Taichi Expression

=== APP DESIGN CONCEPTS - 设计理念: ===

1. A Taichi App designed by a Taichi practitioner;

2. Highly interactive user interface, to pinpoint each movement, and play video in regular pace or slow motion;

3. In-time brief tips for suggestions and precautions;

4. Additional expanded suggestions and precautions;

5. Practical program designed for convenient daily practice at home.

While most episodes in this program may be used for a quick break at work, a recently released companion App, "A Mindful Break" is specifically designed for this purpose, to have a peaceful moment of mind-body dialogue and leave stress behind.
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1. 由太极习练者设计;

2. 很强的互动版面，容易精准地找到动作视频，常速或慢放;

3. 与动作相配，及时简短的提示和注意事项;

4. 更多详细的建议和注意事项;

5. 可行的太极习练程序，为方便家里天天习练而设计。

尽管本App中多数段落都可以做为工作间的休息，最近发表的一个App: "A Mindful Break"，正是为此目的设计，以有个安静的瞬间，神形结合，把工作的紧张抛在身后。

=== PRIVACY STATEMENT - 隐私声明: ===

This App is totally self-contained, has NO Wi-Fi or internet connection, and does NOT collect user information in any format.

本App没有 Wi-Fi 或者网络连接，也没以任何方式去采集使用者的个人信息。

=== WHY “TAICHI EXPRESSION”: ===

The main goal of this App is to compose a Taichi program that is suitable for daily practice at home by working people with a busy schedule. The main idea is that to be effective, exercise has to be suitable, fun, balanced, and enjoyable, like a symphony orchestra playing a piece of music in movements, some high pitched, some low, some allegro and some andante. Imagine if it sticks to one tempo, then not many people would be able to tolerate it because it would become too intense, too slow, or too un-artful.

Similarly, although there have been many scientific studies on the benefits of Taichi on health, the Taichi forms visible on the screens may appear uninteresting to some, or not very effective to others. This App will attempt to give people a second look at Taichi and help develop a daily routine that is practical, convenient, fun, and enjoyable.

This program is built mostly on a month-long Taichi training program this App developer and his wife took on Wudang Mountain, China, in November of 2016. Wudang Mountain is regarded by many as a center of taoism, and taoists there and their disciples are practicing a health cultivation tradition that has lasted hundreds of years.

The first encounter of this App developer with Taichi was at a college PE class and he did well. He came to America after college and over the more than 30 years in America, between work and family he practiced various forms of Taichi, including the Simple Style 24-form, Chen-Style, and Wudang-Style. At times, he might have felt that the Chen-Style is most effective. However, he was not sure whether Taichi is indeed for him until that trip to Wudang Mountain.

After the trip, he realized that Taichi is not just the few moves that one can learn from any source. It is a daily practice and commitment to health. It is a reminder that life has different dimensions to be fulfilled, and there are basic natural truths that can betray anyone in physical and mental health. But, above all, he realized that Taichi is practical for most people, can be "composed" to be like a music, and be truly fun, enjoyable and uplifting...

It is encouraging that several disciples of the Grand Master, Zhong Yun Long (钟云龙）, has opened up Taichi training camps around Wudang Mountain just within the last couple of years.

=== 为何太极缘: ===

本App的初衷是完善一个以太极为主体的运动程序，以方便上班族的繁忙日程，能在家里天天锻炼。主要想法是，要想运动有效，必须得适合个人，力度平衡 ，有趣，还有欣赏性。就象交响乐队演奏一首优美的音乐，一定有不同的乐章，有的高音，有的低音，有的快板，有的是缓慢的行板。假设乐队固定在一个节奏，那么多数人会觉着难以忍受，因为那样的音乐会太强烈，太慢，或者太不优美。

本App设计者从大学体育课里开始学习简化太极24式，在以后的三十多年中，工作和家庭之间，又习练过陈氏太极和武当太极。有时觉着，或许陈氏太极比较有效，但又经常因工作太忙或者体力跟不上而坚持不住。有时也怀疑，太极是否真正那么神。事实上，一个人要是绝大多数精力都放到工作和家庭上，剩下锻炼的时间就微乎其微。这种情况下，没有任何运动能有"神功"。

2016年底，本App设计者和家人到武当山学习太极类运动一个月，有了些不同的思考。觉着太极并不是学好多少个动作就万事大吉了，而是几乎天天的运动，是一种对健康的承诺。它提醒你，生活有不同的层次需要“灌溉”，还有最基本的自然中的道理，可以在健康和神志上背叛任何人。最重要的是，他觉着太极或许对许多人是最可行的，运动量适中，而且可以编排的象只优美的音乐，还能体会到真正的乐趣，给人向上的动力......