Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Marc, thank you for the clip.

I like CZL's way of doing taiji. His form is graceful and fluent. His books and demonstrations are explicit and profound. If I weren't so fond of Yang style I would practice his variation of Chen style.

Take care,

Yuri

Greetings All, I've noticed that "Preparatory Posture" was translated as "Wuji Posture", and that is quite understandable, because the next posture is named "Beginning of Taiji" in this book. It caused me to question myself whether I ever met "Wuji" name in an...

Greetings All, Audi, thank you for revealing some subtle points about energy flow in the legs. First of all I would like to concur with all the sentiments about propriety of the method (1). If YZD and YJ teach this method then it's more suitable for this style. But there are some 'variations' of tra...

What would be really interesting to know is whether they mentioned/use chansi jin (silk reeling jin) or not.

Internal circles… hmm… it's intriguing.

Marc, since we bring this topic up again, and you've presented it so structural, let's try to make it perfectly clear by collective endeavor. This is only my humble opinion: Method (1) can sometimes be cause of tension and breaking of the integrated jin – this happens when practitioner tries to brin...

Audi, thank you for the very comprehensive comment on the clip. It cleared some points up for me.

Graham, maybe he just really doesn't know tuishou drills...)) probably he grew up from Win Chun tradition, or maybe he just practice free style of push hands.

BL, thank you for the link. The nice site.



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BL, <<the fact that they are pushing means that you are leading>> I like the phrase, it's 'nice shot'. I see your approach and guess what school you are familiar with. In my view it's one of good, deep approaches. Probably it's deeper than mine. But I have some doubts about << At some point they wil...

Audi, actually when I talked about push hands I kept in mind the correlation between taiji (especially taiji tuishou)and daily life and vise-versa. It's just so natural. And all examples about push hands were intended to illustrate general matters. I think sometimes better to use not direct words. T...

<<The easiest ones to lead, are those who consistently change >> Chris, this is good point. <<I would say that you probbly have met people unable to change. When I use the word change it should mean to move in accordance with the other>> David, then this is not "to change" in general sense...

Wushuer, actually he just describes movements in right sequence.


Hm.. 'italic' tag doesn't work.
--- use square brackets -Jerry

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Well, now I understood you. It's somewhat like "If he strikes first in his mind, I strike first in reality."

Not easy to accomplish right. However sometimes opponent's intent to strike is really obvious.

Greetings WB, Wushuer >>It sounds like what you're saying is one good defense is a swift, incapacitating offense? Yep, in certain cirumstances I absolutely believe that. If you are in a situation where conflict is absolutely unavoidable, strike first.<< How does it correlate with the following state...

Marc, thanks a lot. Very interesting clip. I am looking forward to get the next one. Pretty detailed and informative explanation. I didn't understand everything but anyway it's very worth to watch. I'm thinking about purchasing these VCDs. How much info do they contain about Yang style? One interest...

Greetings BL Welcome to the forum. <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by bamboo leaf: Its more then just feeling the physical pressure. You must be able to sense the yi or in...