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 JerryKarin: <B> The thing about jing is, it is actually a very common word in spoken Chinese, which is, after all, what we are talking a...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Louis Swaim: <B>Mike, your wariness of “energy” as a rendering of jin is well-founded, but I would point out that energy is precisely on...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by JerryKarin: <B>Mike, Thanks for your comments. I have been thinking a lot about the best way to translate jing . Although it is somethin...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Audi: <B>It seems to me that whenever the posture implies a downward energy applied to the opponent, the heel touches; and whenever an u...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by davinew: <B>Perhaps a different way, and very possibly naive way, to look at this would be to put more trust in the learning process. We...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Yongnian_matt: <B>so many teachers of so many different levels in america and not very many are recognized or acceptable by the Yang fam...

Postscript: Incidentally, despite all the factionalism and the "My Style is Best" that has developed in the West, I think that at the higher levels of the Yang, Chen, Wu, etc., styles, it is obvious that they are simply espousing variants of the same Taiji. There are no quarrels at the hig...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Here is a translation: [/B]From the point of view of objective history, there is no conclusive explanation of the origin of taijiquan. There are many theorie...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JerryKarin: I published a short excerpt from Yang Zhenduo's book today in a new third rep column which relates somewhat to this topic. In it he is mainly talking about fang song as a method rather than a goal. This will probably be the last excerpt from the book which we ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by JerryKarin: <B>Yang Jun's reply: If I were asked to select one move or set of moves as a way to introduce taiji to someone unfamiliar wi...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by gryknght: <B>The following is a summation of my experience to date. Definition:</B> Sung is a state in which muscles are relaxed, not li...

I agree with Jerry's editting both as an administrative function and the correct thing to do. I should not have used someone's name to make the point I made, so my apologies to the list.

Regards,

Mike Sigman

I've had a flurry of private conversations on the side about this topic. I could have taken more time and made my question more diplomatic, but I think it's a good question that takes a step toward reconciling the various styles of Taiji. A very strong worst-case scenario of not reconciling the vari...

In every reading by members of the direct Yang style, I have seen a straight-forward explanation that Yang Lu Chan studied in Chen Village, returned a couple of times, etc. People outside of the Yang family tell different stories though. Some of these stories seem to come from Wu Yu Xiang and relate...

Hi Louis: I don't have enough expertise to argue what you say intelligently and I honestly think it's a good point to clarify. I was sincere in my suggestion that you contact Yan Gao Fei. Often the problem is the specialized use of words in martial terminology not meaning what they appear to mean to...