I’m glad someone likes my jokes!

You are funny. In Japan, Tai Chi is called Tai Kyoku Ken and Qi Gong is called Ki Ko.

Thank you for clearing up the misuse of Chai Tea.
I am from Asia and spotted the mistake immediately.

In this case, I started training in Taiji, then studied/trained in Qigong. Perhaps I got that backwards. However, when I studied Qigong, it shed such light on my Taiji, and I began to understand Taiji (and the whole thing) much more clearly. It was actually mind-blowing. Now, it’s circles, with each method feeding itself back into each other. It’s amazing.

Thank you for your wonderful post.

Glad someone gets my jokes. 🙂

Tai (太) means different things, depending on the context. In modern usage as an adverb, it means “too much”. As an adjective, it means “high” or “grand” or “great”.

“chwen”

I understand that TAIJI together means ‘cosmos’ or ‘ultimate cosmos’, and that CHI in TAI CHI (or, more correctly… JI in TAIJI) means GRAND or ULTIMATE. But what exactly does TAI in TAIJI mean? I have reseached, and all my findings say that TAI CHI (or TAIJI) means ‘grand ultimate.’ I’m wondering how the words are broken down.

By the way, I view Taiji as a celebration of life.

Any glass you like 😉.