GrahamB wrote:Marvin - is that you?
marvin8 wrote:At 31:12 Chen says, "This is called lowering the center of gravity." Starting at 31:30 of the video. Chen brings up the concept of heaviness. “This is called heaviness. . . . It’s like a lead blanket on you.” At 33:10 & 33:45, Chen lifts his feet in the air, yet still becomes heavy.
This seems similar to the concept Adam Mizner was trying to show in my post, Unthrowable w/o Rooting, viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24377.
his doesn't mean that any part of your body become heavier, you have just focused on your foot. Sure, you can call "heaviness" a kind of sinking Qi or internal sinking. But this is also what happens when you really relax.
willie wrote:windwalker wrote:
Like this this teacher he is very detailed.
Over the yrs he seems to have deepened his own understanding.
windy, that class is garbage, he would just need to be retrained over here. he don't have it.
amor wrote:willie wrote:windwalker wrote:
Like this this teacher he is very detailed.
Over the yrs he seems to have deepened his own understanding.
windy, that class is garbage, he would just need to be retrained over here. he don't have it.
What doesn't he have exactly and how would he need to be retrained over 'here'? Are you able to tell us now what he is doing wrong and what is it. that you do that you have learned from your teacher, that is a much better way.
windwalker wrote:I no longer use the word "relax" I prefer and use "empty or release" which refers to "intent"
others may find different.
willie wrote:windy, that class is garbage, he would just need to be retrained over here. he don't have it.
oragami_itto wrote:My only criticism with this video is that the guy's other teachers must be ripping him right the hell off, man.
Had to spend too much time on basic fundamentals that should have been second nature by the time you get to a teacher with this much to give.
Bao wrote:oragami_itto wrote:My only criticism with this video is that the guy's other teachers must be ripping him right the hell off, man.
Had to spend too much time on basic fundamentals that should have been second nature by the time you get to a teacher with this much to give.
Unfair and insulting IMHO. Seems like you have a very clear idea about how people should progress in tai chi. Different teachers teach different things for different levels. Training curriculum varies for different styles and lineages, Some teachers, especially yang stylists, don't bother much about gua in lower levels. Others would see things that Zhonghua does as mistakes, like not turning the waist. You don't know anything about what kind of shenfa this guy was taught and how good he is in what he does. If you do movements that you are not very used to do, most people will automatically look clumsy or confused. New things or uncommon philosophies of movement can turn anyone into a beginner again.
oragami_itto wrote:I'm certainly being flippant and assuming that he's been learning the same chen style he's getting tutored in here. If he's coming from some other background, sure.
C.J.W. wrote:My assessment of CZH's Taiji is that he has added elements from Yang and Wu styles to it. If you look at the Chen style practical method taught by other senior students of Hong Junshen, there are marked differences between what they do and what CZH teaches.
Bao wrote:C.J.W. wrote:My assessment of CZH's Taiji is that he has added elements from Yang and Wu styles to it. If you look at the Chen style practical method taught by other senior students of Hong Junshen, there are marked differences between what they do and what CZH teaches.
Don't understand really what elements you think he has added. Care to exlain further?
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