Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bob Ashmore: I'd like to fast forward to Section 3 if I may. I'm thinking of the transition from Step Back to Ride Tiger into Turn Body ...

For application, either scenario from Simon or Audi would be fine. My own way of viewing this is as a scenario that contains possibilities for different outcomes: From turn body and chop with fist, the left hand deflect an incoming strike downward while the right hand strikes to the face. If the inc...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Simon Batten: ...On the question of relaxation, of course I do bear in mind Yang Cheng Fu's emphasis on that point when I am practising....

Hi Simon, Just had a quick look: Snake creeps low looks like you're facing away too much and diagonal flying looks like your lead arm is too far out, the posture should look very similar to part horse's mane. Also, white crane spreads wings - try to sink more into your hips. In general may I suggest...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Thomas C. McCauley: What does it matter if Erle speak or reads Chinese? </font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Little things like "fa-JING" ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Audi: <B>Greetings Rich, No, this time I agree. In fact, I tried kao on a friend recently and was supprised that he could simply ride it...

Audi, <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2"> How can you sink past the point of the opponent¡¯s shoulder? How can you ¡°loosen¡± if you are held at two points and contacted at a third? </font> Well, it turns out I didn't quite have a full house there (I was thinking only one arm w...

Hi Audi, Is the kao application you're referring to such that your arm is controlled or being pulled tight and the opponent's shoulder is in contact under that arm? If so: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Louis Swaim: <B>Greetings Rich, Re: ". . .it's all in our design spec!" I would have to take issue with that one point, but yo...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Louis Swaim: According to the author of the Yang Forty text #3, it involves the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, and t...

Hi all, Interesting watching this one pan out. I've had some thoughts, but I've held back to let them ferment a little before jumping in. To my mind, conscious movement is a process of refining movement and intention until the two are instantaneous and unseparated. For example, to begin with movemen...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Gu Rou Chen: <B> http://www.wormspit.com/silkreeling.htm jeff</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Excellent post! I wonder if anyone noticed the...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by laopei: In T'ai Chi's development, each style has its own characteristics and specialties, and in the Yang style peng jing is No. 1. Eve...

Hi All, Regarding the holding of transitional portions of movements, something I do in my practise is to hold the closed part and then the open part of the movements. I find that keeping in mind the dantien and the 'insubstantial energy at the crown of the head' during this really helps to find the ...

Hi Audi, <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2"> Doesn't the above description apply more to a case of "translation" (i.e., motion from point to point) than to rotation around a single point? </font> Yes, in the case of the first example, but no in the case of the second....