Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Wusherer, > Anywho, in short you have at least two differing nervous systems in your body, one that comes into play as a reaction to outside stimulus, such as fear, and uses adreneline to hop you up ready for fight or flight. < You think that your parasypathetic and sympathetic nervous systems don't...

Hi Jerry,

You wrote, > The target of pie shen chui is typically the face of the opponent. <

"Pie in the Face!"

David J

Wusherer,

> The second nervous system is trained by "internal" methods only, such as yoga, Chi Kung, Tai Chi Chuan, Hsing-I, Bagua. <
This is false. Whoever told you that is not familiar enough with physiology.

DJ

Hi Wusherer, You wrote, > I just see a big difference between "running for an hour" and "jogging for an hour" < Sometimes the difference between "jogging" or "running" is a matter of pace. I specified the pace - 7 or 8 miles an hour. For some people that pace ...

Hi Guys, Concerning my statement, > If you are able to effortlessly run for an hour (say 7 or 8 miles) without getting out of breath then you'd be in a position to judge your breathing while doing the form at different speeds. Short of that you are probably not up to minimum oxygen capacity for a no...

Hi Everybody, I would recommend daily practice even of all you can do is 5 minutes. I was taught to do the slow set (108) in 35 to 45 minutes. Over the years you get lots of opportunities. I once did something like 13 or 14 months where my main set took 65 minutes. I've been saying "not so slow...

Jerry,

Wonderful pictures. There's a very nice liveliness to them.

Thanks,

David J

Wusherer,

At first glance it looks like his left heel is off the ground, but if you study on it you can see that it isn't. He seems to have a gentle touch. I lke what I see.

Regards,

David J

Hi Louis, You wrote, > Interestingly, there is no photo of Yang Chengfu doing Ward Off Right, at least that I?m aware of. < I was going by your book which on page 24 says that both figures 9 'Ward Off Right' and 14 'Press' are traced from photos. Interestingly, if you superimpose one over the other,...

Hi Jerry, I noticed that the first photo is the one of YCF performing 'Ward Off,' That's the one that was accidently inserted in the place of 'Press' in the sequence that was used for FZW's drawings. They all are very cool photos. Regards, David J [This message has been edited by DavidJ (edited 02-2...

Wushuer,

Well put.

Regards,

David J

Hi Michael, I guess I better give it up, since what I was arguing for was an open mind. Basically there was no new information in Rutt's book for me about the I Ching as a whole. By this I mean that his "take" on it was not new to me. Among my objections to Rutt's book was his misportrayal...

Greetings Jerry, I'm not asking you to believe me or take my word. I'm asking you to think. You have criticised me without addressing specifics. You take statements I made about specifics and you interpret them in general terms. You think I'm saying things I'm not. When some people run out of argume...

Hi Jerry, You wrote, > I haven't read Rutt's analysis, so I can't comment on that. I wish you would, as the original comments I made were specifically about inconsistancies in the first 50 or so pages of Rutt's "Zhouyi." > Frankly, I think your comments reveal that you are out of your dept...

Hi Louis, > No one seems to have disproved Han historian Sima Qian?s assertion that verifiable annual records of history begin with the year 841 B.C. < I have read that ships from China sailed to the Persian Gulf and began trade about 556 BC. It is my hope that there will be found, in some long-forg...