There are 64 movements in the Taoist Tai Chi which is characterized
by its basically slow movements executed from the Dantien.




Different
positions are basically with closed legs; with the toes towards the
inside--to avoid the lost of energy, and very circular movements so
that the Dantien and the energy move constantly.
Has
a peculiar way in its execution--as the Master indicates; the Taichi
movements resemble the movement of clouds in a soft breeze day, all
at once.
This
form rooted in the Taoist culture is made up of 64 movements, as the
64 hexagrams of the I Ching.
The
form is divided in four cycles defined as seasons: spring, summer, autumn
and winter-- in each the type of movement varies.
Spring movements are simpler, but they resemble birth or learning that
complicates in springĄ¯s closing phase.
Summer movements are ampler--more elaborated; indicate progress, growth.
Autumn movements are more technical--where work is in the balance and
where the impression is to harvest the fruit of what is being worked.
Winter movements are closed, giving impression of absorption---seclusion.
Each
season movements begin towards the left side--the Yang side of the body,
and end towards the right side--Yin side of the body, portraying the
Taichi that turns constantly flowing in the Yin and the Yang. The form
changes execution direction eight times, as eight are trigrams of the
Pakua and eight are the movements involved in each cycle.



