Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

I also have a question that pertains to the book by Cheng Fu. How come there is no lifting of the arms in the opening posture?

Joe

Funny. That gibbon was really giving it to those tigers.

Joe

I do not know if this has been discussed before, but someone on a mailing list had given the link to this interview with Chang Yiu-Chun who said he trained with the Yangs. He says that the style that Yang Cheng Fu taught (85 Form) was not good for self-defense and was better for health. I was just w...

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Because while playing you are having a `normality mind', your taiji tech become effective the same will happen if you handle a real attack under the same mindset. Cheng Man Ching once said, in real fight if you cannot be soft (mentally and ph...

You guys are really into your art and that is a good thing. It's pretty funny thinking about you guys performing the Tai Chi Chuan sets at the job in the rest rooms and even in the stalls.

Joe

I got the book by Fu Zhongwen a couple of weeks ago and it is a pretty good read so far. I did not read the Tai Chi classics yet, but the form instructions do seem quite detailed. I was wondering if Cheng Fu's book is just the same work, but an earlier one of course? I ask because I will order it so...

<<<Yin in excess is seen more in women than in men, IMO, so I don’t really see these qualities in my male push hands partners.>>> Well it can be equally prevalent in both sexes when it comes to Tai Chi practice. For example, usually there is a tendency for instructors and students to only practice t...

<<What aspects of tai chi chuan are yin in nature?>> Yin nature in Tai Chi Chaun would be things like stillness, mind, and skill. Yin is relative however, you can't really limit it to such things like this. For example, even though stillness can be yin, in combat, circular movements can be yin as we...