ealth because it enhances the flow of qi. As being both healing art and martial art, Tai Chi based on the internal condition of the study, which is main point. This shows that the true focus of the study is not only, nor even mainly, on the physical level, but places the importance of the practice more on the mental and energetic levels. The mental part is really the most important because the number one condition that limits an individual from achieving excellence in anything, including his of hers own health, is a state that tradition Chinese medicine refers to as being "weak-minded". This "weak-minded" state shows that the person is easily confused or distracted. So the first quality to be developed in Tai Chi is the strengthening of one's concentration, or better known as to martial artists as being centered. So basically to sum up the this paragraph, Tai Chi was created as a form of mediation and mental exercise in which students learn to center and focus their mental powers.The skill and purpose of centering the mind is to keep the mind interested and involved in what's happening at the present moment. This is understood to be the substructure of Tai Chi because from this state of attention comes the likelihood to change, correct, and heal. To promote this process, Tai Chi uses a physical location, the lower abdomen, which is called the Tan Tien in Chinese. This represents the true body center in the sense that it's the movement and feeling center. With this particular body consciousness, we can start the process of sharing the attention more evenly and equally throughout the body. The ability to spread attention throughout the body is understood in Chinese medicine to be one of the most important elements of good health because it's characteristic of the relationship between the mind and the body. Unlike the common Western view that a person must work hard for the experience of being healthy, in Tai Chi health is understood to be...
