Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Hi bamboo leaf, did Yang Luchan have this ability? Did he or his sons or students write about this? Anyway, I'm not sure about whether some people have this skill or not. I'm sure, however, that practitioners of several arts claim to have it --or their students who say that their masters have it. So...

Hi Louis,

in your experience and reading, is there any evidence of the Yang's advocating or using "no touch" methods?

regards,
Steve James

Hi Joseph, have you done a search on the web for tcc practitioners or Chinese medical doctors who have treated someone with Parkinson's? Can you stand for any period of time? Can you walk stably? If you can, you might just want to try a normal tcc class. I don't know that much about Qigong, but some...

Hi Bob, well, I think there are several types of bow or front stances in your form, depending on the form. But, fwiw, I think that what distinguishes Single Whip from Brush Knee has more to do with the torso than the stance, per se. It's a great question, but there are loads of variations. regards, ...

Hi Bob, fwiw, I don't think there is such a big argument here at all. No matter what, practicing with another person (cooperatively or competitively) can teach one a lot about oneself. But "oneself" should (imo) only ever be 1/2 of push hands or two-person practice. An old teacher of mine ...

Hi rakyat,

fwiw, I think that continuity is more important than actual speed. The rhythm should accord with the intention of the movement, but it should also be (relatively) smooth, continuous, and circular.

regards,
Steve James

Hi, gee, if it's a problem of knowing what the terms "mean", then shouldn't we be looking at what the terms "meant" to the person writing them, including the context? I agree with Jerry, if he's saying, that translating yongquan as "bubbling well" or "surging sprin...

Hi Audi, you raise three questions: "For example, even a "proven" link between Chen-style Taijiquan and Qi's material does not necessitate that Chen Wangting consulted Qi's manual. Chen and Qi could both have drawn on knowledge of other sources with a common origin." [SJ] I think...

Hi, fwiw, my opinion is that the funeral event never happened. But, my approach to such stories is to ask, "If true, what effect does it have on practitioners today?" More specifically, "What should contemporary TCC practitioners do, now that they know the story? What should change? D...

Hi mls, Polaris, gee, I'm glad that Polaris gave that answer. I wanted to say in another thread that "applications" or "methods" are what, imo, truly distinguish "schools" or "styles", not the "shapes" of the movements. I.e., one can use a particular...

Hi, I think the issue/controversy about the Wu "lean" is not just the same as the word/idea of "kao"-- which has several translations, including "bump." I think the "idea" is the same: i.e., 'to shoulder' something, or to bump something with one's shoulder, or...

Hi Polaris, no need to be definite, anyway. It's probably better, imo, when one is not so definitive about these things. What happens, ime, is that the presence or absence of one quality or the name for some idea or property is used as aa definitive basis of what is or is not TJQ. I.e., the "wh...

Hi Polaris, "It was the students who began to define what they were learning from the instructors who taught them while they studied with the masters of both families..." I also think this is what happened, fwiw; and I think it's still happening. New style names crop up, but TJQ remains on...

Hi Audi, Hao learned from Li, not Wu (iinm). We were talking about names, and Li style can be dstinguished from Wu style. Hao style is not Wu Yuxiang style, but they're very close. Hey, some would argue that Wu (Jianquan) style and Yang (Chengfu) style are the same; so, why not call it Yang/Wu style...

Hi Audi, ime, Wu Jianquan is the equivalent of YCF to his system: i.e., the one who standardized and popularized the style of TJQ he promoted. WJQ and YCF traveled together and taught at many of the same places. Imo, it's probably because of their close relationship that led to the practice of namin...