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- Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:01 am
- Forum: Weapons
- Topic: Official Yang Family Sword
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12986
New Grooved Sword New Ordered by the Yang Family, this new style of sword is made of high-tempered combat steel, perfectly weighted, with a ridge running down the center of the blade. This is the finest mass-produced Tai Chi sword available. ----------------- Well no one else replied so I went ahead...
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:48 am
- Forum: Weapons
- Topic: Official Yang Family Sword
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12986
Official Yang Family Sword
Hello,
can anyone provide more information about the swords that are available for sale on this site? I would like to know the weight and balance point of both the standard and the grooved. Does anyone have them and/or know this information?
thanks
can anyone provide more information about the swords that are available for sale on this site? I would like to know the weight and balance point of both the standard and the grooved. Does anyone have them and/or know this information?
thanks
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:58 am
- Forum: Tai Chi Theory and Principles
- Topic: Why T'ai Chi is Faster.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10018
Great post Simon! The bit about the decision to shoot versus the reflex of responding is the key. The attacker uses the intellectual center to decide to attack and to initiate the process. When you are in a state of neutral awarenesss and an attack is perceived the instinctive and moving centers res...
- Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:19 am
- Forum: Tai Chi Chuan - Barehand Form
- Topic: Fan Through Back
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9582
- Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:20 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Feelings gained during tai chi practice
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18358
Audi, These are wonderful clarifications, thank you. I think your point about not chasing sensations and focusing on the by-products of Tai Chi is a very important and profound point. It seems that in all cases if you make any of these by-products an end in itself you are probably focusing on the wr...
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:05 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: feiyue shoes
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18153
Does anyone have any ideas about rubber soles being less desirable during Tai Chi? My teacher used to mention that he felt that rubber gave the sensation of blocking energy versus leather or cloth bottom shoes. I tend to agree with this as I experience a very different sensation while wearing rubber...
- Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:08 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Feelings gained during tai chi practice
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18358
- Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:54 am
- Forum: Push Hands
- Topic: Links between Push Hands and Form
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20424
Hi Audi, One thought that comes to mind is to look for the places in the form where the movement implies that you have been hit or pushed and you are responding by neutralizing and returning. The most obvious one is press because from push hands we know that the shift back is neutralizing the others...
- Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:15 am
- Forum: Tai Chi Chuan - Barehand Form
- Topic: Taichichuan on soft sand of the beach.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4587
- Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:31 am
- Forum: Tai Chi Chuan - Barehand Form
- Topic: To push or not to push hands?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16423
- Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:55 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Chuan - Barehand Form
- Topic: To push or not to push hands?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16423
Push Hands complements the form and reveals principles and meanings of the form that you otherwise would not be exposed to. Push hands should not be equated directly to the martial aspect of Tai Chi, is is mostly the place in which you learn sensitivity, listening and what is really means to root wh...
- Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:14 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Chuan - Barehand Form
- Topic: Tai Chi with weights
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11454
- Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:31 am
- Forum: Tai Chi Chuan - Barehand Form
- Topic: Tai Chi with weights
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11454
I don't see any direct application per se, but it is interesting to note that when you advance to sword form you are dealing with a 1-3 lb object added to your arm. It adds a significant new range of challenges, strength and skills. In this same vein, staff, sabre, etc. all are intended to work addi...
- Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:20 am
- Forum: Tai Chi Theory and Principles
- Topic: The pivot
- Replies: 42
- Views: 25018
Here is better version of that clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu334CRifik
And more of him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkfflUXU02Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMjAEra9ubY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu334CRifik
And more of him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkfflUXU02Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMjAEra9ubY
- Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:27 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Theory and Principles
- Topic: The pivot
- Replies: 42
- Views: 25018