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Hi Psalchemist,

Yes, I meant East. I appreciate the correction. I emended my original post.

I wonder if what the masters who stayed practiced in private was different from what they taught the public.

Thanks,

David J

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Hi Psalchemist, I was taught to begin facing East - the general direction of the rising sun - as the first move "The Arising" is symbolic of sunrise. "Peng" is done facing South and "Seven Stars Crossing" is done facing North - the direction of "Ursa Major" wh...

Hi again,

I feel that I should add that in the human body some very important stuff goes on which relies upon very small amounts of electricity.

For example, by adding small currents during healing, bones in the elderly heal faster, as though they were young.

Regards,

David J

Hi Gene, Steve, IIRC an MRI image is taken from the particles given off when the molecules snap back to their original position, in other words, their "not aligned" state. The magnets used theraputically are nowhere near as strong as the magnets used in an MRI. I would not recommend spendi...

Hi Everybody, I have no problem with the name because when I perform 'Fan through the Back' it gives me a distinct feeling while my shoulderblades are fanning across my back. I think it's a real possibility that this move might have been central to teaching how to correctly engage the shoulderblades...

Greeting Louis, You wrote, > You know how word play is valued in Chinese culture, and it may be that renaming a form, and perhaps playing with words close in sound or meaning, was a way of appropriating the art under one?s mantle (or coat). < The name 'Two Birds Flying' is funny, because the move is...

Hi Louis, All these names were taught to me by my first teacher who had learned from Marshall Ho'o and Tung Kai Ying. For 'Lu' I was taught to draw my right hip straight back. What I call 'Roll Back,' the backward shift, corresponding to "figure 16" in your book, was taught to me as a sepa...

Hi Everyone, I guess this is a good time to post the names I've learned. The numbers correspond to pictures in Tung Ying Chieh's 1948 Red Book. Some of the names given in that .pdf are in brackets. Notice that I use "Draw Back" where you use "Roll Back" and I use "Roll Back&...

Hi Psalchemist, and Steve, On the page http://www.cechinatrans.demon.co.uk/ctm-psm.html is Table2: Chinese and Western Pitch Ratios Compared Would you happen to know where one might hear each of these for comparison? And respective thanks for the original question and posting the page. Regards, Davi...

Wushuer, Generally, but truly, on two feet one is more stable than one one. This is a fact and needs to be understood. I did not say that one cannot be rooted on one foot. About three years ago I argued here for that very thing. There are different degrees of stability and different amounts of effor...

Greetings all, Interesting discussion. When you have three or more points on the ground at the base of a structure it is more stable than having only one or two points. One point by itself is so poor at this that it needs something else to hold it up. Think in terms of a spinning top. Without the sp...

Greetings Jerry, Louis,

A "cup o' joe" is simply a cup of coffee in some places. I believe the usage started after the USA started getting coffee beans from Java. It was a "Cup o' Java" at first then a "cup o' joe."

David J

Hi Kalamondin

That came up on this thread: http://www.yangfamilytaichi.com/ubb/For ... 00018.html

Enjoy,

David J

Hi yangchengfu04, The more you know the more clearly you can see that which you don't know, but also the more you can know. As far as I can see both pride and humility are stumbling blocks. In Freudian terms an inferiority complex and a superiority complex are the same thing. You are neither greater...

Hi Wushunut, Here are a few references for you: Master Tung Kai Ying 5820 W Manchester Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90045 (310) 379-5396 Master George Xu 4309 Lincoln Way, San Francisco, CA 94122. Tel./Fax: (415) 664-4578. Sam Masich will hold his 14th annual Vancouver push hands camps July 16-19 and July 2...