Andy_S wrote:In the Chen Taiji that I have learned (village style) the cocyx is slightly tucked from day one.
If it is not tucked, you can't untuck and vice versa. Tucking and untucking is a side-effect of the vertical roll of the dantien (ie one of the two key movement planes of the dantien, along with the horizontal).
jonathan.bluestein wrote:What percentage of movements (roughly) in Chen Taiji include tucking in the coccyx? I'm reading "Chen style Taijiquan practical method: Theory" by Hong Junsheng, and he writes (page 98) that they don't tuck in the coccyx, and speaks against it.
jonathan.bluestein wrote:In physiology, the tucking of the Coccyx is also called Posterior Hip Rotation.
The coccyx is the tailbone-- it is not the pelvis, it is not the hips, and it is not the sacrum.
hamid wrote:the sacrum, in fact, considered a key component of the famous "third leg" that is supposed to be between the two legs.
Andy_S wrote:SNIP
None and all. The question is based upon a faulty premise. If the body is moving, the coccyx is moving - it is not held in a static position. "When one part moves, all parts move."
SNIP
I'd disagree - to a degree.
A beginner has to start somewhere, and in the Chen Taiji I have learned, that somewhere is ZZ. Start from stillness, then proceed to movement.
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