Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Hi Yuri, `Chiehjin' is a skill in taiji where force is returns to the opponent at almost the same time. The effect is just like when you exert force against a wall and you will find the force bounces back almost simultaneuosly. My spelling could be wrong, it could be jiejin but they are refering to ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Anderzander: <B> I've met students of Huang's who could do it. Who did he push with? Stephen</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Anderzander,...

Hi Yuri & others, Very interesting point. I use short jin a lot in my push hands and this far, I have not met a person who can smoothly return the jin as in `chieh jin' described in taiji classic. I read the book `Steal My Art' by C.C.Liang one of Cheng Man Ching inner disciple and he admitted t...

Hi Bambooleaf, [The idea of pushing them out, try leading or allowing them to fall out. By changing this you will understand what empty and full mean.] You are right, this was exactly what I did. During my push hands with them, I insisted upon myself to follow strictly to taiji principles instead of...

Hi Kal, What I am referring to the palm, elbow & shoulder is as per you describe in 1)..it is the focusing of intent and energy. Always maintain "enermy don't know me" strategy which means, we hide our strategy internally rather that external techniques. There is a saying in taiji that...

Greeting all, [Thanks for your excellent summary of Lu. I was particular curious about what you might say about the direction of the Jin and whether you would mention rotation as a requirement]. Rotation is definitely necessary in all neutralization. When we advanced, our circles become smaller but ...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Audi: Hi cheefatt taichi, Hi Audi, Lu (rollback) must have 2 qualities. One is to retreat and divert, and two is to absorb and gather. You can treat it as the reverse of Peng Jin. Peng Jin is to expand outward, while Lu Jin is to in contract inward. The retreating and tur...

Hi Audi & all others, It is good that you started to think for yourself and experimenting for 13 postures meant for you instead of imitating it directly and blindly. In actual fact, there is no 13 different jin, they are but one jin applied in many different forms. Some of my thoughts on them ar...

Hi oldyangtaichiquan, Thanks for the detailed and informative post, I enjoyed it very much. Just to add a little bit more...I've seen the original Chang San Feng Wudang taichichuan and it has striking similarity with Yang Cheng Fu's set. From where, it shed some lights to the possibility that what Y...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by mls_72: <B>So I found out on this and other boards that The style Yang Lu Shan may previously have studied Hongquan- Red fist was A Chan...

Hi Audi, You are not alone in this..trying to differentiate what Jin is what. Personally my opinion is it doesn't matter, more important is Yi instead of Jin. Jin is but a physical manifestation of Yi, if your intent is to push long then your Jin will automatically become Ann, and if your intent is ...

Hi guys, Remember reading Chang San feng's writing in the classic of tai chi chuan that goes: "what is tai chi chuan? tai chi chuan is the 13 postures (jin)". All styles of TC didn't deviate from developing these 13 powers i.e. peng, lu, ji, ann, chai, lieh, zhou, kou, left, right, advance...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kalamondin: <B>Hi CFTC, Can you explain what Li and Lieh are, please? Kal</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Kal, Li (rollback) and Lieh (sp...

Hi Kal & Yuri, Hope you guys have a wonderful experience with Hsing I friends. In taiji push hands many people takes lightly the requirement of always control opponent's elbow. Taiji require us to use two hands to intercept opponent's one hand. It is exactly like in push hands where one of our p...