Jedi Taiji Form
The Jedi can practice this Form to in tune themselves with the Force better. When your spirit flows with the Force, the guidance of the Force is made more clear.
Make your movements slow, and feel your body pressing against the Force with each movement. If done right, you can feel bathed in the Force at the very end.
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Breathing:
Make sure each breath is slow, long, and deep. Breath down to your abdomen not just using your chest. Pushing movements are usually done with out breaths.
Note On Positions:
Keep your body relaxed and your back straight. When shifting your weight be sure not to lean. Remember that the moves should flow together.
Empty Steps:
It means most of your weight is on one leg, and the other foot is just touching the ground. On Move 4, 7, 9, 11, and 13 the weight should be on the back leg.
Hands:
The hands should be relaxed, open, and the fingers should have a slight curl to them. The hands are a guide for the eyes in Tai Chi. The Force could feel like heat on the hands.
Warm-Up:
Neck: Look slowly to the left then slowly drop your chin down so it almost touches the chest, then look to your right. It should make a half circle. After that go the other direction. Do this 3 times.
Shoulders: Put your fingers on your shoulder, then rotate your elbows forward 5 times and back 5 times.
Hips: Hold your hands together behind your back raise your left knee up to waist height (this also works on balance). Keeping it up, move to point your knee to the left and put it down facing that way. Then pick it up so your knee is still facing the left, up to waist height and bring it around to your front and then place it down. Do the same on the other side, switching to the right.
Parting the Clouds: This is one of the many methods for developing the Force (chi). Step the left foot forward (still a shoulder width wide). Your palms should face each other at waist height with the fingers pointing forward, slightly apart. Start off with the hands close to the body then extend your arms forward keeping them at waist height (breathing out). When your arms are almost fully extended face your palms down and away from each other. Then bring your hands further and further from each other making 2 half circles back to the starting position (breathing in). Do this 5 times, and then do it the same way but with the right leg forward. In time you may feel the Force between your hands.
Names of Moves:
Right Hold Ball (Move 2)
Part the Wild Horse's Mane (Move 3, 5, and 6)
White Crane Spreads its Wings (Move 8)
Brush Knee (Move 9-10, 11-12, and 13-14)
Partial opposite of Strum the Lute (Move 15)
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