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This book is an enriched version of my other book that has a 5 stars review, "Can Tai Chi be self-learned?" Some viewers have asked me to do a step-by-step instruction book for Tai Chi. However, when I researched into the possibilities I found that Tai Chi is a lot more than martial arts and its principles can be applied into many Dong gong and Jing gong and even simple exercises. It is much better to know the principles and the guidelines to practice good Tai Chi than to confine the instructions into mundane step-by-step details. I have a YouTube video that can give viewers a brief introduction of the principles of Tai Chi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKMIMjjVqvk&t=369sThe essential principles on how to do tai chi in order to gain the benefits this present book I have quoted a qigong expert, Master Zhou Qian-chuan''s comment, "The main styles of Tai Chi quan as a form of martial arts, including the Yang, the Chen and the Wu, have designed the movements too complicated for qigong practice. For instance, the body turns, the footwork, and the various configurations of the fists, the palms and even the fingers for their extension, flexion, catching and punching are designed for combat with disguises and attacks from unexpected angles. The chest, the abdomen, the shoulders and even the head and necks do various functions in absorption and the nullification of the opponent''s attacks. As a result, the meridians are all tangled up in the martial arts training and real fighting. The 3 yang meridians of the hands large intestine, triple burner, small intestineand the three yang meridians of the legs Stomach, gallbladder, bladder) are overemphasized and move too fast for the hand three yin meridiansLung. Pericardium and heart and the foot three yin meridiansspleen, liver, kidneyto catch up with the movements. From my observation, 30 % to 40% of the Tai Chi martial arts masters have this problem. Their complexion might look healthy with a glowing red face but when I exami