Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Mario Napoli wrote: Hi all, hello Audi, first off congrats on your ability to write long.. it's deep man deep i bow to your strenght if you are as deep in your tai chi training watch out . ;-) >> I find this solution better, but I still wonder a little about its practicality. It would seem to me tha...

Hello cousins!:-) may i chime in? it's been a while while an arched foot is probably easier on the body. it does not mean that a flat footed person cannot enjoy the same type of succes in tai chi chuan as the arched enemy.:-)) both the arched person and the flat footed person have the same ability t...

Yo Mario, <<<Oh well, on the tcc line, I was curious --of Audi, Louis, and anyone-- whether you made a distinction between the An and the "Apparent Close Up' action that resembles it at the end of the first section of most forms. Well, I don't know if it really has to do with "double-weigh...

<< Mario, I mentioned in my earlier post that some people deny that push is an application of the "An" posture because my understanding is that Erle Montaigue and his students take this position. Montaigue is also a big proponent of not striking simultaneously with the palms. My understand...

Hello to all, back from my European vacation, the weather was not so good, but the wine and the women were just fine! :-) M. nice to see that you guys have been busy talking tai chi chuan.. will try to read and enjoy some of it in the next few days.. hey James my boy , what can I say Armstrong!!! M....

Mario, <<< yeah, I am jealous --especially cause my girlfriend will be in Paris, too. I've got to work Don't rub it in.>>> :-))) <<< Anyway, I was also agreeing with David J., that it (double-weighting) is a function of your intention.>>> There are many places one can be " double weighting"...

Hi All, Yo Steve, David and others <<I think that Mario is right, too. TCC *must* conform to the theory of yin and yang. If we separate everything into yin and yang, it's correct, except if we think of yin and yang as absolutes. There is always some yin in yang and vice versa.>> CMC, used to say &qu...

Double weighting -------------------------------- Hi Erik and M. (and everyonge, M., it is good to see you back on the board. ********************************* Thanks , nice to be here! *************************** I like your baseball and hammer analogy; especially, your point about specialization. ...

Hi Erik, <<< One instructor I had (only one out of all the others) explained and demonstrated it to me like this - The "illness" of double-weighting comes from force-on-force with your opponent. snip...... >>> I get what your saying. and this is a good thread for push hands that you can st...

<<< Hi Guys, This has always been a big topic for me. Anyone want to be the first to talk about it? I'd like to hear what some of your views are regarding double-weighting .>>> Hello to all, I haven't been here for a very long time, So Erik I hope you don't mind if I give my two cents on this subjec...

Hi all, Ditto, <<<Mario, I too have difficulty with the view that T'ai Chi is uniquely soft.>>> Hi Audi, I'm going all the way and saying that tai chi chuan has nothing to do with soft, limp,or relax, as we in the west associated these word in our western mind.. <<< My understanding is that traditio...

Hi Ripdo <<< So how long would it take for a fit healthy person to learn Tai Chi until it becomes a effective martial Art for self defense >> compared to other Martial Arts like say! Karate ,Wing Chung. >>> This is an easy one; Exactly the same amount of time, Now all we have to do is find out how l...

Hi, ripdo you asked <<< Just one more question? Can weight training hinder the development of chi and will it stop me learning the skill of tai chi to be soft when one is hard as my muscles are hard as rock.>>> To start with . There's nothing "soft" about tai chi chuan .... When in tai chi...

Hi to all, sorry if this is a bit too long.. <<< Ripdo, since it sounds as if you are already familiar with martial arts, my opinion is that using your mind is much more important than working your body to exhaustion.>>> Audi , can you be more specific in your meaning "using your mind" I m...

Hello Audi mind if I join in? <<< Audi writes As for developing ch'i (or qi), in my view, ch'i itself is simply present for T'ai Chi purposes.>>> Sounds very nice <<<What we develop is not the ch'i itself, but our sense of it.>>> In other words, diligent practice, correct information. We then become...