Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Okay, rambling over, so are you ready for the super deep dark ancient Chinese secret that you don't need a decoder ring to get? Here it is... "Open, rounded, and extended movement". Done. Told you it was easy. There is the ENTIRE art handed to you on a silver platter in one quick lesson. ...

Part of the reason I ask is because I know the question is going to come up as my students improve... I ought to be able to answer "Each posture can have many such energies, but here's one example of what each of them looks like." Peng and An are relatively easy to demonstrate.... Lie I'm...

Greetings Parkallen, ...my point is that sinking and rooting is typically applied to incoming force, but recently I have been applying it to pulling force (as applied to me). When your push hands partner pulls on you, we can sink into the front leg and dantian, making it very hard for your opponent ...

Greetings all, Thought this might be interesting. High Pat on Horse - The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan pg. 55 Yang Cheng Fu explains High Pat With the palm facing upward, I fold it against the opponents wrist and pluck (cai) it back in toward my chest, as in the illustration. http://i.imgur...

Greetings ChiDragon, Totally understand what you’re saying here. Though, there are some minor issues, I won’t go into detail because the main issue has been addressed. And, your post shows a very fair understanding of the use of pull in Taiji. Thanks for sharing. :) ... P.S. I’m going to post a coup...

There may or not be some subtle linguistic thing going on here. Greetings Audi, I always enjoy your insights on Taiji. And the link was cool too! :) But, the topic of my post are not about semantics. My posts are simply about this statement. There was no written rule. It was understood and self dis...

Chen Xiaowang while demonstrating pull down says, "To Cai is like plucking something" Cai is the same as "Lu", but directed downward. There will be times when you brings energy downward. Then follow him downward. Cai is like plucking something. I got the impression that the stat...

There was no written rule. It was understood and self discipline. Just think of it this way grab and pull is wrestling not push hands. If one insist that pulling is push hands, then you might like to call it the modern version of push hands. Actually, Pull is written about a lot. It’s in the classi...

Greetings GVI, ...I gather there are "Go snobs" for lack of a better term, who think that a $10,000 kaya board and slate/shell stones is the only way to have a meaningful experience playing the game, but I'm not one of them. I do believe, however, that playing with another human being is v...

ChiDragon wrote:I am sure I had made a fool out of myself didn't I?

I don't feel like you did.

Greetings ChiDragon, ...The one who captures the most pieces of the opponent wins. Could you point me to where you got this information? Is this the way you determine the winner when you play with others? In today’s game, capturing the most stones doesn’t always determine the winner of the game. Say...

Greetings GVI, I love Go. Love, love, love it!!! I’ve been playing for years. I play with a group of friends. I play against software on my computer and sometimes play others online. Too enlarge our group we introduce others to the game. Sometimes one or two even stick around. I use to subscribe to ...

See for yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CQlB9Uty8o Are you kidding??? :D He seems like a very nice person. But, his Taiji has issues One of the issues: He subtly tries to hide the fact that during stepping he is having trouble with stability. Balance is a Taiji basic. Right? But if you c...

Greetings ChiDragon, You're making absolute statements about Yang style Taiji that seem to be just your personal opinion. An opinion that is simply not supported by Facts. There is no issue with the gaze of Yang Jun when he performs Repulse Monkey. Yes, In Yang style your gaze can be to the rear han...

The correct way of Repulse mokey at 1:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib2SNVjlbgQ The correct way??? :D No one uses a copy to judge the original. How do you tell if a copy has imperfections? You use the Original to judge the copy. The 24 form is a shorten version of the Yang Long Form. That guys...