Dantian rotation from static position
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:21 pm
The other day i was in class with my teacher when he came over to me and put his hands on my chest told me to resist as i wished and then without moving much bounced me away 5ft, i must note here that his arms did not "wind-up" at all. The only movement was from his dan tian/lower spine. He then asked me to do the same to him...fail! He then showed me slowly how his dan tian rotated vertically to do this. However i could only managed it very slightly indeed. My mind seems to be to fixated on delivering "power" rather than just letting things just happen.
In terms of training this he told me i should stand in the lou xi ao bu (brush knee) posture (for the purpose of this thread the left foot is forward and the right hand is in the pushing position) and imagine a pathway running from the outside of the left hand, up the arm, across the back, and down the right and to the right hand then the path continues to the left hand and so on. This he said will develop a better connection between the arms. You should imagine the path going in one direction for a while then going in the opposite direction. Secondly you should imagine a path inside the arms and across the chest as above, one direction then the other. Thirdly you should imagine a path vertically down the from of the body then up the spine, dan tian rotating as you breath, as the dan tian rotates there should be a path out to the right hand and down to the left foot.
Also if you stand in the hunyuan zhan zhuang posture (holding the ball posture/hugging a tree posture) then you can do the same visualizations but also as you breath in you concentrate you mind on the dan tian the imagine it pulsing out in all direction as you breath out.
First question, have you have any success in projecting/bouncing someone out by only rotation the dan tian? ie from a static position with no other movments except from the dantian, no arms no leg compression etc.
Secondly how do you train this?
Thridly in regards to breathing what breathing do you employ and how do you train it?
Tu-ky Lam a Chen taijiquan via Ma Hong and yiquan student (don't know his lineage) said:
http://tukylam.freeoda.com/dantian.html
Do you agree with this?
Allan
In terms of training this he told me i should stand in the lou xi ao bu (brush knee) posture (for the purpose of this thread the left foot is forward and the right hand is in the pushing position) and imagine a pathway running from the outside of the left hand, up the arm, across the back, and down the right and to the right hand then the path continues to the left hand and so on. This he said will develop a better connection between the arms. You should imagine the path going in one direction for a while then going in the opposite direction. Secondly you should imagine a path inside the arms and across the chest as above, one direction then the other. Thirdly you should imagine a path vertically down the from of the body then up the spine, dan tian rotating as you breath, as the dan tian rotates there should be a path out to the right hand and down to the left foot.
Also if you stand in the hunyuan zhan zhuang posture (holding the ball posture/hugging a tree posture) then you can do the same visualizations but also as you breath in you concentrate you mind on the dan tian the imagine it pulsing out in all direction as you breath out.
First question, have you have any success in projecting/bouncing someone out by only rotation the dan tian? ie from a static position with no other movments except from the dantian, no arms no leg compression etc.
Secondly how do you train this?
Thridly in regards to breathing what breathing do you employ and how do you train it?
Tu-ky Lam a Chen taijiquan via Ma Hong and yiquan student (don't know his lineage) said:
The rotation of dan-tian is actually reverse abdominal breathing, plus the turning of the dan-tian, which is our lower abdomen.
http://tukylam.freeoda.com/dantian.html
Do you agree with this?
Allan