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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Louis Swaim: Mario, hey Louis, <I do follow your point, and I think we may just be thinking differently about what control means.> i think of control as being a bad thing, like as if i, were to ride a wild rodeo, bull. controlling the bull, is the last thing, you want to ...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Louis Swaim: Greetings Mario, You wrote: “when you adhere to or follow, someone or stick like glue... . . .when there's only 1 center, whom do you need to control?” I think I understand what you’re driving at. In Yang Chengfu’s form narrative for Needle at Sea Bottom, he ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Gu Rou Chen: <B>Applying the philosophy to see if true. dose this mean that you don't want to tell me? ciao. Jeff</B></font><HR></BLOCKQ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by aidren: <B>Hi Mario <So if you are creating a new center... and assuming the other person does not want you to do that... wouldn't that ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Louis Swaim: <B>Hi Mario, <You wrote: "I then would say, creating one center...with you at the helm." Ah, isn't the one at the...

Hi mrnaples hello there, yslim <What he did could easily be call 'push hand in the spirit level' of the Taiji's famous three stages Jing(essence)-Chi(energy-shen(spirit).> by reading what you wrote, sounds as if you saying, that the way teachers is playing PH. is the most advance way to do PH. mind ...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Louis Swaim: Greetings Mario, same here. <Re: "control, not my favorite word, but, ok." I have in mind control in the sense expressed in the taiji classics as "Adhere, connect, stick, follow, without letting go or resisting." That accords quite well wi...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Louis Swaim: <B>Greetings Aidren, <As for the form posture An, as part of the Grasp Sparrow’s Tail sequence—while the ending posture may...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Gu Rou Chen: <B>Demonstration by Mr. Zhu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVJFE1OY988 enjoy! Jeff</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> hey Jeff, l...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Gu Rou Chen: <B>Jerry, Not sure what authority you are working from here with that statement? "Qi is mentioned quite a bit in the l...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by mrnaples: <B>I've recently started in a T'ai Chi class at my University, and I've enjoyed the freedom of expression involved in the prac...

I have no desire to debate here. I would simply like an honest answer. Thank you for your time. Love in Christ, Keli hi Keli, tai chi chuan, is supposed to be a martial art. so you should first ask yourself, this question; is this ok with ur faith? you should also know, that tcc, these days is mostl...

dear o, "LYX's student, does really curve the left hand prior to lu, with a movement very similar to ward off," it has alredy been explained to you, that ther is "ward off" in roll back.(Lu) "no need to repeat, i'm rolling back, (Lu) while not forgetting to peng with my left...

Greetings M. Please explain. here, i'll copy and paste for you.. can't say u, don't owe me now! (Louis) "Isn't peng implicit throughout Cross Hands, as well as in the “brush” of the luo xi ao bu component of the bao hu gui shan? Isn’t there peng in Roll Back? I just don’t get what he was drivin...

"He (Cheng Man-ching) said the embrace followed by 3 movements from Grasp The Sparrow's Tail-Rollback, Press and Push, but where's Ward-off? Obviously he doesn't know what the Ward-off is." A question pops in mind, how come that isn't discussed anywhere? the answer is so simple and clear! ...