denchen wrote:The essence of what he says - the need to yield and absorb momentarily before redirecting makes perfect sense to anyone who trains and tests
their taiji against resistance.
denchen wrote:The essence of what he says - the need to yield and absorb momentarily before redirecting makes perfect sense to anyone who trains and tests
their taiji against resistance. It's a basic principle of the art but making it work takes time and practice.
He explains himself better than many, Newtonian or not.
You've probably all seen this clip but those who haven't...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDIb9TWy-78
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Bhassler wrote:denchen wrote:The essence of what he says - the need to yield and absorb momentarily before redirecting makes perfect sense to anyone who trains and tests
their taiji against resistance.
That's your interpretation of what he said, based on your own knowledge and experience of what was shown in the video, but not actually what he said. Which is kind of the whole point-- what he said is imprecise without physical contact and thus open to interpretation. That's all well and good, as this stuff is hard to talk about. Personally, I just wish when people invoked Newtonian physics, they would actually attempt to use the language to explain what they're doing. It's not a moral judgement, I just like Newtonian physics.
GrahamB wrote:denchen wrote:The essence of what he says - the need to yield and absorb momentarily before redirecting makes perfect sense to anyone who trains and tests
their taiji against resistance. It's a basic principle of the art but making it work takes time and practice.
He explains himself better than many, Newtonian or not.
You've probably all seen this clip but those who haven't...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDIb9TWy-78
Edit ; fixed Link
Nobody is really watching that are they - the crowd I mean. Like a couple of guys stop and look occasionally, but wow - tough crowd
Bhassler wrote:Kind of disappointing that he says it's all Newtonian physics and then doesn't even attempt to explain what he's doing in Newtonian physical terms. It sounds like he's jumping domains when he talks about lessening pressure and then immediately goes into talking about pushing where the structure/force isn't. Magnitude and direction are two different things. I'm sure it all makes sense as a sort of local jargon between people who train together regularly and can reference the same experiences, but as a stand-alone video, it ends up sort of lacking in terms of actual meaning.
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