In NaeGa ShinJang, the primary position of GiCheon, the legs are spread shoulder-length and toes pressed inward, creating one triangle shape, while the legs are bent down and inward, creating yet another triangle that extends from the navel to the ankles. It's believed that the triangle shape also helps generate the flow of Gi, and in so doing, can help practitioners progress spiritually as well as physically.
Gi, a well-known concept throughout Asia, is perhaps best translated as "life force" or "energy." This concept is central to GiCheon philosophy. It is this internal energy, this vital essence, that oriental medicine has long regarded as crucial to health and healing, and that practitioners of many martial arts like KungFu and TaeKwonDo have cultivated as a secret weapon in combat.
Since the human body is merely a microcosm of the larger universe, it only follows that GiCheon embody the same laws that exist in nature. The six basic positions of GiCheon, therefore, literally enable a person to physically express the principle of the universe through the body.
As the name implies, the purpose of GiCheon is to generate the free flow of Gi for combat and self-defense as well as for spiritual enlightenment. Under the Grandmaster Lee-Sang Won, GiCheon is mostly practiced as a healing, meditative art. Students who follow this mind-body training curriculum can improve their physical health and stamina, enhance concentration and focus, and if they so choose, find a new way to conceive of the universe and of what it means to be enlightened.