Simplicity - Rarely accepted and most often neglected.

Here is a reminder for all students, both beginners and advance students :

Tucking in the stomach and sticking up the tongue to the palate.
This is one of the most basic features that u MUST practice when u are practicing taijiquan. In actual fact , this ought to be built into a natural physical feature in our daily lives. Most practioners do not pursue building this feature. Little do they understand that this is the foundation that decides how far they will go in the practice of any form of qigong or taijiquan. By the way , Taijiquan itself is a qigong . You do not need another form of qigong to complete or, so call " drive " the form in taijiquan .

Tucking in the stomach gentlely straightens the spine. Along with lowering the chin to a level where your vision is parallel to the ground ; pushing back the knees ,allows the practioner's posture to be perpendicular to the ground . Without a posture that is perpendicular to the ground , the internal forces will not be able to be exerted in full capactiy .

Sticking the tongue to the palate completes a chi channel called the " xiao zhou tian " 小周天“. Which is the union of the "Ren meridien" “任脉” and the "Du meridien" “督脉” . I shall not go into too much detail in this aspect . Apart from that , it also induces salivation , which is a very essential part of health . The enzymes in the saliva helps in the digestion process.

Ladies and gentleman , Please kindly pay attention to all the above features . If you do not adhere to such simple requirements , You will not be able to reap the full benefits of your taijiquan practice .