Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

I have one student who swears that she recovered from full on renal failure due to her continued practice of TCC both before and after she developed the issues. I can't say for sure that it was the only factor in her cure, I doubt that anyone could, but she was on dialysis for nearly five months the...

All very good replies so far. I will therefore only concentrate on "possibly quite unnecessary"... Yes, it is definitely quite unnecessary for the martial apps as in there is no real "need" to be able to do that slap to perform the any of martial meanings of the movement. This is...

GVI, Yes, it's a throw. And a joint lock. And a strike, or two. And a take down. And a pluck. And acceptance and redirection of a kick. And a passing palm. And a way to release yourself from a grab. And... That's just the first ones that come to mind from the TYF version, it keeps going! And if I st...

CD, "At each Tai Chi move, the center of the body will be shifted. In order to stay in balance, the center must be reestablished each time." To this statement I say... EXACTLY!!!! This is a difficult concept to teach but... I have a method that actually works quite well, a little something...

CD, I've been fairly busy for the last couple of weeks, first chance to visit the page again. Again, I have to disagree with you. Anyone can manage their heart rate. It's actually quite easy. Just think about it, that's all there is to it. Chi follows mind intent. I know this to be true because I've...

CD, If "deep breathing" is a measure of "correctness" then I've got that covered in spades. I breath deeply, slowly, evenly, almost all of the time. Even during fairly strenuous physical exertion, such as when I ride my bike up a steep hill (which I do nearly every day), I don't ...

I highly recommend to all of my students who are learning the art as a martial art as opposed to a health regimen to train in every environment that they can do so in safely. How else are you going to learn to deal with less than perfect conditions when you find yourself in them? And you will find y...

ChiDragon, I have read several of your posts regarding what you regard as "correct breathing" for TCC. We simply are not in agreement on that issue. I view your method as being incorrect... For me. Not for you. Not for anyone else that it works for either. But it is now, always has been, a...

GVI, We resurrect threads fairly regular like around here. No worries. I train in what I'm wearing when I find the time to do it. Shoes, boots, slippers, socks, bare feet, flippers... OK, never in flippers. Sounds fun though. In the Spring I was wearing Converse skate shoes but I've changed over to ...

GVI, Fchai gives good advice in his reply. I'll go a tad further. First: Learn TCC well from a qualified instructor while in a controlled environment and on a level surface that is not too hard to learn the spins on. Second: Start to throw in varying terrain as you and your teacher feel you are able...

I'll take a lash at this one. Caveat: My opinion is worth only what you paid for it. I view this as meaning, "In TCC there is no one prescribed way in which you will respond to anything, there are many possible responses all of which can be correct." In my misspent youth I spent quite some...

"Standing like a scale, move like a wheel. If you drop one side, you can move, but if you have equal pressure on both sides, you will be stuck. We often see one who has practiced hard for many years yet is unable to perform any neutralizations and is generally under the opponent’s control, and ...

I like the new focus on this discussion, we're all taking a bit of time and defining our terms clearly to one another. We're already cutting through some of the misunderstandings and moving forward. Excellent. That said... we come to the next part of the problem. The issue of trying to use Chinese t...

Fchai, "Unconscious, unconscious"... I like that better than what my wife calls my lack of thought, so I'll take it! :lol: Seriously though, my practical use of my "empty mind" goes back to, once again, my time learning from Si Kung Eddie Wu. I was lucky enough to learn from him ...

Dpasek, That's what I mean, I don't see pushing hands as being anything other than two or more (not often but I have trained three person pushing hands, it's a trip) people working together to learn the circling patterns of the energies as a co-operative exercise. I train ph's as both static and ste...