Rhen wrote:I've heard Adam say in a video that Qi is a "process" therefore "sink the process" is what he is really saying
so glad the blind are leading the blind and I'm not hearing the correct stuff being said. No kung fu there.
There are "points of attention" that need to be made before "sinking qi". Guess what. i'm not telling anyone what those are either. LOL
my secret for $2000 a year.
Are you telling your students to sink the Qi and then go on explaining physiology, or you do not tell the students anything about sinking the Qi and just explain to them about physiology??
Rhen wrote:I've heard Adam say in a video that Qi is a "process" therefore "sink the process" is what he is really saying .
Interloper wrote:Teachers may give students a series of simple exercises to do that, when done, create the foundational conditions that will later be added to and built upon. Explaining too much can be counterproductive at that early stage. After a student starts to feel and understand the primary movements, placements and conditions, then learning the relevant anatomy and physics (or descriptive mechanics) can help with the intellectual understanding of these concepts. But IME, the physical must come first, and in simple, parsed-out steps.
everything wrote:no one needs taijiquan this or that to sink qi or work on qi. otherwise qigong doesn't exist outside taijiquan which is ridiculous.
one day he pulled his hands apart and just felt a strong energy. beginners interested in qigong can feel a weak sense of this same energy on day 1.
I suggest that an exercise is - or should be - presenting a specific situation that is explicitly designed or intended to facilitate having a student experience (feel) first-hand a specific experience. If the student performs that situation within certain parameters (i.e. practices "correctly") doing so will lead the student towards a specific experience. Properly designed, that experience brings with it an awareness of or understanding of a specific skill or ability in a way that an academic or verbal description usually does not.
everything wrote:if you literally do and feel "sink the qi", you might feel more relaxation and heaviness or rootedness. If you try to actively do things with muscle, there isn't anything wrong with that, but it's kind of the opposite of the "song/relax" advice (unless "relax" is the thing you are doing, I suppose).
richardg6 wrote:Adam's main focus was on his training regimen which includes song gong, stretching, standing, meditation, form, push hands and sparring with an emphasis on meditation. I would like to see more discussion of this menu.
Bao wrote:richardg6 wrote:Adam's main focus was on his training regimen which includes song gong, stretching, standing, meditation, form, push hands and sparring with an emphasis on meditation. I would like to see more discussion of this menu.
Adam like others says that fighting skills comes from form practice, or from building up a tai chi body. I don't agree. I've met so many tai chi people that claim that they practice tai chi 2, 3, 4 or even more hours every day. But when you meet them and go against them, they still get stiff, hard, use hard contact, etc. Tai Chi fighting skills comes from testing your tai chi body against others, from learning to keep it and use it when you confront others. You can also develop your tai chi body when you practice against others.
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