Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Hi Yuri, Many people misunderstood Taiji as been slow and incapable of speed and that's not true. We train speed differently than external artists and I dare say taiji has more knowledge of speed imbedded in our system than any other MA I know-off. Many artists took speed for granted as they train t...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2"> What was fajin, for example, for YCF is a quite high stage of it. One cannot apply such fajing in the early stages of his/her practice of tuishou. And I sup...

Hi Richard,

Very interesting. I'd like very much to sponsor them to Malaysia for the same purpose. How shall I proceed? Please advise.

Thanks a lot.

[quote] I cousulted some taichi books.Especially at the era of yangluchan,who was first generation of yangfamily, push-hand was invoved in blood, fighting, wresting, and kicking [unquote]. Allow me to add in some of my thoughts. Push hand (tuishao) was originally called Hitting hand(dashao). Its pur...

Hi Bob and others, Form is to know self, PH is to know others is very true in older days but what you said which contrary to the above statement is also true. Here's why; in older days one will have to fully master the form before going into PH. Minimum of 3-5 years will be spent on form. One has to...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2"> I’m wondering this: is this balloon feeling contained only within the physical body like a balloon animal where the skin is the edge or does the sense of th...

[QUOTE]In classical Chinese brushwork, writing more complex strokes that involve changes in direction seems similar to the "pauses" in the Taijiquan form. The brush does not really stop, but does "sink" or increase in pressure on the paper prior to continuing in the new direction...

Hi all, Occasionally I do purposely engage in seemingly broken form, physical movement that is. At the end of each posture, physical movements become very minute and undectable by untrained eyes. The emphasize is on extending Yi, chi and all relevent jin. Internally I am still flowing from one postu...

Hi all, Observing the claims on Yang small frame, fast or secret forms has been very interesting. Interesting in the sense that most of the claimers are often not from the direct lineage family tree. And most of the time I never failed to smell the favor of sales gimmick in these kind of statements,...

Hi Matt & Kal, I was told that Tung Yin Chieh did a lot of zhanzhuang (standing qigong) during his apprentice days with YCF. Speaking about myself, zhanzhuang helps a lot in getting the internal connection right and it does build neili (internal strength). However, form train us to mobilize this...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DPasek: <B>Audi, Since Yang style, despite changes in emphasis plus name changes, essentially follows the identical sequence of Chen sty...

Hi guys, Allow me to add in another thought, most of the time when practise taiji form we think of song, qi, jin, and shen which are great. However, many neglected another quality called `ling' which refers to agility, mobility, responsiveness, quick and the like. Like a cat one is always ready to m...

[QUOTE] The left stepping is to side step out to avoid a left punch and then the circling left hand up is to attach, lead the opponent's punching hand. Sorry Zandor, typo error...what I intended to say is to avoid right punch. GTPT can be used to intercept left or right punch, there is no hard and f...

How are DrVince, I don't know this will help but taiji principles require one to always not lock the knee. Knee is always bended slightly and whole body relax so that weight is naturally and progressively dropped to the feet. Not to lock knee means we don't stand completely straight-up until knees a...

Greeting Zandor & Wu, Grasping the Peacock's Tail is one of the most favourite tech in Yang style, very effective and efficient too. It was said Yang Lu Chan used them exclusively for many many years and earned himself the title Yang the undefeatable. To understand how it works, you must observe...