If you are suddenly attacked, you have no other choice than to defend.
If you are uncertain if someone is going to attack you, it would not be wise to attack first.
Bao wrote:If you are suddenly attacked, you have no other choice than to defend.
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cloudz wrote:neither
when you no longer feel a need to divide and choose between such things; you will have made some mighty progress!
think of it; an oasis where offence and defence are seamlessly integrated and interchanged according to the way action reveals itself/ unravels.
cloudz wrote:active defence is one way you could describe this idea, I guess.
And i include attacking back as part of defending oneself.as well feinting, enticing, faking for usable reactions..
all TCMA people should understand about control - it's the fundamental part of traditional Chinese arts
if you drop your goal or preference from being either attacking or defending to being in (a position of) control..
It's from THIS SPACE where you react to the others attacking/ reorganising attempts and to openings for attack simultaneously - however and whenever they present.
marvin8 wrote:There are other ways to train controlling your opponent without using the “offensive approach...”
I play both defense and offense harmonizing with the opponent. I use yin, ting, na, hua and fa (not limited to taiji), attacking while the opponent is double-weighted.
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