Bao wrote:Found an old link I had totally forgot about with a whole lot of quotes and resources. I like these quotes:
Zhang Yijun in his book where he quotes his teacher Li Yaxuan:“ "Peng Jing is after long periods of sincere practice of Taijiquan and push hands, resulting in a type of sung (no tension) yet not sung, soft but carring in it hard, active but sunk and heavy, elastic and pliable type of jing, which includes sticking (nien), neutralising (hua), bouyant (fu), trapping (kun) usage type of jing, also called internal jing (neijing)". Also we have from myrid schools and students who hold "Taiji is peng jing, movement goes spiraling (luo xuan)" as the central maxim.”
Quoted from an interview with Yang Zhen Duo (son of Yang Cheng Fu) in T'ai Chi Magazine, vol 19. No. 5.:"Normally, when we talk about peng( ward off)," Yang said, "we are not talking about the ward off in the the form .. the left ward off and right ward off. Peng is to intentionally let go and make the body loose so the body is connected. The inner feeling is that it is like there is a metal spring in the body. This is ward off"...
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From: http://www.itcca.it/peterlim/pjcf.htm
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So for the old Yang masters at least, when they spoke about Pengjin, they didn’t mean a certain movement or a direction of force.
yep I would agree with that...although I would not use "metal spring" as this to me implies a direction.
Pung jin, Is expressed at all points and every point ie spherical.
There are qualities and type of reactions from movements that one can do with it, and not do with out it.
like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J75tHE4vmFo