Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Thanks Marc, I'll check it out

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This one is regarding the 10th form (? - the one just after the leg block - sword protecting right leg). In my class the other day I kind of missed out the last part of the form. Now I'm not sure how far the sword should be brought over to the right before the jab out to the front - does it swing to...

Thankyou it makes a great deal of sense and gives more of a feeling of ease with the exchange

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I hope this might be of some value to this discussion. I haven't been doing tai chi for very long and I know very little of the forms involved of which you are speaking, so please forgive me if I am totally off the track. Speaking as a musician and more humbly as a learner of tai chi, from a purely ...

Thanks, I'm finding all of your advice very useful and trying out different approaches as they're brought up. It appears as though it's a matter of more or less finding ones own approach as long as it doesn't divert from the true meaning of this move. However having said that, I'm wondering whether ...

Thank you Jamie and Marc for your very useful comments. As a newcomer to Tai chi Sword I am absolutely loving working with the sword. My previous experience with a sword is with Iaido (Japanese sword drawing technique). There was much 2 handed work and a lot of one handed work but never changing fro...

Thank you Gene for your comments. Yes, I have started doing just that (practicing the transfer over and over) and already it is helping. I think ones body will often naturally realise and develop it's own way of adapting to a given situation, and then the mind and teacher can keep check just to make...

Hi everyone, I've been doing Tai Chi (24 Form) and Chi Kung (various) for about 3 years now but this is the first time with a Tai Chi Sword (learning 32 Form). I'd be interested in getting some pointers about getting the hang of changing the sword from left hand (backwards position) to right hand (f...

Hi everyone, not sure if this is the right branch for this question so I'll post it on the weapons board too. I've been doing Tai Chi (24 Form) and Chi Kung (various) for about 3 years now but this is the first time with a Tai Chi Sword (learning 32 Form). I'd be interested in getting some pointers ...