GrahamB wrote:Hang on, isn't windwalker in Taiwan? Maybe that's his group....
No not my group,,,actually what I've been doing here is kind of a proof of concept.
The few people I've worked with, one of them wrote up a review.
I don't think he would mind me sharing part of it here.
Learning Taichi in English and using physics is a unique experience for me. I always think that Taichi should be explainable by science. However, because my limited skill and prejudice from my Chinese background, I was not able to explain it using my own knowledge. Working with you verifies my conjectures about Taichi
He a phd level robotics professor with many yrs in taiji. Quite interesting as he deals with control systems and movement dynamics.
The approach I use in looking at demos like the one shown, is to approach it from a physics perspective within my own skill level.
In looking at the demo I see nothing I have not felt, a lot of it is the same or similar to what I can do and what those I work with come to understand the how and why it works.
In Taiwan...many people have high tech engineering back grounds in different fields.
However due some the cultural biases they may or may not be able to approach a cultural practice it in the same way as they would with an engineering problem. I very much respect this and use it to align and show another way of looking at it along with practical hands that allows them to feel and see how its done or could be done that follows what is said within its own narrative expressed using a different one. Having said this there are aspects that may not be explainable using another way other then what is said reflecting the culture its from.
A little bit surprised by some of the reactions more so from those I though I've come to know off line..
What it can be used for or how its used depends on the intent of the practice....
The first part is building and understanding the skill sets.
Its not a matter of going down some rabbit hole as some seem to suggest...It is a matter of being very clear in
what one is looking for and taking an honest approach of self inquiry.
Why the need to compare and degenerate others practices I never quite get.