Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Jerry, Not sure what authority you are working from here with that statement? "Qi is mentioned quite a bit in the literature but in traditional Yang style it is considered a by-product of practicing with focused intent and following the 10 essentials. One need not bother with Qi or attend to it...

What's their relationship? Love to hear more.

Found an interesting photo of Yang Shaohou with a few of his students in 1928:

Zhongguo Chuantong Wushu Shi
People's University Press, 2006

Yu Zhijun p. 277


Anyone aware of others?

Jeff

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some kao applications in this video clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzdGxlY4_dE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl4yhVkUSts

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So, it’s all in the mind? I’ll say so. Many folks who practice this stuff though, are often hesitant to say so. After all, it is kind of difficult to explain. It’s all in the mind just like the stair that makes one hop when it is not there. Jeff [This message has been edited by Gu Rou Chen (edited 1...

All advanced-level players I have met demonstrate various internal energy expressions without changing external position. So, external position does not correspond in an absolute fashion to internal energy expression. To develop this internal energy we use martial postures (external) that have fixed...

Jeff Related to this is Chen Yanlin. Taijiquan Dao, Jian, Gan, Sanshou Hebian: Shanghai Shudian. p. 58-59. Língkōng Jìn This type of energy is extraordiarily profound, bordering on the mysterious. People who witness this don’t believe it. In actuality though, it is just a kind of effect upon th...

We need to distinguish between Internal Motion and External Motion to discuss this. In the process of going from large expansive frame training to highly integrated, small frame training there is a natural shift from more external motion/less internal activity to less external motion/more internal a...

I guess this is basically what you guys are saying: R¨´m¨¦n y¨«n-l¨´ x¨± k¨¯u-sh¨¯u G¨­ngfu w¨²x¨© f¨£ z¨¬xi¨± Starting out and getting on the right track you must learn directly from a teacher. Your Kung-fu skill has to be developed with the regular practice of modeling after the teacher and self-c...

Thanks for the quote Yuri. Too bad Shi Ming could not have given credit to his teachers. Would have been nice to hear him describe his training. Maybe we will hear from his students someday. Louis: "I’m curious how you arrive at this if you haven’t seen the Chinese version." Experience. Kn...

Yuri: Shi Ming's book is actually quite an amazing translation. There are only a couple places where it appears to be off the mark. Unfortunately, I too, have been told there is no Chinese version available. Can you ask your friends what Shi Ming's lineage is? He does not mention anything about it i...

Shi Ming. Mind over matter: Higher Martial Arts. "For the more advanced student, we have published the teachings of Chinese Master Shi Ming (featured on Bill Moyers? ?Healing and the Mind? pbs series). This unique book explores the Chinese science of mind/body and the refinement of consciousnes...

Usually described as 'like stroking a long beard', which they all seemed to have back then.

Jeff

Here is a short paragraph from Wang Yongquan (Wang learned from the Yangs in Beijing) on spiraling: 'Luóxuán'; 'spiraling' has two meanings: One meaning refers to the use of rotational hand movements to avoid the end-point of the opponent's force as you are luring to neutralize (yǐnhuà) or striking ...

http://www.wormspit.com/silkreeling.htm

jeff