Steve James wrote:Is there a solution?
johnwang wrote:What's the Taiji solution for the hunchback problem?
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People who do Taiji don't have this problem.
Trick wrote:is the "hunching" more or less depending of taiji(family)style. for example is it more in Yang and less in Chen ? i get the feeling its less in chen style practitioners..
Bao wrote:People who do Taiji don't have this problem.
Think you need to look more at “masters” and teachers on YouTube. Just reading this quote made come to think about at least a handful of famous people with this characteristic.
John Wang wrote:What's the Taiji solution for the hunchback problem?
- The long fist solution is to hold a pencil with the back muscle.
Trick wrote:is the "hunching" more or less depending of taiji(family)style. for example is it more in Yang and less in Chen ? i get the feeling its less in chen style practitioners..
Appledog wrote:Bao wrote:People who do Taiji don't have this problem.
Think you need to look more at “masters” and teachers on YouTube. Just reading this quote made come to think about at least a handful of famous people with this characteristic.
No, what I said is correct, and you should probably feel sorry for those people. Sometimes when you get old certain things break deeply and you may not be able to stand up straight. For example some hunchback may be caused by osteoporosis and general malnutrition.
However without question it is better not to lean.
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Some lean is acceptable from a martial standpoint because it's a minor offence, in that you can be "internally straight".
Also to Steve; I have never heard such a theory... Great masters who lean are the exception to the rule.. I would say no one is perfect, but if you understand the theory and what 'internally straight means' and how it is supported in the body you would probably agree with me a little more.
johnwang wrote:What's the Taiji solution for the hunchback problem?
Steve James wrote:Also to Steve; I have never heard such a theory... Great masters who lean are the exception to the rule.. I would say no one is perfect, but if you understand the theory and what 'internally straight means' and how it is supported in the body you would probably agree with me a little more.
I'm not interested in the lean debate. It has nothing to do with developing a hunched back or tcc. As I said, Sun style is quite upright. SLT didn't have kyphosis; his son didn't have it; his daughter, Sun Jian Yun had it. The story was that it developed because she had been imprisoned by the communists and suffered from malnutrition. I don't know.
Where I disagree with you is that I don't believe that doing tcc "correctly" will prevent or cure the condition. Everyone is so clear about what "correct" tcc is. But, I really don't many people with this condition. Even today when more people than ever spend their time hunched over their computers or their cellphones, the typical result is neck or back pain, not true kyphosis.
Maybe Dr. Ken could comment. I agree with John that certain types of lifts will help, but we're talking about the elderly. Flexibility exercises, imo, will probably do more to ease pain. Weight-lifters flexibility exercises are also good. Jmo. Tcc, as a form of relaxation, may help in that regard. I don't think John Wang has to worry, though.
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