Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

If I am not mistaken when Yang Ceng Fu passed away, his sons were still very young. Yang Sau Chung confessed that most parts of his taiji was learned from his father's senior students i.e Tung Yin Chieh and few others. In a way, Yang style was broken away from Yang family after Yang Cheng Fu but Chi...

Hi Goto, [QUOTE]In my opinion why long fajin is rarely used in hand-pushing is that short fajin is easy to execute and more powerful and concealing [QUOTE]. Over here I encounter more people using long jin in push hands than short. Are you refering short fajin as pushing with fast motion? If it is, ...

Yesterday 4 of us gathered to do some self-defense training. 2 are Karate black belts, another is Shaolin Ghor Choh (5 ancestors) instructor and me. He did some power hitting using focus and kicking pad. Amongst the 4 of us I have to admit I am the least fit physically and I have not been hitting an...

Allow me to add more....taiji PH is not to win or loss. It is to develop tingjin, to know your opponent. Tingjin will allow you to use taiji fighting strategy more effectively therefore, in traing PH you must be very clear of the objective, it is an exploring exercise more than competition. Use PH t...

Hi Goto, A strong body builder is easily uprooted and push away eventhough if he refuses to attack because of stiffness and stagnancy in his body. Therefore, I assume you are refering to someone with very strong Zhuangjin (posture strength) and he refuses to `come out' so to speak. He is often an ex...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Taiji is neither yin nor yang it is both one never leaves the other. Things that are in perfect balance have aspects of both. Its not static. </font><HR></BL...

Last week friends and me organized a taiji push hands get together and we have a wonderful time exchanging skills. Amongst those who joined us are Wu, Yang, Chen, Cheng and yiquan stylists. Many are taiji instructors, however they are also novices to push hands with the backgrounds of Karate, Tae Kw...

Greeting everyone, Last weekend I have a chance to push hands with many veteran taiji & Yiquan masters and players alike at a park. Last Saturday was a public holiday so there is a rare opportunity where everyone can meet-up to exchange experience and practise push hands. I am truly greatful to ...

Hi all, Allow me to share some of my thoughts on this, Audi is absolutely right to differentiate `yao' (waist) and `kua' (hip). Yao should be flexible and pliable and kua is the source of power. Both must work in unison to generate power `yao, kua, ma he yit' (waist, hip and stance must work as one)...

Many years ago I used to do the form in 45-50 minutes, normally it only takes 20 minutes. The slower version generates more chi as compared to doing it fast with more repetition. It also build strength into the legs. But then when I shifted, I don't have the luxury of space and time, hence I settled...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Polaris: Yes, the Wu family teaches 24 forms of ch'i kung or qigong for "power generation" in martial coordination and general...

Hi guys, Anyone has any experience or existingly doing any kind of neigong/qigong to complement taichi chuan? Though taichi chuan itself if practiced correctly is a very powerful qigong but I know they are many people also practise other types of qigong to complement their taichi. Example, Cheng Man...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Anderzander: <B> Hi CFTC My roll back is quite different to yours from reading your message. It appears yours contains much more peng th...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kalamondin: <B>CFTC, I really liked that description of inner worlds that you related and also the clarity of the example you provided. ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by rakyat: <B>Hi All, Thanks for the replies. It's still not easy for me to visualize such techniques being used against UFC style attacks ...