he just made a very important point in the above post which could be discussed....
The real secret is the skill how to set up the qin na with strikes....
There is not only tuishou, dashou and sanshou are the next steps
This common Process in Taiji is a good thing to discuss IMO. But in the larger context of fighting rather than the limited context of traditional Taiji.
Going from
no contact > Contact > retain contact takes skill of course, even before we think of things like ChinNa or Striking. The problem with beginning all demonstrations from beyond this point and at the level of Push Hands is that this vital phase of the fight is absent. Of course i am sure Paul addresses this in his personal teaching, but for the sake of discussion...
I would be interested in how people solve this problem? I have my thoughts but this thread is an exploration of the methods in the videos.
Secondly and relevant to the ChinNa techniques shown.
When I make contact, the instant i make contact, i want my partner/opponent offbalance, then having to recover their centre in some way. I like this idea because during this 'recovery phase' my partners attacking options are extremely limited. It is something Sam Chin and some Daito Ryu Masters can be seen to express, but that seems to be absent from Pauls demonstrations which offbalance during/as part of a technique. I am in not suggesting it is absent because of lack of skill, it is obviously not part of his method, so ....
Can anyone explain the idea behind leaving the partner with the majority of their balance? Is it to increase the stable mass opposing the lock and therefore increasing the Locks damaging capabilities?
thanks in advance.