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Then you suddenly go all Mike Sigman on us


haha, thanks made me laugh

david

[This message has been edited by bamboo leaf (edited 05-07-2006).]

(Reading intent from another player...is something else too. kind of a mindless act...isn't it? (subconscious? unconscious?) To read the intent you must be with out intent that is empty, having intent is what I call full. It¡¦s a conscious act in that the awareness is opened but not directed. Uncons...

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david

Teach what?

just wondered.

might help if you posted a little more about yourself.

Nice clips thanks for sharing them. My own teacher can do the same things this is my take on what he saying not really understanding Chinese. People talk of peng jin, in this case the other is using peng or being full. The teacher is able to barrow this and redirect it. The other can not change nor ...

Another point would be to really acquire the skill of the art, when you do this all else will be pretty clear. People know how to fight with out studying anything. Only a few reach the point of knowing taiji, something that requires much study.

I suppose it depends on what level of practice one is talking about. From my own perspective no it is not possible to practice push hands by ones self. Exercises involving equipment or other things I would also advise against, as these things would tend to build resistance in the body and an idea of...

i teach taiji as well as work with people on push hands. your welcome to come by and check it out. this is in GG park in the mornings you can reach me by e-mail bamboo_leaf_99@hotmail.com / these days i dont have PC support all the time so i may take a while getting back to you or anyone else intere...

Bob, and others, Again thanks for your posts written in a insightful way coming form many different angles expressing your views. It causes much thinking. I think my point would be that you and others have probably felt it used at a lower level but where unaware of it. I would also suggest that if o...

(I can do what is described here, no problem. so the tradition has NOT died out.) this is assuming what was observed was done using the same methods. I does not rule out another method. For one to do this saying its one method but actually using another I would call faking it. Much like those who do...

haha

http://www.pgw.com/catalog/catalog.asp?DBKey=206&CatalogKey=3595 82&Action=View&Index=Page&Book=346953&Order=72 (The tradition which “died out” here referred to the technique of “attracting a candle flame a foot away” and not the empty force as a whole. The empty force has follo...

(I say this to emphasize that, ultimately, one has to choose whom to "believe") I think its more of a case of trend or inner feeling of ones own training. Not really a question of belief. Ones inner feelings will tend to lead one on the path that allows them to find what they feel and chos...

(did Yang Luchan have this ability? Did he or his sons or students write about this?) I only speak from my own experience, noting that the people I know that can do this are pretty quite about it. I was told a story about YLC that some might find interesting. He had three students One of them he tau...

Some other masters have said as much the same thing. I think it would give more credence to what they say if they themselves could do it. It’s a matter of level. Weather some thing is address in a class or in somebody’s teachings I would think is dependent on where one is at in their own studies. ma...