Twelve Illnesses in Tai Chi Chuan

Question 1

What are the first four illnesses in Tai Chi?

Answer 1

1. Dropping the Head.
2. Bending the Neck.
3. Lifting or Tensing the Shoulders.
4. Protruding the Elbows.

Question 2

What are the second four illnesses in Tai Chi?

Answer 2

5. Hunching the Back
6. Crouching.
7. Forced Extension of the Stomach.
8. Lifting the Buttocks.

Question 3

What are the third four illnesses in Tai Chi?

Answer 3

1. Not tucking the hips at the joints.
2. Tightening the coccyx.
3. Locking up the knees.
4. Incorrect foot positioning

Question 4

What are the other five illnesses in Tai Chi?

Answer 4

1. Too much straightness or stiffness of the waist.
2. Closing the space at the armpit.
3. Use of physical strength.
4. Use of physical force when breathing.
5. Holding the breath at the chest.