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Characteristics of Tai Chi
origins, meanings, lineage, analyses and exploration |
Tai Chi Moves and their associated Hexagrams
Beginning
hexagram
35:
CHIN: Progress
sun rising over
the earth - begining of day. Arms & legs parallel
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upper
trigram: Li, or sun |
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lower
nuclear trigram:
Ken, or legs, arms |
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lower
trigram: K'un, or earth |
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grasp sparows
tail - ward off
hexagram
1:
CH'IEN: Creative
grasping the head
and tail of the bird |
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Grasp sparrow's
tail - rollback
trigram:
K'UN: Receptive
'Heaven is high, the earth
is low' I Ching |
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Grasp sparrow's
tail - press
trigram:
K'AN
the moon waxing & waning |
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Grasp sparrow's
tail -withdraw/
push
trigram:
LI:
Sun
the arc of the sun through
the heavens |
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Single Whip
hexagram
49:
KO:
Revolution
Heaven & earth
bring the revolution of the seasons
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upper
trigram: Tui, or joyous, fair |
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lower
nuclear trigram:
Sun, or gentle, and wind |
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upper
nuclear trigram:
Ch'ien, or turning |
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lower
trigram: Li, or sun |
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Play Guitar
hexagram
17:
SUI:
Following
joyous activity
in playing the musical instrument
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upper
trigram: Tui, or joyous, oval shaped |
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lower
nuclear trigram:
Ken, or legs, arms, hands or fingers |
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upper
nuclear trigram:
Sun, or wood or string |
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lower
trigram: Chen, or arousing or foot |
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Strike with
shoulder
hexagram
34:
TA CHUANG:
Power of the great
Like a goat butting
a fence |
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upper
trigram: Chen, or arousing or thunder |
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lower
nuclear trigram:
Ch'ien, or strong, moving, forward |
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upper
nuclear trigram:
Tui , or smash |
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lower
trigram: Ch'ien, or strong, moving,forward |
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Stork Spreads
wings
hexagram
22:
PI:
Grace-beauty of form
bird with one wing
high, one wing low |
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upper
trigram:Ken, or hand or wing |
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lower
nuclear trigram:
K'an, or water |
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upper
nuclear trigram:
Chen, or movement, feet or forest |
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lower
trigram: Li, or bird or eye |
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Brush knee
hexagram
18:
KU:
Decay
to work on what
has spoiled to remove decay |
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upper
trigram:Ken, or hand, leg or mountain |
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lower
nuclear trigram:
Tui |
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upper
nuclear trigram:
Chen, or movement |
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lower
trigram: Sun, or wind, or gentle |
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