Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

p.s. If any of you (Mr. Swaim maybe?) can provide me with the characters for what he's saying at 1:31 and again at 1:23 I'll add that in. I couldn't make it out. That's why the subtitles for those two bits are just a bunch of question marks. :oops: HI BAILEWEN WOW . I IMPRESSED THAT YOU CAN PUT UP ...

Greetings Mr. Lim, Could you tell me the source of the song that you quoted? --Louis HELLO MR SWAIN, I COPIED IT FROM A TAIJI BOOK A FRIEND LOADED ME YEARS AGO. DON'T REMEMBER MUCH OF THIS BOOK, NAME OF THE BOOK NOR THE AUTHOR. I KNOW MY SENIOR MOMENT IS GETTING MORE ADVANCE THEN MY TAIJI. THE GOOD...

This old Yang family formula is similar, but different from the song mr. yslim quoted: 杨氏太极拳九诀 虚实诀 虚虚实实神会中,虚实实虚手行功。 练拳不谙虚实理,枉费功夫终无成。 虚守实发掌中窍,中实不发艺难精。 虚实自有虚实在,实实虚虚攻不空。 Here’s a translation I did of this in the “Empty and Full” thread here on the board a few years ago. Xu Shi Jue Using empty-empty fu...

Hi , [无名,天地之始. WU CHI/ VOID. MOTHER OF TAIJI 有名,万物之母. TAI CHI, MOTHER OF ALL THINGS? ONE GIVES BIRTH TO TWO, TWO GIVES BIRTH TO THREE, THREE GIVES BIRTH TO 10,000...... What if instead it read: 无,名天地之始. WUJI/VOID, BEFORE GOD CREATE THE HEAVEN AND EARTH. BEFORE THE BIG BANG. 有,名万物之母. lET THERE BE LIG...

Friends, I am new to Yang style and am currently learning the Yang 24 form from a qualified instructor. This discussion has made me wonder what I will be missing if I do not go on to the long form. My instructor is emphasizing the form as a tool for self-defense rather than just aesthetics. Any inp...

Some Feed back from some other people: more feed back: Excellent opening post! Now i think the point of the topic has deviated to "what is 24 Taiji" which I am sure is not the point. Let me firstly say from my experience in CMA that , as traditionalists one should try to stick the origina...

Hi Jerry

Very sorry to see you go,Jerry....You had been a great and helpful administrator. I had enjoy your company on this board. I for one will miss you.

Have fun where ever you may be . and thank you!

Gung Hay Fat Choy to you too.

Ciao,
yslim

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Yuri_Snisarenko: <B>Louis, I consider it as a New Year's gift to all of us http://www.yangfamilytaichi.com/ubb/smile.gif I really liked ...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Audi: Greetings everyone, While it is easy to understand what foot/leg bears the majority of the weight, how are we to judge "weight" in the hands? HI ADUI MY EXPERIENCED OF THIS IS TO 'SET THE WRIST' AS GM YANG ZHEN DUO SO OFTEN STATED WHEN HE TEACHES. TO HAVE ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by fumin: <B>The demonstration is to show the coordination of yielding and stick in push hand by the postures: single whip, left ward off, ...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by taiji-jim: [Yes, Bob, I finally got around to registering/posting] Hi Taiji Jim Welcome to this Discussions Board. Yes, Bob is a good man and I am glad that you put your listening energy to work. When Bob speaks I too listen but not as close as you do since I went West. G...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by fumin: <B>Enjoy push hands with my friend. four postures push-hands. Free push-hands. Free fighting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mACG...

HI TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. MAY BE 'PING' IS STEELYARD AND 'ZHUN' IS FOR ITS PRECISION/ACCURACY/VERY PRECISE MEASUREMENTS AS FOR THE TAIJI'S VERY PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF YIN-YANG CHANGES. MAYBE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MAY GIVE SOME LIGHT TO WHAT THE WORD 'ZHUN' <‘Explanation for deng-zi’ was dealt i...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by kokoro: Hi Barbara, Any thoughts are always welcome! Humbly, Kokoro HI KOKORO YOU TOOK ALL THE THOUGHTS OUT OF MY MIND EXCEPT THIS ONE... WELCOME ABOARD 'WELCOME' ALWAYS ARE A GOOD THOUGHT... SHOULD NOT BE DELETE. i KEEP THE LIGHT ON AND THE MIND OPEN... SO UPDATE ME. CIA...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phocion: Dear yslim, Thank you for the information about the seminar. I doubt that I will be able to attend, but I have passed the information along to someone who has expressed interest. However, since the thread is about translating the Taijiquan Lun, it's probably best...