"An optimal way towards the understanding of the humankind and the universe"

An Introduction

    Traditional Chinese Qigong (pronounced chee-gung) has over three thousand years of written history and seven thousand years of pictorial history. From archaeological documents, it dates back even further. It was developed throughout the history by humankind to achieve union with the universe, by understanding, collecting, applying and summarizing the balance between man and the environment. It further made man to achieve the interchange, accumulation, and application of energies and matters both inside and outside of our bodies. It is the most ancient method for healing and fitness known to man. The rudimentary principles of qigong (literally means “working with energy”) can be found in acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, the martial arts, and many health disciplines. According to the Taoists, the shifting patterns of qi are governed by the shifting balance of yin and yang, two complementary forces that emerged from the primordial Tao, and whose interaction defines and regulates the mechanisms of the universe. The concept of qi lies at the heart of traditional Chinese medicine which views illness as caused by imbalances of yin and yang, resulting in blockages of the free movement of qi through the human body. Acupuncture and other remedies such as Qigong practices are designed to restore the proper movement of qi through the body, thus restoring health.

    In CTMAA, workshops on the following Qigong methods will be given:

They will be described in more detail in the following sections.

1. Sword-Finger Qigong in Eight Forms

    This Qigong method, taught by Master Wang Xiang-Dang, is one of the most complete Qigong methods transmitted in secrecy from master to disciple through many generations. In the past, the method could only be taught to disciples of the Tao and was otherwise reserved to royalty for their use in the preservation of health.

Master Wang Xiang-Dang

    The Sword-Finger Qigong incorporates the essence of mystical union of the individual with heaven and earth. It teaches the ways of gathering the energies of heaven and earth to circulate them in the human body as the means of maintaining good health and developing potential special abilities. In centuries past, there was no single complete set of deep-penetrating sword-finger exercises for internal organs; only single sword-finger and double sword-finger exercises. This Sword-Finger Qigong in Eight Forms is probably the first complete set of deep-penetrating qigong for training the Qi which has been made available to the general public.

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