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Silk Reeling Exercises
Silk -Reeling Exercises (Chan Si Gong). "Gong" in Chinese means work or skill or exercises (drills). Silk-reeling Exercises (SRE) in Taiji are a set of repetitive spiral movemnet exercises with emphasis on --- the ground connection, waist connection, knee alignment, kua sinking, opening and closing of joints and dantian rotation. These continuous spiral movement are the basic components, the foundational building blocks of Taijiquan. This series of spiral movement exercises are for the development of the basic strengths and coordination of Chen Taijiquan. These exercises will increase the mobility of body joints and relax the muscles and tendons of the practitioner. The spiral movements will open up and exercise the 18 major joints (in sequence from the head to the ankles) of the body, promote muscle relaxation and flexibility, and reduce physical tension and strain.

Many people misunderstand the nature of SRE. They believe that SRE are only a set of stretching exercises to stretch the bones, muscles and tendons of the practitioner. Silk-reeling exercises can be considered as stretching exercises which use the Taiji principles to help relax our bodies physically and mentally, but the reverse is not true.

SRE must be taught by a qualified instructor, who knows the theory of these exercises so that the essential quality of these exercises can be obtained. These exercises must be practiced correctly to prevent body injury.
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