windwalker wrote:
The line in the illustration is meant to depict the mind intent not the alignment of the back.
Doc Stier wrote:windwalker wrote:
The line in the illustration is meant to depict the mind intent not the alignment of the back.
Wow! Seriously? Since when can an ilustration or a photograph really depict an intention?
The 3-Passes involves the use of intention to connect the tailbone to the back and back of the head so as to unify the body as a coordinated whole. There are four variations of the 3-Passes which are trained in the forms.
Doc Stier wrote:Hah! I am so advised. Lol
Nonetheless, my question still stands.
Since when can an ilustration or a photograph really depict an intention?
oragami_itto wrote:What do you think of this description?
Post by Strange on Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:05 am
[...] GM Chen openly said that GM Chu's feint and counter-attack scared the living daylight out of him. My teacher showed me what Shigong meant: GM Chu would fake attack with a beng fist, when it is touched/ block, he would change to a snake-like attack to chop downwards.
to this day, GM Chu is the only one i heard that can use a xu zhao (fake stroke) for real. [...]
Appledog wrote:oragami_itto wrote:What do you think of this description?
I think that people are of all different levels and what he is describing is totally valid.
I would be just as valid to tell you that the back leg must always be completely straight in a tai chi gong bu. The question is why -- for what level -- for what purpose. Interestingly enough, this question is somewhat answered in the article but it is an incomplete description. You can see that knowledge is being obfuscated by the ridiculously wordy and philosophical explanation given -- especially but not limited to the paragraph about using yi not force.
.oragami_itto wrote:
Issuing energy, sure, pushing with the foot is appropriate. Moving back and forth in gong Bu, though, is better training to use yi not force there, IMHO.
windwalker wrote:.oragami_itto wrote:
Issuing energy, sure, pushing with the foot is appropriate. Moving back and forth in gong Bu, though, is better training to use yi not force there, IMHO.
If you're referring to the image from the wei shur ren''s book, there is no pushing involved in weight transference.
The central idea used is one of a bell with the clapper donating where the center is moved to...
When you speak of using "yi" intent how do "you" distinguish it from using force ?
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