As Chen Chang-po explains, long-time learners of taijiquan gradually begin to sense how qi follows a course through the more relaxed channels between muscles and along the ligaments, but gets blocked wherever it encounters stiffness. These blockages have to be loosened before the qi can flow onto the next stiff part.
陳章波說，長期練太極拳的人會逐漸體會到「氣」走的是如肌溝、韌帶等相對鬆軟的地方；相對的，身體的部位哪兒硬實，「氣」就堵在哪兒，一定要鬆了堵「氣」的地方，「氣」才能走到下一個硬的地方。