oragami_itto wrote:Wu Wei, my Doge.
wayne hansen wrote:If you study tai chi this question is moot
It is everywhere
Pushing
Walking 4 hands
Ta lu
San shou
San da
Form application
I can understand if people only have a solo form with no application how it might be a mystery
Tai chi is not about strategy and technique it is about a path to awareness and free form application
Lots of two man work
I was working on two man pole with my students the other night
It is all neutralising and entering
I was blown out by some of the entering they did spontaneously
I-mon wrote:Wayne what is the "Walking 4 hands" that you mentioned?
Bill Danks on September 1979 wrote:
Sharp said there next comes a very interesting section known as Four Hands. The first part consists of a standing form where two person use both hands on each other to perform push up, pull back, press forward and push techniques.
After this comes a second part called Walking Four Hands, the instructor continued, first with corresponding, then with opposite steps. As with previous Standing Four Hands and the Joined Hands techniques as well, the movements are always soft and circular, despite the speed at which they are performed.
Walking is done to both a three-two rhythm, with each partner advancing and retreating while using the same kinds of steps, and a three-three rhythm with several changes incorporated into the pattern. Sharp also teaches the Small Circle, a technique developed from another “internal” system known as pa kua or eight diagrams boxing.
The practice of Four Hands is very important, Sharp added. The coordination of hand and foot movements in ever-changing patterns covering different distances and tempos develops everything previously learned to a higher level. Just as all basics of tai chi chuan are contained in the solo exercises, all of the later advanced phases of techniques are built upon Four Hands.
However, Four Hands itself doesn’t quite complete the tai chi practice of pushing hands, the instructor explained. That honor belongs to a final section called Ta Lu or Long Pull-Back….
wayne hansen wrote:Tai chi is not about strategy and technique it is about a path to awareness and free form application
GrahamB wrote:Isn't "Tai Chi finish strategy" the meal in the restaurant once the seminar is over?
oragami_itto wrote:Wu Wei, my Doge.
Rhen wrote:oragami_itto wrote:Wu Wei, my Doge.
you're a dork
Bao wrote:Form a fighting perspective, you need to understand:
Timing
Where to look at and how to read an opponent
When to enter and how
How to handle distance and angle
How to connect with an opponents center
Your opponents attention
How to deal with different strikes and kicks
How to deal with takedowns and throwing attempts
how to deliver a good punch.
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