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Tai Chi is one of those arts that require fundamental meditation skills to
execute properly. So, environment, ambiance, and disruption factor are
issues to consider for Tai Chi sessions; all these and your Tai Chi
clothing.
Some Tai Chi experts argue that clothing properly in Tai Chi sessions are
every bit as essential as the mental preparation before Tai Chi sessions.
They rationalize that the spiritual energy Qi flows on every pore of the
body, tight and inhibitive clothing can severely diminish the flows of
energy in your body. This is especially important to those who are still
starting to learn the skill, since starters tend to have more difficulty in
detecting and managing Qi.
Also, since Tai Chi is a moving meditation, tough heavy clothing like jeans
and jackets are so rigid and not as flexible that it will hinder body
movement and encumber the practitioner. Also, these clothing tend to be
uncomfortable especially in the middle of a meditation.
Properties of Tai Chi Clothing
Tai Chi clothing is soft, light, and supple. They should be soft as not to
distract Tai Chi practitioners, light as not to inhibit movement, and supple
enough to accommodate the postures. The make are mostly cotton, linen, and
silk. Linen pants are a favorite choice since linen is thermo-regulating,
unlike silk, strong, durable and more resistant to wear and abrasion. On the
other hand, traditional Chinese Tai Chi masters uses silk since, well silk
is plentiful in old days china. Cotton is also an alternative if silk and
linen is not a fair option. Cotton is cool and is also cheaper.
The most common color of Tai Chi clothing is black and white, but there’s no
restriction of color though. But other schools chose to have a specific
color.
There are other Tai Chi schools that don’t require Tai Chi uniforms.
Instead, they use a printed Tai Chi shirt as the school uniform. Usually,
the shirt is white and the school’s logo or Tai Chi symbols are printed.
Trousers are the student’s responsibility.
But in any case, Tai Chi clothing doesn’t define skill in Tai Chi. An adept
of the art can do Tai Chi meditation in the middle of Sahara wearing only
smallclothes. Tai Chi clothing only serves to make you comfortable
practicing your Tai Chi, so getting uncomfortable clothes defeats the
purpose. But then again, you may find out that doing Tai Chi in a parka
inside a warm living room can get you good results. |
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