Tai Chi sayings

[carolinew]

Does any one have any sayings that sum up Tai Chi or inspire their training? My personal favourites are

1} No yi no chi

2} Where the mind leads the body fillows

3} Steel wrapped in cotton wool.

[Shark]

"upper body like cotton wool,legs like steel"
"in order to practice t'ai chi you must be empty as the air"
"keep weight in the belly"
"drawing silk thread from a cocoon"
and soooooooooo many others
(nice thread)

[Greyphantom]

One that I have read mentions... be like water flowing from one movement to the next, water is not hard but it is strong... (or something like that...)

[soraya]

Like a river, the water runs smoothly but strong, flowing but ready to follow a clear direction

[carolinew]

Great replies, thanks, I'm glad I started this.

[qicat]

Among htose mentioned, one of my favorites is:

"Be still like a mountain, yet flowing like a river."

and

"Like a steel spring wrapped in cotton"


qicat