Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

its "possible' that they are referring to learning to stick, so that you don't stick. This is saying that after literally thousands of hours of contact interpretation practising, one will stick for exceedingly momentary and exceedingly light touch so as to allow opponent to read as little as po...

At Bob Glad to see your words above. I was going to do a separate post on a similar topic( embrace the differences), but guess that it might not be understood in context. I make a point of doing my form in many different manners. I feel the postures per se, are an 'ideal middle' , just as one could ...

my belief is the spine should never be stationary, as in held to the fixed poses listed. otherwise one is not moving all parts of body or accessing mobility and strength. I know most wont agree tho. keep in mind also too there is spinal movement laterally.

I might also mention that in my opinion, at least until one has mastered their art, that one should work extremely hard physically on a regular basis. For me, relaxation comes from two directions. One is pushing limits, to sink, drop shoulders, extend just a bit more, exaggerate a body wave to wake ...

how do I practise? point about default mode of going thru same old. is to me building a base, wider the base of experience, higher possible peak. lots of solo training to learn about own energy, lots of partner work to manage others energy. my training expression overall is very focussed upon martia...

rooting is not a stationary concept, tho it may look it. Rooting is a version of mobility, usually understood as down and forwards, tho it can be in any plane/direction other than meeting opposing force dead on. So it is mobility. the general is overall control to achieve movement around attacking f...

i often lose desire to do my tai chi - the same ole, same ole way, that is.. so I have been changing things, which, miraculously, go back to the 'set way' and improve it.. much of what I do is now is isolating and leading with different body parts. let the fingers extend/curl bend back/forwards and ...

faster has many definitions, like acceleration time, end speed, reflex start time and so on.. gun fights are prob different tho I don't really know,, the part up to the trigger snap is only part one can time/ be there first so on. but with launched pushes, punches, stabs etc. usually started from a ...

re Audi's point: If one takes time to sink physically before “engaging” the opponent, one does two things what catches my attention in that statement is 'before' imo, sinking is done before, or immediately upon engaging, but in a time frame of fractions of a second before receiving incoming force. S...