The traditional Yang style is characterized by movements which are slow, smooth and even. The energy is retained inside the body, rather than displayed openly. It is soft outside, but hard within! This is much misunderstood. There must be real power inside, not nothing but softness.
The first couple workshops I did with CXW he asked if people wanted to feel his dantian. I did. I put my right hand on his belly and he then took my left hand and put it on his lumbar spine.
Trick wrote:stop thinking about such things,
Trick wrote:when i initially asked my yiquan teacher in beijing about dantian, he said the whole body is dantian, and continued "now, stop bother your mind about locate a dantian so we can continue with our practice", i also asked about qi, then he got irritated, and once again said "stop thinking about such things, yi is what matter". i followed his advice and things came crystal clear
johnwang wrote:Trick wrote:stop thinking about such things,
Through your life, have you ever met someone who has reached to the 4th level, 3rd level, 2nd level, or even 1st level?
1. 煉精化氣 -> 2. 煉氣化神 -> 3. 煉神返虛 -> 4. 白曰飛升
1. Jing -> Qi
2. Qi -> Shen
3. Shen -> Xu
4. Flying to heaven
Bao wrote:I don’t know if it’s necessary to wait ten years before trying to feel the dantian. But I don’t know if it’s really necessary trying to “feel” the dantian at all. I see it more as a natural progression. First learn to stand aligned, relax, understand centerline, move as a whole. When everything comes together you will learn to relax more and deeper while maintaining alignment and balance. When all of this comes naturally together, the feeling the body better and being more conscious about the center and the dantian should be a natural consequence, as moving from the dantian will already be there regardless of how strong your direct awareness about the dantian is.
The elixir field is the source of the active aspect, the mansion of energy and power. If you want to be proficient in the art, you must first strengthen your elixir field, and if you want to strengthen your elixir field, you must first practice the art. The back-and-forth of the two will solidify each other.
robert wrote:”The back-and-forth of the two will solidify each other “
robert wrote:Bao wrote:I don’t know if it’s necessary to wait ten years before trying to feel the dantian. But I don’t know if it’s really necessary trying to “feel” the dantian at all. I see it more as a natural progression. First learn to stand aligned, relax, understand centerline, move as a whole. When everything comes together you will learn to relax more and deeper while maintaining alignment and balance. When all of this comes naturally together, the feeling the body better and being more conscious about the center and the dantian should be a natural consequence, as moving from the dantian will already be there regardless of how strong your direct awareness about the dantian is.
I agree. In another thread someone posted something from Liu Dianchen's xingyi manual. I liked a number of things in it, including this -The elixir field is the source of the active aspect, the mansion of energy and power. If you want to be proficient in the art, you must first strengthen your elixir field, and if you want to strengthen your elixir field, you must first practice the art. The back-and-forth of the two will solidify each other.
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