Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

My understanding is that when the heel or foot is raised, that the chi rises on that side of the body, thus giving greater amount to the hand in use on that side. This plays a big role in strikes to the head as the polarity is reversed as compaed to the body itself. Whether the heel is up or not in ...

I must be overly tired. sorry about the typo's above.

aove should read "to our"

Thanks. But I study kyusho (dim mak) as well and when you raise one leg we know that the chi rises on that side as well to give greater power o our strikes with less effort. Have you ever heard of this?

Through my studies of energy (chi) I have learned that the energy rises up on the side in which the hand is raised. Also this allpies to the side in which the foot is lifted in whichever manner, heel up, toes up, or lifted entirely. Why then is the same side hand in a downward position on which the ...