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Not just about bending the Knees

 I used to be asked how did my arms rise at the beginning of my form without me lowering my body, bending the knees and then rising to propel the arms.

Tai Chi is propelled movement but not always in the obvious way. By sinking and relaxing my weight/bodymind/energy to the soles of my feet there would be a corresponding pulse from the ground that would come up through my body into my arms.

Play with that.

Three Dantiens

When I started learning Tai Chi my teacher would refer to the three dantiens in the body and connecting them. 

You can read more about them and other practices in the excellent book T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Meditation by Da Liu.

The link below gives you a short overview of them and their locations and properties.

TaiChi/Points/DanTien

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