Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Yury Snisarenko: <B> I am really sorry, but this mistake doesn’t change the main point about usefulness of the comparison of the styles....

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">I like one of Gu Luxin's interesting flashbacks. He said that he didn't understand some features of Yang Chengfu style before he got to Chen Fake's class. So...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Louis Swaim: For me, the point is that we are talking about figures of speech. </font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well yes, but it seemed to me th...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by JerryKarin: <B> lan doesn't really mean grasp. [This message has been edited by JerryKarin (edited 10-03-2004).]</B></font><HR></BLOCKQU...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by JerryKarin: A few Chen style students are fond of the notion that the Chen names are the 'correct' names and the Yang names differ only ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Louis Swaim: <B> Here’s an old post from that earlier board discussion that addresses the specific form name you mention: </B></font><HR...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Louis Swaim: <B> I also observe that the Yang form name, “Fan Through Back” is semantically grounded in the action of the arms—a fanning...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by tai1chi: <B>.... A photo of Chen Fake doing "Shan Tong Bei" (which is translated as "Flash the Back" can found at ht...

Hi Louis, I am aware of the "Tong Bei" arts and the general meaning of the expression. What I intended to say is that when you look at the Yang form and the Laojia Yilu, "shantongbei" is pretty much at the same position in the form and you can see how both movements are related. ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Louis Swaim: <B>Greetings Yuri, I agree that the action you describe is part of the movement, but I¡¯m not certain that it accounts for ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Michael: If you want Earle's method move to Aussie land. </font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I am not interested in Erle's alleged Taiji, but it se...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by wushunut: <B> For example, they say it comes from Zhang San Feng, but he was around about 800-1000 years ago. There's some research that...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by wushunut: <B> Basically, I'm not that interested in trading punches with them, just haven't met anybody who can do the things that they ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Louis Swaim: <B>Greetings Andreas, You wrote, “As I have been told, cold jin is a type of fajin.” Were you also told what it means, or h...

Hi Louis, <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2"> ‘freezing’ are not some energy that one deploys, but ways of managing the opponent’s issuance of energy. </font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> As I have been t...