Check out the latest info and research from Coach Chris' explorations in the Subject of Internal Power.
"rooted in the feet, generated from the legs, controlled by the waist, and manifested through the fingers." Tai Chi Classics.
This famous verse from the Tai Chi Classics identifies how the various parts of the body act in unison with each other to produce whole body connected power. One of the really interesting and often misinterpreted areas of the body for study is the waist. Some people consider this the pelvis, some the ‘hips’, some the area between the lower ribs and the iliac crests, but we can actually look at the muscle groups associated with ‘control’ to better understand why it is so important to the internal artists.
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