Bao wrote: It's pointless to practice a mirror-version of a form.
edededed wrote:My right tornado kick is not great, but my left tornado kick is even worse!
edededed wrote:I never even tried left side tornado kick for almost 30 years after I learned the right side tornado kick...
wayne hansen wrote:It is not important to balance the postures left and right but to be balanced in each posture
If you think they need to be balanced left and right I hope you are putting a second steering wheel in your car and driving equally on both sides of the road in both forward and reverse
Bao wrote:We've had this discussion before. And I'll just repeat what I've already said: It's pointless to practice a mirror-version of a form.
First: You will always be right-handed or left-handed, your body is not even. You can never use both of your sides equally good.
Second: In all IMA, all forms are already balanced and utilize both sides of the body equally much. How come? Because you always use all of your body coordinated together as a whole. If you do something with the right side of the body, you are still using your left side just as much as the right side. If you don't understand this it means that you don't understand whole body coordination.
wayne hansen wrote:
It is not important to balance the postures left and right but to be balanced in each posture
If you think they need to be balanced left and right I hope you are putting a second steering wheel in your car and driving equally on both sides of the road in both forward and reverse
The mind is important in taiji. For example, if I tell you to move your
hand here, you can do that. Now if I tell you to put your mind (yi) here, what does that mean? It means vou have to direct vour attention and focus to this
spot. If you can't do this, you can't do anything. But you can't force it. You go naturally, little by little.
First, direct your mind for ashort time, then for a longer time. The way you learn to do this is by practicing the form.
Bao wrote:We've had this discussion before. And I'll just repeat what I've already said: It's pointless to practice a mirror-version of a form.
First: You will always be right-handed or left-handed, your body is not even. You can never use both of your sides equally good.
Second: In all IMA, all forms are already balanced and utilize both sides of the body equally much. How come? Because you always use all of your body coordinated together as a whole. If you do something with the right side of the body, you are still using your left side just as much as the right side. If you don't understand this it means that you don't understand whole body coordination.
Taiji is related to
Daoist philosophy but not to Daoist religion.
Elements of Daoist philoso- phy-yin and yang, five elements theory, practices to extend longevity- have something to do with taiji.
However, the student of taiji must be careful that he doesn't just study books,
that he not become a mere armchair boxer.
windwalker wrote:No right or left, front or back, up or down ...all is "taiji"
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