Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Jerry wrote: "Gunther, while I have been trying to make the point that in Yang style the 'empty steps' are done with considerable weight on the lighter foot (some would say belaboring the point ad nauseum) I don't want to say that, for example, Yang Zhenduo is right and Zheng Manqing is wrong.&...

Jerry K. wrote: "I certainly don't have to tell you that anyone can do taiji any way they like. There are no taiji police out there who are going to arrest you if you do it one way or the other. And I have no doubt that some can make 100/0 work for them (ie Zheng Manqing). The point that I have...

Audi wrote: "I would appreciate hearing views about what the concept of Double-Weightedness means, why it is described as a defect in T'ai Chi, and how this knowledge should affect one’s practice. A lot is written in the T'ai Chi literature about this, but I have found much of what is written c...