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1a/Treadmill Ram Tai Chi (TRTC) and Dolphin Instant Tai Chi (DITC) complement each other. 2/Human beings are the only creatures in this world that can keep an upright posture most of the time without straining the body excessively. In the lengthy process of evolution our ancestors gradually achieved this upright posture partly through strengthening the involuntary postural reflex.2a/ When the lower abdominal group of muscles, called the Dantian in Tai Chi is strengthened in abdominal Dantian breathing this additional muscular support to uphold the body and the increased negative pressure of the abdominal cavity help strengthen the postural reflex to a level so strong that some accomplished practitioners feel that the umbilicus or the abdominal part below the umbilicus seems to be sticking towards the spine. They call this “Qi Tie Bei”. TRTC is designed to develop and to strengthen this phenomenon. 3/There are easier ways and more efficient methods to obtain these health enhancement “side effects” of Tai Chi than the hard to memorize 108 slow movements.3a/From my own experiences breathing should be practiced with some simple and rhythmic movements and its improved breathing mode can enhance the dong gong, which means the moving qi gong part of Integrative Mind Body Training (IMBT), that combines dong gong and jing gong (the meditation part of IMBT).4/ Master Nan taught us how to enter the state of Chan (Zen in Japanese) ding when you combine walking with the mental practice of Chan (the Chinese term is calledXíng xiāng; Xíng means to walk and xiāng means incense and it is the same as Chan walking.):4a/According to Master Huai-jin Nan, in order to practice meditation with good results you have to reach and state in the Ding mental condition in 4 principal daily activities, called Sì wēi yí, the four dignified modes of daily activities i.e. during walking, standing, sitting and when resting in a lying down posture. 5/I have summarized and added my interpretations of M