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Re: Walking stick jin

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2019 4:23 am
by middleway
U get my point
A lot here might be better talking biology than tai chi


Absolutely.

Re: Walking stick jin

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2019 2:19 am
by GrahamB
There are various ways of walking with a stick, so to clear up any confusion I was talking about doing it like this:


Re: Walking stick jin

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2019 3:43 am
by GrahamB
To apply this to internal martial arts....:

Forces start at the dantien and sink to the ground (internally - there's no big stamp), where the force then appears in the hands instantaneously.

Check out this video of the old man at 1.10 when he sends force down then out to both hands simultaneously. Years of practice there to make it look so minimal and effortless.