WO2003105971A1

WO2003105971A1 - Tao-chi method and chi-bag

Info

Publication number: WO2003105971A1
Application number: PCT/CA2002/000914
Authority: WO
Inventors: Donald Girard
Original assignee: Donald Girard
Priority date: 2002-06-17
Filing date: 2002-06-17
Publication date: 2003-12-24

Abstract

The Tao-Chi method is a new training and conditioning technique which consists to throw into the air or to another person a bag having specific characteristics and to catch the said bag in such manner that it unites the structures and principles of all sports, physical education and martial arts disciplines into one cohesive technique.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Tao-Chi method and Chi-bag.

The Tao-Chi method is a new training and conditionning technique which consists to throw and catch a bag having specifics caracteristics in such manner that it unites the structures and principles of all sports into one cohesive technique.

The others techniques differ from the Tao-Chi because they don't have a multidisciplinary and multidimensional concept.

The Tao-Chi concept adds a multidimensional reality to training and conditioning that has a development process that both the athletes and the clinical psychologists would agree upon. The Tao-Chi concept is inseparable from the instrument, the Chi-bag, conceived and designed for its application. The Tao-Chi method and the Chi-bag are new and they provide centering, balancing the rotational focus, coordination of hands and feet to specific pressure points to increase unity of action, concentration, timing and coordination. The mastery of concentric circles is effected by using a specifically designed instrument, the Chi-bag, with which the common denominator of all body movements in sports, martial arts and physical education is made functionnally precise and performance enhanced.

An embodiment of the present invention will now be disclosed, by way of example, in reference to the following drawings in whith:

Figure 1: Shows a user of the Chi-bag alone.

Figure 2: Shows a user throwing the Chi-bag to another person. Figure 3: Shows the Chi-bag.

The Tao-Chi method consists to throw and receive a Chi-bag 1 (Figure 3), with another person (Figure 2) or alone (Figure 1) in a continuous flow of concentric movements. Once propelled into a circular orbit, the Chi-bag 1 goes around and around in all directions, non-stop, until the resistance of the body has reached its limit. The Chi-bag 1 is a bag which has an open extremity 2 which is tied up by a rope 3 or something similar. The other extremity forming the bag is about six inches long and contains a pouch4 which is fitted neatly into the Chi-bag 1 in order to add a specific weight for rotational purposes. It is filled with rubber pellets or a substitute, of a mixture of fine sand and saw dust or something similar. The mixture prevents the sand from packing and becoming as hard as a rock, when thrown or received. The pouch 4 is filled to a three quarter capacity in order to allow ree movement of the mixture within the pouch 4. The weight of the Chi-bag 1 must be precise in order to allow the proper feel of the positive and negative time unit, contained within the circular motion. The gravity force acts as a pendulum to create apparently self-operative half or full circles which may be directed in any directions desired around the body. The apparent self-operative function of a Chi-bag 1 however, requires precision and a sustained effort in order to regulate the tension and coordination necessary to uphold and sustain the functional flow of the whole operation. The process and effort to sustain and uphold a continuous momentum is the training and conditionning technique. The number of full and half circles are evenly calibrated in order to regulate the nuances of body tension desired by the practitioner. For stationary and competitive function, the Chi-bag 1 weights approximately one and three quarter pound. Weights may differs according the function and need. When thrown from a distance of forty feets, by one player to another, the weighted end of the Chi-bag 1 must point forward and reach the hand of the receiver in a straight line, bottom first. The precise controlling technique consists, during the circular wind up and released by the thrower, to allow to the Chi-bag 1 to be caught by the hand of the receiver by the stem 5 of the Chi-bag 1. The delivery of the throw must follow a natural orbital line. The receiver must catch the Chi-bag 1 by the stem 5 and return it without affecting the circular flow and momentum established between the thrower and the receiver. When the user of the Chi-bag 1 desires to work alone, he may throw and receive it by using smaller circles from the left to the right hand in any directions desire. There are two ways to throw the Chi-bag 1, the first one is under hand like softball and the second one is over hand like baseball.

Claims

1. The Tao-Chi method consists to throw and receive, in a continuous flow of concentric movements, a bag who has specifics caracteristics and a precise weight in order to allow the proper feel of the positive and negative time unit contained within the circular motion. Once propelled into a circular orbit, the bag goes around and around in all directions, non-stop, until the resistance of the body has reached its limit. The bag has an open extremity which is tied up. The other extremity forming the bag is long enough to contains a pouch in which a specific weigh is in it. When the bag is thrown, the weighted end of the bag must point forward and reach the hand of the receiver in a straight line, bottom first. The precise controlling technique consists, during the circular wind up and released by the thrower, to allow to the bag to be caught by the hand of the receiver by the stem of the bag. The delivery of the throw must follow a natural orbital line. The receiver must catch the bag by the stem and return it without affecting the circular flow and momentum established between the thrower and the receiver. The gravity force acts as a pendulum to create apparently self-operative half or full circles which may be directed in any directions desired around the body. The apparent self-operative function of a bag however, requires precision and a sustained effort in order to regulate the tension and coordination necessary to uphold and sustain the functional flow of the whole operation. The process and effort to sustain and uphold a continuous momentum is the trainig and conditionning technique. The number of full and half circles are evenly calibrated in order to regulate the nuances of body tension desired by the practitioner.

2. The Tao-Chi method as claimed in the claim 1, in which the thrower and the receiver may be the same person.

3. The Tao-Chi method as claimed in the claims 1 and 2, in which the bag is about six inches long.

4. The Tao-Chi method as claimed in the claims 1, 2 and 3, in which the pouch is filled to a three quarter capacity with rubber pellets or a substitute, in a mixture of fine sand and saw dust or something similar.

5. The Tao-Chi method as claimed in the claim 4, in which the bag weight approximately one and three quarter pound.

6. The Tao-Chi method as claimed in the claim 1 , in which to ways exist to throw the bag, the first one is under hand like softball and the second one is over hand like baseball.