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- Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:20 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Theory and Principles
- Topic: Jing?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5852
If one is engaging in proper and correct practice, jing will never be an issue. We all possess jing, i.e. the baby, the young, and the old but a difference would be the quality, which may be apropos a perhaps a strength scale. A baby's jing is formative and as they grow that 'jing' devlops according...
- Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:40 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Are We Thinking too Much?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8512
- Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:02 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Are We Thinking too Much?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8512
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:09 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Theory and Principles
- Topic: Taijiquan Lun
- Replies: 217
- Views: 336895
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:01 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Theory and Principles
- Topic: Taijiquan Lun
- Replies: 217
- Views: 336895
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:47 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Theory and Principles
- Topic: Taking the initiative
- Replies: 31
- Views: 19376
When I would explain tuishou (both hands) I would tell student to attack the others throat and they would explain what they would not before they actually did it. It would ususlly come down to (I am trying here to explain a process but not sure how to accomplish it): 1. Turning waist and deflecting ...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:12 am
- Forum: Tai Chi Chuan - Barehand Form
- Topic: White Snake Puts Out Tongue.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7795
I tend to deconstruct the posture according to function as opposed to a rigid object that does not change according to the circumstances! Turning fist and chopping, when I execute, the fist, close to endpoint changes into yangzhang (open outstretched palm turning outwatd to deflect and possibly over...
- Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:19 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Chuan - Barehand Form
- Topic: From the end to the beginning
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4505
A former teacher did the form from end to beginning as a form of training, self development and experimentation. From what he stated, I also so it as a neural-somatic integration to help with discovering form mechanics and memory enhamcement. We were probably saying the same thing using different la...
- Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:37 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Theory and Principles
- Topic: Fa Jing without root?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12837
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:02 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Theory and Principles
- Topic: Fa Jing without root?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12837
- Sat May 31, 2008 5:43 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Theory and Principles
- Topic: Fa Jing without root?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12837
I try to stay away from the absolutist meaning of many references in Chinese because the translations appear to be too singular/uniformed when given an English equivalent. I understand fajin to be relative meaning the one who was more root (compared to the opponent) will have the power to generate f...
- Sat May 24, 2008 5:43 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: The meaning of an?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 28971
- Tue May 06, 2008 9:16 pm
- Forum: Tai Chi Chuan - Barehand Form
- Topic: transition from push to cross hands
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5533
- Tue May 06, 2008 2:27 am
- Forum: Tai Chi Chuan - Barehand Form
- Topic: transition from push to cross hands
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5533
Cross hands can belong to any system so in that sense it is a general description pertaining to 'touching hands' with anyone regardless of style! Push hands may also be called touch hands (tuishou) and it can/has been also known as roushou (rolling hands) and other similar names. I am not a linguist...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:41 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: i am teacherless
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5482