everything wrote:But when one tries to smooth out the form, it doesn't seem to be there in the form.
everything wrote:I guess the question is why.
johnwang wrote:everything wrote:"Intend" is the key. People have said that a
- step can be a kick.
- lotus kick can be a sweep.
- 7 star stance can be a shin bite.
- cloud hand can be a body control.
- ...
If your "intend" is not there, you can't map your body move into that particular application.
robert wrote: I did a six hour workshop on chen applications and we just covered jīn gāng dǎo duì - one posture in the form.
robert wrote:But the form is for conditioning the body. The form teaches you body mechanics and conditions the body and from what I've seen the applicaions take a back seat to that aspect when you're doing the form.
johnwang wrote:The question is: There is no single "foot sweep solo training" that can map into all foot sweep applications. Even if you just try to map "1 principle" into "1 application", you still have to add in the
- foot work,
- set up,
- ...
wayne hansen wrote:You don't need to look outside tai chi to find throws just look deeper into tai chi
everything wrote:I think it's ok to learn an art that isn't "complete" or as detailed in everything, but I don't personally need "completeness".
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