Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Just to go back to the issue of 'looking far' or 'looking downward where you are going to step'. It strikes me that there is a much more simple explanation than where you are directing Chi which might explain why people feel more rooted when 'looking far'. When you look down, (unless you are using o...

Incidentally, could the people who are familiar with the move from the sword form that has the same name please let me know if it has any similarity to the move I described above?

Thanks,

Hi, I hope this contribution adds to the discussion http://www.yangfamilytaichi.com/ubb/smile.gif I noticed this discussion with interest because the version of the form that we practice seems to still contain this "Pick up the moon from the sea bottom" move. We don't give the posture a na...

Thank you for the reply. That's shed a bit more lighton this subject for me.

Many thanks!

Many thanks for your reply. That's certainly enough to keeep me going. What I'm particularly interested in is the apparent straight front leg when in a back weighted postrure in Wu (I say apparent deliberately).In some of the pictures of Wu Chien Quan it almost looks as if he's locking the front leg...

Hi Wushuer, I really like the sound of a 'practice group'. It sounds like a good idea to me :-) I realise this question is off-topic for this thread, but I'd really like to know a little bit more about Wu style, and you seem to have a lot of experience in that area. Comparing the pictures of Yang Ch...