[I:http://yozing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/AlCase1.jpg]Tai Chi Chuan is the art that espouses emptiness. One must move without force to realize true Tai Chi. And, in Tai Chi, you never run out of emptiness.

One must realize, of course, that there are degrees of emptiness. The beginning student will have one idea concerning this concept, and the advanced master will have another, and there is plenty of room in between. Indeed, one could almost say there is a different viewpoint of this great nothingness as there is students to perceive it.

In the beginning concepts of Tai Chi give much confusion. The beginning student tries to get in his own way, tries to figure out the mechanistic nature of the universe, and works his way through confusion. Eventually, the beginner starts to realize that there is more to this idea of emptiness than he ever had inkling.

There is space inside the body. The apparent concreteness of muscle and bone gives way to perception. Awareness can float unhindered through the contrivances of the seemingly real body.

This is something we learn through practice. The beginning student becomes advanced as reaction time goes away and begins to move in harmony with the motions of a foe. It is a short journey, once embarked upon, until the student attaches his body to that of the attackers, and is able to draw upon the energies of two bodies.

Eventually the space of the body gives way to the knowledge that there is a great space open to the awakening perception. Indeed, the flesh stops being a dividing line between the student and the rest of the universe. The student becomes master, and his perceptions are not stopped at the threshold of his fleshy sack, but rather are unlimited and as far as he can perceive.

The new master touches arms with beginner, and he speaks of great space, and he gives way that the beginner may fall into a new arena of perception, an entire and new and glorious perception of the universe. Slowly, the new student accepts the journey of the master, accepts gravity only to refuse it in his thoughts, and the circle continues. The fresh sprout grows, becomes tree, seeks the heavens, undergoing cycles of existence that enliven the mind throughout time.

This is the saga of Tai Chi, never ending, immutable, hastened only by the striving towards knowledge by those who seek. This is the tai chi of a race, of mankind, and it is a goal and a method and a notion that should be sought by all. What would happen if all nations of earth gave way to the humanity of the people?

Al Case has learned Tai Chi for over 35 plus years. A writer for IKF for years, his methods are unique, and you can read about them at Five Army Tai Chi Chuan.

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