Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Greetings all, DP, The ideas of yin + yang, and the potential for moving in any direction (maintaining changeability), are frequent considerations in things that I have written for posting online. Those who are interested can read more in the following examples: http://slantedflying.com/six-directio...

Greetings all, BBT and DP, nice links and commentary on the Yang family doing some pulls! I would like to make some additional comments about the original post. Like a number of styles, we have a number of doctrines that overlap in meaning and usage. I think it is best sometimes to make sure not to ...

Audi wrote: The English word "pull" and its usual Chinese equivalent 拉 (la) are not identical in meaning Hi, Audi Yes, they are the same equivalent. Please try not to confuse the public. :) I was actually trying to give your position a little help. If you think the two words are identical...

Hi Bob, If that's how it works for you then by all means continue. Everyone has their own way of doing things. However, try it like this next time just to see how it works for you. Use the same "gripping" intent with your empty foot that you are using with the full one (obviously, I hope, ...

Greetings all, I don't think anyone mentioned the oblique aspect of these techniques. Both of them as we know actually exhibit a slight forward slant, rare in the Yang form, and so it seems significant it would be used in these techniques. FYI, in the Association’s form, we actually have a lean in a...

Greetings all, There may or not be some subtle linguistic thing going on here. The English word "pull" and its usual Chinese equivalent 拉 ( la ) are not identical in meaning; and yet I think Parkallen’s point does not rest on such distinctions, but was more directional. In our Tai Chi, we ...

Greetings all, Regarding: 'The implications of translating 意气 not as a compound, but as "Intention (yi) and qi " particularly drew my attention.' how would you render this? Even some translations of this as a compound tend to account for a twofold concept: "will and spirit," or t...

Hi Frank and everyone else, I have recently started one of my classes on the practice of tui shou. Being old farts, me included, I emphasise more about rooting, yielding and ting Jin. The reason is rather obvious. Older folks are not really into attack and defense, though I do explain and show how e...

Greetings all, I was recently moved to ponder deeply Louis Swaim's translation of a line from the Song of the Thirteen Postures : 若言体用何为准意气君来骨肉臣 If you ask, what are the criteria of essence and application? Intention ( yi ) and qi are the authority, the bones and tissues the subjects. The implicatio...

Greeting all, The different classes of palm have different focal points of energy (jindian). Clearly distinguishing the location of these focal points of energy can be beneficial in the process described as “where the intent reaches, the qi reaches; where the qi reaches, the jin reaches” (yi zhi qi ...

Greetings, In the Association's form, we assume the same stance as shown in the picture , but with left palm against the butt of the saber. We then stand up on the right leg while thrusting out with a twisting motion of the saber so that it ends up with the blade down. You also use a pushing motion ...

Mls,

Thanks for the post. I especially like the direction of cause and effect in your post.

Take care,
Audi

Greetings all, Sorry but I can't grab the ground with my toes 'cos I have on my shoes. So I suspect that you are not being literal. It is a most peculiar bit of phrasing. I understand rooting but grabbing with toes is quite perplexing. Lol. Sorry. Perhaps gripping with the foot might be a slight bet...

Greetings ChiDragon, The term Jin points are new to me. These quote do not register with me at all. These quotes are only from one source or more? I am not too surprised if these quotes do not register. I had been practicing Tai Chi for a number of years and reading voraciously and had not come acro...

Greetings all, Pls take note that these methods are to increased your qi accumulation and train your sensitivity. Dr,Yang teaching is only one of many method teaching these skill. It seems this skill plays an important role in some Tai Chi methods and is certainly useful if people have success with ...