A martial arts idiom describing a system that teaches an emphasis on expanding internal energies with less time spent on physical hardening and toughness

Comments:

An Internal System is one that concentrates its skill building on more subtle energies and manipulations.

Internal System can sometimes be used interchangeably with Soft Style.

Example(s):

Examples of Internal Systems include:

Tai-Chi

Qi-Gong

Synonym(s):

Soft Style

Opposite(s):

External System

Related Definition(s):

Breathe, Chi, Ki, Zen

Related Term(s):

Active Chi/Ki, Hard Style, Passive Chi/Ki