I-mon wrote:I still don't know what double-heaviness means, but that is my favourite video of Feng Zhiqiang.
marvin8 wrote:I-mon wrote:I still don't know what double-heaviness means, but that is my favourite video of Feng Zhiqiang.
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Published on May 29, 2018
Yang Jun is the grandson of Yang Chengfu (杨澄甫). He gave a very clear explanation on what Double-Heaviness (双重) really means:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwalo0BFyMY
I-mon wrote:Does it just mean that all of your weight is committed to one side, so you're very easy to unbalance or throw?
marvin8 wrote:Yang Jun is the grandson of Yang Chengfu (杨澄甫)
Bao wrote:I-mon wrote:Does it just mean that all of your weight is committed to one side, so you're very easy to unbalance or throw?
No, you can have all weight on one leg as long as you don't get stuck or lock yourself in that kind of posture. Look at Tai Chi with following step for instance, there you mostly end the posture with the whole weight on one leg. Double weighted just means the inability to change. There are a few ways you can screw up things for yourself. If someone pushes you, or (more likely) try to throw you, and you put yourself into a position where you are unable to move or go against with strength, this is being double weighted. Distinguishing yin and yang, empty and solid will help. But you need to adjust to your opponents movements in a way so you can always change between yin/yang and empty/solid.
C.J.W. wrote:If you don't see it, chances are you haven't been exposed to this type of movements and do not yet fully understand double-heaviness -- and how to avoid it.
charles wrote:C.J.W. wrote:If you don't see it, chances are you haven't been exposed to this type of movements and do not yet fully understand double-heaviness -- and how to avoid it.
One of the interesting questions that goes hand and hand with this is, how, in your style is yin and yang, empty and full, separated/distinguished?
johnwang wrote:C.J.W. wrote:Sorry to say this, John. But you really need to go talk to a good Taiji teacher and find out more about it before jumping to your conclusion.
Give me a reason why 6 harmony is wrong.
If your legs are "locked" but your hand is still moving, it's wrong no matter what style that you may train.
C.J.W. wrote:It is also what distinguishes Taiji from many other styles of MAs because, as I stated in an earlier post, the vast majority of MAists believe that the hands and the feet should arrive "at the same time" in order to observe six harmonies and achieve maximum power. . . .johnwang wrote:C.J.W. wrote:Sorry to say this, John. But you really need to go talk to a good Taiji teacher and find out more about it before jumping to your conclusion.
Give me a reason why 6 harmony is wrong.
If your legs are "locked" but your hand is still moving, it's wrong no matter what style that you may train.
Just because my feet have landed, it doesn't mean that my legs are locked or that the rest of my body stops moving.
Sounds unnatural? You bet. The real good Taiji --or any high-level IMA for that matter --I've been exposed to is ALL ABOUT training unnatural movements until they become natural.
Unnatural movements are what produce unusual power and results.
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