Taikiken Ritsu Zen

Ritsu Zen is the foundation in Taikiken training.
The basic idea is standing like a tree, to devellop a holistic force extending in all directions. Ritsu Zen is balancing with nature, tuning your natural inborn qualities.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Taikiken
• Taiki
• Ritsu
• Zen
• standing
• pole
• yi
• quan
• zhan
• zhuang

[jimmydemoret]

@FaridYM yes, my own timed record is 90 minutes. The old masters said that when you could zen for 30 to 60 minutes you were really zenning and i would agree with them. Zenning for even a few minutes is good for you and great exercise and when you do it for extended periods of time you really begin to benefit from it.

[FaridYM]

@NassemAir

i just started doing this kind of exercise last week. I can only keep it for 5minutes as well, but I plan to increase it every week with 2 minutes or more. My Kyokushin teacher in indonesia said i have to be able to do each pose for 20 minutes at least. is it even possible?

[MaBu888]

@paragate

I should have known. 

[paragate]

@MaBu888 This is not Taiji nor is it Qigong. It is Jangshen Zhan Zhuang (health standing pole) of the Yiquan school. We don't particular concentrate on breathing, instead we focus on relaxation and imagine that we are standing in water gently floating. Relaxed breathing is just a part of the holistic exercise.

[paragate]

@Siddthartha This standing exercise is not originally in Tai Chi. It has it's origin in Xing Yi Quan.

[philsnk]

The mind is like a sword. If you do not use it but there is oil it will be fine. If you use it to fight you will have bent the edge and may eventually have a saw. But if you treat it carefully and it is made well, it will be fine. But if you go outside with it and it rains, hard it will rust. But if you want around with it and you drop it on the ground, it will not be good for the evening afternoon blade battle against hitoshi. Because you know why.

[jimmydemoret]

Pain is essential to the process, as something hurts you are forced to focus on the pain, if you zen long enough (i mean years of standing zen) you will be able to turn pain into endorphins, Kenichi Sawai describes it as "you will experience great refreshment from the pain." Read his definitive 1979 Japan Press book on the subject online at Tai-ki-ken pages and verify it for yourself and learn more about standing zen, peace...

[Siddthartha]

it's more known as taichi basic exercise called "column" or "pillar" (how is better?)///

[NassemAir]

pain is good .. if u not feel pain , u dont know were your mistakes are, if u just do it 5 min. u do not get better.

[partyeli]

its not so much that youre doing it wrong if you feel pain, its more that your nervous system is offering resistance, which is natural when we ask our bodies to do something that is different than normal. if we can relax and smile to the pain and let it go, then it is at these moments that we make our breakthroughs. i wish you all the best with your practice.