Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Audi: thanks for your reply. I'm not following anyone in practising in bare feet these days. It was just an idea of my own, but it seems a reasonable one, as in my case anyway, it certainly requires more balance and puts my mind in contact with different parts of my feet rather than just feeling the...

A quotation from Louis' translation of YCF's 'Essence and Applications': '..suppose the opponent, seizing the advantage, applies Press to me from the left flank [to counter my Ji], I immediately apply lifting energy, I immediately apply lifting energy (tijin) from the left side upward, emptying the ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by shugdenla: <B>Simon, my tuppance worth! It is true that the gong of tuishou is more important than intellectual discourse but consider a...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Louis Swaim: <B>Dear Simon, I hope that you will reconsider. I’ve been quite busy recently in my professional and personal life, and hav...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by yslim: <B> Hi Is there a prize for this ? Let me guess..... 1, liang kong jing ? 2, the cat got your mouse? Ok, I give up before the cur...

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An: the palms rest on top of the opponent's Ji thrust in which the opponent has one palm outwards against the inside of his other forearm, the palm of which is in. This is an example of sticking and following. The movement is downward and backwards to control Ji and at the end of the movement to bre...

Jerry, I bought a pair of the black canvas ones just as in the photo a couple of years ago and they were too small. I would suggest that anyone thinking of investing in a pair should buy them one size larger than their normal size, as they are definitely made on the small side. Although I obviously ...

Just as an aside, this is the position following the low block I've previously illustrated: http://aolpictures.aol.co.uk/galleries/ ... xQp5Fd3Ig=
Regards, Simon.

Dan: thanks for this reply. Generally, on the subject of blocking with the side of the blade I would draw attention to a passage from the following article: http://www.taiji-qigong.co.uk/Free_To_Download/Magazines/DEC2002.pdf where it says: 'To be effective, you must connect the flat of your blade (...

Dan: also, in the posture in the photo, given the application, it's not viable to stand with the feet further apart than in line, as immediately after the block, you are rising into Golden Rooster stance on your right foot, the left leg up. with a wider stance, this would be almost impossible, as yo...

Dan: Two quotations from Dr Yang Jwing Ming's book 'Taiji Sword, Classical Yang Style': 'Since the sword is double edged, using either edge to block will dull or nick the blade. With the sword, only that third of the blade nearest the hilt is designed for vigorous blocking. Therefore, a defensive at...

Dan: having just looked again at the photo, I think the reason why my back foot is rolled forward is simply because the garden ground there is very even. I normally practise on tennis courts and I am unaware of rolling my foot forward in this way on those at all. I've just got into the position here...

Dan: I take some of your points here. On the fencing question there tends not to be much sideways stepping as the contest is confined to the piste. Also, in epee there are many point strikes to the wrist (rather than slices, as in Tai Chi sword, as of course epee is a point weapon). On the merits of...

Aiden: I agree and with regard to Jerry's point about 'the secret', there isn't a Secret anymore as, just as much as the Yang style with the 10 essentials is 'in the open', so is the information on the internal side 'in the open' in a different sense, as it's been published again and again in all so...