Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Hi Fred,

Thanks for your clarification about the dragon and the pearl.

When you mentioned "The ball knows the heng Jin" in your previous post, were you talking about 渾劲? I thought you were talking about a different jin. I thought I recall some people talking about 横劲, or something with a similar sound.

Thanks,
Audi

Hi Fred,

＂渾＂ in a simplified character as "诨＂，the phonetic symbol is "hun".
The literal meaning is : one integrated mass, a unified entity or an integral whole.
So "hun Jin" is the Jin released from one integrated mass, a unified entity or an integral whole.

I realize that I missed your explanation. Thinking about "hun jin" (渾/诨) in this way makes more sense to me and corresponds better to what I understand from my practice: understand jin at the gross level first and then refine it to more delicate and precise levels.

Take care,
Audi