Wanderingdragon wrote:I was hoping someone could explain, just exactly how to observe the space around my body, at the same level that I observe my body?
Bhassler wrote:Wanderingdragon wrote:I was hoping someone could explain, just exactly how to observe the space around my body, at the same level that I observe my body?
I know fuck-all about the first two, but from a western perspective, one might start by understanding that babies learn about their own bodies by exploring the environment around them. This means that the external environment is "mapped" in the brain before the internal environment-- in order for there to be a "you", there has to be a "not you." This is all well researched and documented and I'm sure folks could find lots more detail with a google search. It does, however, validate from a western scientific perspective the need to observe the external space as closely as the internal, and shows that the space around us is already an important part of our physical self image.
Bhassler wrote:From a practical sense, the range of our perceptual field can be refined and extended by things like weapons practice and partner work, with careful attention to things like range, angles, leverage, and timing.
robert wrote:It also invokes the idea of Zheng Manqing of swimming on land. FZQ also said that taiji is like swimming in the air.
Trick wrote:robert wrote:It also invokes the idea of Zheng Manqing of swimming on land. FZQ also said that taiji is like swimming in the air.
In YiQuan this analogy is also used, plus a bunch of more visualizations...as also are found in FZQ’s Taiji.
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