Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Yielding and sacrificing refer to living one's life as a dignified thinking person, eating bitter and separating the false from the real. A lot of people (although I am less inclined to do so) like talking about philosophical concepts but they never employe it in their life. They talk but do not liv...

Obviously, empty and full are relative. It allows shifting of weight when one is grabbed, or if a weapon is used, easy withdrawal of the limb. WIth 50/50 it may be difficult to reach, meaning seeing the hand, weapon, foot and mind reacting usually second behing the assault and still responding (actu...

Wu style seems to have retained more of weapons training along with Chen style. Yang is not on the list thought form is taught with applications.

Most do not teach weapons and few know how as it is impractical. Weapons are excellent training tools to help in seeing how methods actually work.

There are many ways to use single whip and many are impractical in today's climate/atmosphere. Many of the actual usages alternatively use hand/foot feinting with qinna, peng lu ji an kao with shuai and similar methods. It is foolish to assume someone will exhibit a technique with a hand only and ex...