Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

HY, In agreement because that was how most systems were learned. The post standing methods (zhanzhuang) served as background, stabilization and root building befor actual form. Modern training is form is all, which is a misnomer. Marketing wise, form sells and this "new age" tai chi philos...

While is South Korea some years ago, I tried a trick on some friends. There is an island that when it is low tide, if one looks from afar it look sas if one were walking on water. One day a friend tried to duplicate walking on water but he was not aware of the time of the tide and though he saw the ...

Ray,

It is an impossibility. No one neutralizes at a non-physical level. There must be contact and application. People are fooling you but if you find such a teacher, by all means study with such a person.

Taijiquan sparring does not exist and rarely has. When it did exist, it consisted of qin'na (joint locking/sealing(striking points) and elements of shuaijiao. Today they now separate them as if they were separate. It is rare to find such teachers. Push hands is not taijiquan sparring but it does tea...

Louis,

I am more familiar with "blending/redirecting" and it is a more teachable skill as opposed to neutralization of someone's qi.

Neutralization is not the issue for me as it speaks for itself. It is the term "neutralization of the others qi" that is odd.

psalchemist, Neutralization of someone's qi at the present level of taijiquan practice in North America is a myth. If anything, one neutralizes those of flesh and blood (substantial/tangible objects) so to say it is true, is OK because some feel it is a right to speak (so be it I agree) but it sound...

Neutralization of someone's qi is foolisnhess and deception to the nth degree.
If you want to do fa jing, practice Chen style according to the requirements.

Fa jing is also deceptibe because it is stated to be 'subtle' in Yang style and shocking in Chen style.

Gou rou chen's example of mehanical properties in the playing or martial knowledge aquisition is more apropos to teaching and not the philosophical theories that abound. The philosophical stuff comes later (after the basic body and mental requuriements are met, not before) and it becomes a distracti...

rogira, Traditional and standard are relative but compared to what? They may be synonomous in that standard ususlly refers to the Beijing Sports Institute method (let us forget about sitting back on pivoting). Traditional may be dubious unless you study with a family style (read lineage) that may no...

it was stated "can one compare the 'opening and closing' of joints with the 'opening and closing' of meridian channels?" Meridian channels have secondary or terciary importance whlle the opening and closing does comprise opening within closing and closing within opening!!! If one is practi...

Audi,

Thank you sir. I will check it out.
stanton

wushuer,
Only deflection to gauge response with good heart.

wushuer,

We seem to agree (using tui shou as metaphor). I love Wu (Jianquan) style as I age gracefully. Its essence is dissolving qi and blood stagnation and relieviving "kidney congestion" (metaphor again-not actual kidney, thought it may) but energetic of the organ.

Louis,

While in Taiwan in the late 1970's, I came across a few books (in English) so I got to know more about him. Most recently, the former Paquazhang Journal had an updated version of his life.

wushuer, Your point is well taken. I have seen "terrible" form with excellent prctical uses fro martial applications for many who do it for that purpose. That is wonderful! I have never (rarely) seen beatiful moves able to exemplify martial skill-again it is not that important for those wh...