Tai Chi, Song and Tensegrity; Building a strong Internal Structure
In the internal martial art of Tai Chi, one of the key qualities of posture is "song" - a wholistic integration of posture and structure by expanding the joints and spaces of the body open. This quality creates Tensegrity structures with the connective tissues throughout the body. Susan Thompson Tai Chi teaches how song allows practitioners to go beyond just the muscles and tap into the body's inner web of connective tissue called fascia and create a powerful structure through tensegrity.
Fascia is much stronger than muscle and is cross-connected throughout the body, creating the potential for an open yet powerfully strong structure through the biomechanical principle of tensegrity. In this video, Susan provides a visual model demonstrating tensegrity in the spine and how to cultivate it throughout the body.
When song and tensegrity are achieved, the joints and entire fascial system can open up, creating a gentle stretching that awakens the body. This allows life force energy (qi) to flow more freely while establishing a powerful yet aligned structure that helps prevent and heal joint issues. An additional benefit is improved whole-body posture.
Tai chi, with its emphasis on song, serves as an enjoyable full-body "fascia massage" - simultaneously conditioning tensegrity while promoting alignment, energy flow, and structural integrity.
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What is Tensegrity? Tensegrity is a structural principle that describes a system where the components are held together by a balance of continuous tension and discontinuous compression. In other words, it's a way of creating structures using isolated rigid components (usually rods or struts) that don't touch each other but are connected by a network of continuous tension elements (like cables or tendons).
Key characteristics of tensegrity structures include:
1. Compression elements (struts) do not directly touch each other; they are held in place by the tension network.
2. The structure maintains its integrity through a balance of tensile and compressive forces.
3. Tensegrity structures can be incredibly lightweight and strong for their size.
4. They can absorb and distribute stress across the entire structure.
Tensegrity principles are found in nature, such as in the human body's musculoskeletal system, where bones (compression elements) are held in place by muscles, tendons, and ligaments (tension elements). In architecture and engineering, tensegrity has been used to create innovative, lightweight structures like bridges, towers, and domes. Artists have also explored tensegrity to create fascinating sculptures that seem to defy gravity.
The concept of tensegrity was pioneered by architects and engineers like Kenneth Snelson, Buckminster Fuller, and David Georges Emmerich in the mid-20th century.
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