Tai Chi and Tennis (Tennis and the Coronavirus Lockdown: Knowledge from Home)

Tai Chi is the Chinese marital art and exercise regime from the 16th Century practiced for self-defense, health benefits and meditation. It utilizes the Chinese cosmological concept of yin and yang (the opposing forces of balance in mind and body). Tai Chi also offers to enhance the body's natural biological and spiritual "flow" called Qi.

Qualities of Tai Chi applicable to tennis include: 

*Core and Lower Body Strength and Stability
*Balance and body awareness
*Weight-shifting
*Projecting internal energy
*Focus and stillness 

For more reading on Tai Chi: 

1. Cross-training with Tai Chi (and tennis and other sports)

2. Health Benefits of Tai Chi (Harvard Health Publishing)

Observe Tai Chi Moves of Roger Federer and Serena Williams

("Upper Half Body Turn" and "Upper Quarter Body Turn")

Courtesy: Classical Tai Chi