Thursday 18 August 2022

Flat Stomach Improved Vitality, The Method Behind It, Endurance


夫氣足耐寒,血足耐暑,神足耐饑,精足力綿
One can endure cold when vapours are sufficient, heat when blood is sufficient, hunger when spirit is sufficient, the strength is continuous when essential liquids are sufficient1. 

一日練一日功,一日不練十日空
A day spoils for a day training, ten empty days for a day without training.

肛門不提,丹田氣散,内中空虛,元氣虧損
When the anus is not pulled up, the vapours around the cinnabar field disperse, the inside becomes empty and one’s vital energy depletes.




As leisure and for show, training has evolved towards performance arts. Most of the classes being taught in a short format, less than two hours, and the proliferation of demonstrations have forced the old practices to reorient themselves in that manner.