1:City>), Tsou (Elbow), Kuo (Shoulder). The Five Foot and Eight Hand techniques make up the "Thirteen Postures" of Tai Chi. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=center><v:shape id=_x0000_i1028 style="WIDTH: 310.5pt; HEIGHT: 252.75pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.crystalinks.com/13postures.jpg" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image004.jpg"><IMG alt="" src="/Image/upload/13postures.jpg" border=0></v:imagedata></v:shape></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Many of these movements are originally derived from the martial arts (and perhaps even more ancestrally than that, from the natural movements of animals and birds) although the way they are performed in Tai Chi is slowly, softly and gracefully with smooth and even transitions between them. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The eight sets of lines around the outside of this symbol are called the " Ba-Qua" or Eight Tri Grams. They are made up of Yin and Yang lines, a Yin line being a broken line, and Yang, a full line. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">All the thirteen postures of Tai Chi Chuan must not be treated lightly. The meaning of life originates at the waist. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The thirteen postures of Tai Chi Chuan are the foundation base to this art. It is important that students be shown and trained in them. Yang Cheng-fu tells us in his Ten Important Points "that the waist is the commander and that all movement must pass through the waist". The waist is also where we must turn to generate Chi and storing it at the Tan Tien. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">When moving from substantial to insubstantial, one must take care that the Chi is circulated throughout the entire body with out the slightest hindrance. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">When moving the body through the movements, it is important that you are aware of your changes from insubstantial to the substantial and that the Chi is still being transported to various part of the body. To do this you must be very relaxed and your mind clear so as Chi can flow easily without any hindrance. When this happens you have health. When it stagnates ill health will follow. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"> Find the movement in the stillness, even stillness in movement. Even when you respond to the opponent’s movement, show the marvel of the technique and fill him with wonder. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"> Pay attention to every posture and study its purpose. That way you will gain the art without wasting your time and energy. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Study wide and deep and with determination and seriousness and that will determine your degree of success. To understand each posture you must study and research its nature and purpose then to acquire your goal is easy. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">In every movement you must pay attention so as the heart (mind) stay on the waist, and then completely relax the abdomen, and your Chi will rise up. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">When you commence your Tai Chi form, allow your mind to sink to your waist and focus on Tan Tien (Yi Sou Tan Tien). When your abdomen is relaxed and your mind clear, the Chi will rise up and permeate your whole body. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Your Tail Bone should be centered and upright so as your spirit (Shen) rises to the top of the head. The top of the head is suspended and the entire body is relaxed and light. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Your tailbone should be straight, but do not exert force to acquire this, it should be natural for to force this will cause the tailbone to push forward. The back is straight with an insubstantial energy lifting up through the top of the head. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Carefully study and pay attention when doing research, extension and contraction, opening and closing follow their freedom. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">This point relates to pushing hands. Contract to neutralize the opponent’s power, and at the same time close to store your Jin (chin) then extends and opens to emit your Jin. To do this your technique must be natural and free flowing to follow you opponent’s intention. This allows you to stick and follow and to defeat your opponent. If you don’t research these techniques you will never gain the key to Tai Chi Chuan. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">To enter the door and to be led along the way, you need to have oral instruction; practice without ceasing, and the technique is achieved by self-study. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">It is important that you understand that a teacher is needed to learn the art. There are too many subtleties and it is easy to miss what is being emphasized in a movement. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>