Wu Qin Xi - Five Animals Qi Gong - 五禽戏 气功 - Professional Course - Master Giuseppe Paterniti Lupo

Wu Qin Xi, Five Animals Qi Gong (classic form). Performed by Master Giuseppe Paterniti Lupo and STONE TEMPLE TAO: Italian School of Traditional Oriental Arts (Chen Style Taiji Quan, Qi Gong, Tuina, Combat Sports, Oriental Naturopathy, Paths of awakening of consciousness). Filmed at the Professional Training Course for Qi Gong Coaches, Treviso (Italy), 11-12 February 2017. --------------------- The “Five Animal Play“ (五禽戲, Wu Qin Xi) are a set of Qi Gong exercises developed during the Han dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD). Some claim the author of this Qi Gong sequence to be Huatuo. The Five Animals in the exercises are the tiger, deer, bear, monkey and crane. According to TCM theory of Wu Xing (Five Elements), each animal has two exercises corresponding to the five yin (Zang) and five yang (Fu) internal organs. Regular practise of this Qi Gong is said to improve functioning of the Liver/Gall Bladder (Wood Element - Tiger), Kidneys/Bladder (Water Element - Deer), Spleen/St