johnwang wrote:I believe Taiji used to be called 长拳 (long fist).
windwalker wrote:
at 30:45 he does the bird demo
LaoDan wrote:windwalker wrote:
at 30:45 he does the bird demo
This is rather off topic, but since it came up and several people commented...
Birds sometimes flap their wings in order to maintain balance rather than just when taking off for flight:
It looks to me like the birds in the Taijiquan demo are fairly used to people and are comfortable sitting on the hand (look at earlier in the video). The demonstration looks to me like the bird is merely flapping its wings to try and maintain balance while its perch is being unsteady rather than to take flight! If so, then it is NOT an example of the stated Taijiquan principle.
The demonstration looks to me
Taste of Death wrote:Try it with something other than a pigeon or parrot.
Steve James wrote:Well, either the bird is trying to take off or not. If the argument is that it is not, then it doesn't really matter why not. If the bird is trying to take off but can't, then the arm or hand motions don't matter because that was the intent.
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