Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Hi Jerry & Louis, I admire greatly yours proficiency in Chinese. Thanks and best regards.

Hi All, I have to admit Louis and Jerry's knowledge on Chinese language puts me to shame hahaha....my salute to you guys. Allow me to share some of my personal understanding on `Spread' in the Four Words by Wu Yu Xiang. To spread is to apply sticking jin on his posture controlling him and making him...

Hi Yuri, <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">When I was going to push him directly, he just balked with all his strength and I felt like I am touching a rock. So I was impelled to change the vector of my strength and start to "swing" him (to the left and to the right h...

Hi All, Just feel like sharing some PH experiences so that we can motivate one another to continue train harder. Last week, I PH with a Shaolin Ghor Choh (5 ancestors) master. He is very strong physically as he also does weight training and often train with lion head (chinese lion dance) made of ste...

I called this intercepting jin, nothing to do with chi or anything else, just pure physic. You just need to apply subtle strength on your opponents pushing elbow, which is meant to redirect the pushing force back to his body udsing his own hand and shoulder...kind of like creating a small loop back ...

My sifu is one of the inner student of Dong Ying Jie and later Dong Hu Ling. I did asked him about the differences of form as performed by DYJ and DHL, his advise to me as told to him by both masters was to stick to Yang Cheng Fu's 10 Essentials. Neither of the masters required him to follow exactly...

Hi Guyabarbanel,

It would be easier for you to just grab a VCD by any reputable masters and immitate their movements. However, to truly master the essence of taiji, you cannot but to get a qualified instructor to guide you.

Sorry can't help you much here.

Thanks and regards,
Hiu

I perfectly agree with Anderzander, taiji allows you to spend energy much more efficiently. You can do vigorous tasks with your heart rate maintain close to normal instead of pumping mad. According to Chinese medical concept, internal organs like heart, lung, kidney etc are very fragile. To be healt...

Hi Shugdenla, tingjin and dongjin are abilities that will developed when you do push hands often enough. Primarily importance is to be fully focus and aware of the process to feel your opponent during push hand practise. This conscious concentration will speed-up your ability to arrive at tingjin an...

As a beginner your immediate aim is to be able to relax. Do not get too concern with internal energy, jin etc..these things are beyond your grasp at this moment. Do the form as you are taught and try to do it with the least physical tension as possible. Relax into the form. All taiji kungfus derived...

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Can you tell me what "chai jin" is? Maybe this is something again where you are using a different spelling system, or maybe I just don't know this concept.</font> Hi Kal & the rest, You are right, I am refering to the same thing...

Hi Shugdenla, Very generally, from the angle of sensitivity development it will be 1st to acquire `tinjin' (hearing), then `dongjin' (understanding) and finally, `jiren' (second nature). From the angle of skill level, there is beginner, ping sao (common hand), hou sao (good hand), kao sao (high hand...

Hi All, Don't mistakenly treat concaving of chest or pulling of back as a posture to attain. This will add more stiffness and even obstruct qi flow. You can achieve concave chest by simply dropping your shoulders and relax your chest by sinking upper weight into dantian and kua. To understand its pu...

Hi Bob, [QUOTE]I feel certain we're getting the "real deal" on Yang family Tai Chi Chuan, handed down by the direct lineage holders of the family as we train under the auspices of GM Yang Zhen Duo and his grandson, Master Yang Jun. With no "breaks" or losses in the transmission. ...

Fully agree with Bamenwubu's view. I 've seen pictures of Yang Cheng Fu in Single Whip one when he was young and another aged. Both are significantly different. I guess it all boils back to the classics of taichi chuan that says "no shape no form, everything is natural". You stick to taich...