The Art of Neutralisation in Taijiquan: Standing passively
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:12 pm
Standing passively to reduce the incoming force by one’s body weight, and move passively directed by the residual force or move actively to redirect the residual force. The residual force is defined as the difference between the incoming force and the body weight; Fr = Fin - Fbw. And there is no movement when Fbw ≥ Fin.
This sort of explains why Taijiquan is good for the prevention of fall, because standing passively maintains the flexibility of the joints of the lower limb: hip, knee, tibiofibular, ankle, and subtalar.
https://teachmeanatomy.info/lower-limb/joints/
Testing: There are many passive stances, just ask someone to do a frontal stance with feet apart at shoulder length and push the centre of mass from any direction in various intensities and observe the movements and stepping. Upon impact of the external force to the centre of mass, one should sensed the dispersion of that force to various parts of the body and move into alignment with the trajectory of that force.
Result: It works with anyone who learned the technique of standing passively after a few trials to build up one’s confidence.
Conclusion: Passive movements upon impact conformed to the theory of one move all move.
This sort of explains why Taijiquan is good for the prevention of fall, because standing passively maintains the flexibility of the joints of the lower limb: hip, knee, tibiofibular, ankle, and subtalar.
https://teachmeanatomy.info/lower-limb/joints/
Testing: There are many passive stances, just ask someone to do a frontal stance with feet apart at shoulder length and push the centre of mass from any direction in various intensities and observe the movements and stepping. Upon impact of the external force to the centre of mass, one should sensed the dispersion of that force to various parts of the body and move into alignment with the trajectory of that force.
Result: It works with anyone who learned the technique of standing passively after a few trials to build up one’s confidence.
Conclusion: Passive movements upon impact conformed to the theory of one move all move.