Where is DanTian?
Dan Tian is the elixir area in your abdomen. It’s the place where your reproduction organ, colon and small intestine reside.
Why is DanTian important?
It’s the place life begins and ends. It’s the place we detoxify and we get our daily nutrition.
How to locate your Dan Tian?
Use your thumbs touch belly button and pinkies points to groins.
Dan Tian is the pharmacy.
Jin (sperms, eggs, essence of life) is the raw material.
Yi (mind, intent) is the tool or method.
Qi (life energy) is the product.
Dan Tian is the focus of training.
There is a well-known chinese martial saying, “Kung-fu, Kung-fu, the Kung-fu of Waist and Kua.” To our internal Taiji, the Kung-fu is within our waist and Kua, and that is Dan Tian. There is no internal Kung-fu without Dantian.
It is said in the classics, “Work on Dan Tian to exercise the internal Kung-fu”.
It is also said in the classics, “Once in motion, all parts of body follow”. “Once in motion” means once your Dan Tian in motion, all other parts of your body follow.
- Keep your mind on your Dan Tian.
- Sink your Qi down to Dan Tian.
- Focus on DanTian and exercise internal Gong-fu.
We teach how to work on Dan Tian:
- how to activate Dantian to generate Qi;
- how to rotate Dantian to circulate Qi;
- how to use Dantian in our movements.
