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Hello, Next Sunday I start an introduction course in push hands. I give my students some reading material and so I have been going through the wealth of messages on this board. Thanks all for sharing your wisdom and experience, I have learned a lot. I have this small chen style PH clip with Chen Zhe...

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Great link

Marc

Hello Audi, Just a few things. When I have to adjust the foot, I pivot on the heel,bringing the toes in, and I do it as I sink into the bow stance and close the kua. I fnd that every other method breaks my forward push or resistance. You said: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2"...

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This is one of the articles that floats around on the web and that could be of some interest regarding this matter

http://users2.ev1.net/~stma/QuanYou.html

Marc

Hello again, <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The Wandering Brit: <B> The other intriguing thing was the 'eight brocade' warm-up that was demonstrated -this was describe...

Hi WB, Well, from what I understand there is a lot of controversy about the small fast form. Not many teach it and even then the question remains if it is authentic and when and where and by whom it was added to the curriculum. The same applies to the medium frame/form. The fact that people continue...

Hello Yuri, Just a few things to add: - turning in the foot shouldn' require any effort from the legs, its all a consequence of turning in the kua/waist/pelvis, as you move your intention forward and sink into the stance, but I know that in the beginning people tend to experience this movement as no...

Thanks Audi for making some of these things clear. I'm sorry about the bad quality of the subtitles, I have the full quality here, but I can't read chinese (yet) and to publish on the internet I had to compress the clip. I would like to add some of my points of view regarding the repositioning of th...

Hello, I posted a second clip from the Zuhai masterclasses. In this clip Yang Zhenduo shows how you can turn from 'an' into 'dan bian'. In modern wushu taijiquan, you learn to push the heel out every time you sink into a position. I think that traditional style is to bring the toes in and leave the ...

Hi, What I like about the clip is that YZD shows clearly how you can help someone to test the structural integrity of his position. So Taijiquan is not only about making movements in the air http://www.yangfamilytaichi.com/ubb/smile.gif Also you can clearly see that the movement has a double action:...

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The VCD's contain mostly material about Wu and Chen styles, but they remain interesting.

Marc

[This message has been edited by Marc Heyvaert (edited 09-10-2004).]

Hello, As Yuri requested in the weapons forum, I put a clip with YZD showing how 'Brush Knee...' should be done. The clip is from a set of VCD's on the Zuhai TCC meeting some years ago. You can still buy them and they contain fascinating footage, especially if you are into comparing styles and stuff...

Hello, Strange, I thought I had posted a reply to this msg this morning, but it's not there. So I assume I did something wrong http://www.yangfamilytaichi.com/ubb/frown.gif Anyway, the clips that I have from YZD are from the VCD's from the Zuhai meet a couple of years ago. They can still be bought. ...

Hello, Thanks for the compliment about the website http://www.yangfamilytaichi.com/ubb/smile.gif As for the performance of Ding Shuide, I have mixed feelings. I have bought several VCD's from him. The handform is very close to the form of Yang Zhenduo. The dao form is very different, but interesting...