Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Thank You Louis for prompt response. I guess it was not a substantial amount of walking? The reason being is that I have really felt some intense conditioning with recent long distance walking training (about 4 to 5 miles) after reading this from a Taiiji and boxing coach- http://pluguglysboxingblog...

I recall reading something about Yang Chen Fu suggesting walking after Taiji practice in the preface to one of his books. Does anyone have a copy of that translation somewhere I can read it?

thanks- matt

1. 時間(Shi Jian) - timing, 2. 機会(Ji Hui) - opportunity 3. 角度(Jiao Du) - angle 4. 力的使用(Li De Shi Yong) - Fajin 5. 平衡(Ping Heng) - balance what is the difference between 'Li De Shi Yong' and Fajin? Is not Fajin a different set of characters? what about Taiji's 'Zhong ding' or "central equilibrium&...

Richful, Yes, i agree hip flexors require great flexibility and many stretching drills. there are a wide variety of stretches I was taught in Chang Chuan or "Long fist" that will stretch these. 1. wall stretching, 2. dynamic stretching, 3. static stretching, 4. ballistic stretching, 5. flo...

Thanks you for your translation works Audi and Louis.

运劲如抽丝"- control "jin" like drawing silk "Silk- reeling"缠丝 in Chen Taijiquan seems to imply a revolvable device inside human body. This is certainly different from “drawing silk"抽丝 taught in Yang Taijiquan and Wu/Hao Taijiquan. I understand Yang Taiji as pulling silk ev...

Now my form seems to a healthy and comfortable blend of all of them other than the low stance stuff I might experiment with in the frigid cold. I am curious about how you see the blend. Do you pick and choose between posture variations or form principles, or do you simply take one as a base and inc...

Back in 1994 on a visit to Shanghai and when President of USA chapter of Yongnian- Weiqi brought Fu Zhong Wen to USA, I recalled Fu talking about training the form 3 times for an hour and that it creates Hua jin , however I found some old articles that talk about Hun Jin . without seeing the Chinese...

Actually the author wrote that 25+ years ago and didnt want me sharing it. i should of asked first. Audi, i can see your point of view, since this is a website in regards to a lineage and the 80% quote and loss of knowledge can be construed to say it could be any other the families that studied Taij...

transcription i did 20 years ago on a Tai Chi video from a guy Wilson Pitts who taught at VCU in Richmond Va., i typed it out yesterday when i came across it. Taijiquan with Wilson Pitts Taijiquan is the most popular healing art in the world. To achieve health and well being was part of the traditio...

I emailed the person at the website. Brent Hambly replied to my query. He didnt say much other that it was a basic Yang Style chi kung. someone on another board mentioned- "Ho Shi is most likely Cantonese for "breathing." Fa simply means "method." but I agree that is not Can...

Has anyone heard of this before?

I was surfing some pages and came across this-

http://www.kungfu.net/chikung.html

what is Tai Chi Ho shi Fa? some kind of qigong? must be Cantonese?!?!

Greetings Ash and Louis everyone else, If someone can explain the difference between blood-Qi and QI-blood, I would be much obliged. Chapter 13 (as translated by Wiles) also says: "Power ( chin 勁 comes from the tendons, and strength ( li 力) from the bones. Speaking strictly from a material poi...

Matt, The word 筋 for tendons or sinews does appear throughout the Yang Forty Chapters, for example, texts no. 13, 26, 27, 29, 31, 35, and 37 (as numbered in Wile, Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty , or 3.13, 3.26, 3.27, 3.29, 3.31, 3.35 and 3.37 (as numbered in Yang Jwing-Ming's T...

what is the chinese word for sinew/tendons and is it referenced in the Tai chi Classics?