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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Yuri_Snisarenko: <B>Well, my approach is probably a bit different from yours. The form (each technique, each 8 jins) is what gives us a ...

Perhaps it is my own failing or my inability to adopt concepts that are alien to me but I have never truly incorporated feeling/or intention to martial taijiquan practice. I do not recall any of my teachers (whether "old school" or "new school") making an issue of feeling or inte...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Audi: <B>Hi everyone, How come the spear was so important in China? I have read a little about General Qi Jiguang's use of long weapons ...

Audi said <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">As I understand it, there can be empty and full in terms of body weight, but also empty and full in terms of energy.</font> but my interpretation of the same 'process' (for lack of objective terminology) is that the 'peng' raised han...

Good points Audi! From what I imagine I learned or what my teachers were trying to teach or perception on my part thereof (real or imaginary) (please ecuse the unique introduction as I believe learning methodologies differ in degrees that 10 people studying a thing will all have ten different ideas/...

There are so many 'interprtations' so I have utilized the concept of how strength (jin) is generated by watching if there is torso/yao innervation (movement (direction turning) as a way to gauge if 'true power' is being generated to the forearm/arms in the process/through the process of initial to f...

The choreography is about the same and it depends on how the movements/postures are counted! The jibengong and shenfa is what makes the difference.
From my teachers, the 88 Forms was used by the PRC but there were a few 88 or similar form already in existance though the PRC stamp was the nail.

The sequence is correct per the Beijing 42 shi wushutaijiquan (competition). There are some close 42 shi wushitaijiquan forms that mimic the choreography. I am familiar with it. I am lousy at the characters so I leabe that to the more knowledgeable!

This is true but face to face within a shuiajiao (also judo,jiujitsu) training curriculum strengthens the body and provides the necessary conditioning since modern sedentary society lacks the activity to train the body. Yang Luchan's days and environment (and still Chenjiagou) was an agricultural on...

If going to MMA or experimenting, a shuaijiao curriculum is better suited to the work you are doing!

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Ditto!
As my parents would say "As long you brush your teeth, wash your face, and comb your hair, you only have to watch your behaviour and you attitude".

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">I think I could accept these reasons, but what do you think is the purpose of all the tiny hand adjustments in such a seemingly straightforward posture as Push?</font> If Push was that straightforward, many tuishou competitions would be more ...

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">why do Wu/Hao stylists make all those tiny movements? What are the Baguag elements in Sun Style stepping, and why are they there? What makes Wu Jiangquan's style "small circle"? Why do Chen Stylists love to back weight their stances...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bob Ashmore: We try to do push hands a couple of times a week, but lately that's not been happening. I've been quite ill for the last se...