Harmony and balance mean that there is not stiff, mechanical action. Even a little bit of stiff
action means the illness of double weight. But there should not be excessive freedom and
looseness, as this can mean lack of solidity. There should be felling of being comfortably
stretched, in bent form force is accumulated. When you issue force, there should not be
breaks, force should not disappear. Double weight is not just about putting weight on both
feet. If we are talking about head, arms, legs, shoulders, elbows, knees, hips and all big and
small joints, everywhere, where there are even slightest forces there can be division into
single and double, relax and tension, empty and solid, light and heavy.
robert wrote:double weighted means you can't change.
johnwang wrote:Is this theory really that important? Boxers, wrestlers, Judo guys don't know this theory but they can still do their job. Do we just make a non-issue into a big issue?
wayne hansen wrote:Wrestlers and boxers don't have a theory of double weight but they learn it thru trail and error
It is taught as a principle in tai chi and is in many more ways than just the legs
Chen showed he doesn't understand double weight in Taiwan with the ba kua guy
The opening posture is before yin and yang have separated as soon as your opponent looks at you with lustfull eyes the game begins and there is no more double weight
Steve James wrote:My point is that it's better to focus on what we should do rather than on what we shouldn't. For ex., what is the sense of debating what "not sung" means. It's hard enough to define "sung." So, I would rather define and debate "single weighted-ness," since that is not a fault.
Nobody is forcing anyone to discuss anything, so if you don't feel it's useful it's easy enough to not participate.
Sinking to one side allows movement to flow; being double-weighted is sluggish. Anyone who has spent years of practice and still cannot neutralize, and is always controlled by his opponent, has not apprehended the fault of double-weightedness.
If you feel someplace in your body is powerless, it is double-weighted and unchanging. You must seek the defect in yin and yang, opening and closing. Know yourself and know others: in one hundred battles you will win one hundred times.
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