Yeung wrote:From: C. P. Ong, Healthcare and Sport from the Perspective of Qi, Fascia, and Taijiquan, Journal of Integrative Medicine | Volume 10 | Issue 02 | December 2021
Fascia-Qi Hypothesis Fascial tension gives rise to Qi when it is harnessed in the discipline of muscle actions. Implicit in Qi is a functional dimension that is accessed through cognitive development via a combination of sensory receptors. Cognition of fascial tension is a cultivated perceptual sensation that captures the functional effects of the discipline of body motion, specifically that of the balance factors. This bypasses mathematical analysis and leads to the art in science—the Fascia-Qi Hypothesis in Taijiquan.
The question is how to generate fascial tension to activate cognitive perception of bioenergy?
In physics, tension is described as the pulling force transmitted axially by the means of a string, a cable, chain, or similar object, or by each end of a rod, truss member, or similar three-dimensional object; tension might also be described as the action-reaction pair of forces acting at each end of said elements. Tension could be the opposite of compression.
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.
Do not apply brute force. Brute force is stiff force. Force must be refined and skillful like a steel needle hidden in cotton. The strength is there, but not presented openly. It is implied in posture. There must be a quality of vibrancy, as opposed to listlessness.
This involves stretching out; the motion opens out. The secret is seen in the palm which is stretched out with the fingers bent but slightly open. The palm is both stretched and at the same time, relaxed. Beginners are usually either too relaxed or too stiff. This influences strength through the whole arm.
This quality (of being stretched and relaxed) permeates the whole body. This is so important – because this principle should be applied to wrist, forearm, shoulder…whole body! All shapes should have internal power, stretching power, stretching out. Eg. In Single Whip there is power channeled into the hooked fingers. (note: full flexion!)
Movements should be soft and even, but filled with internal stretching power.
yeniseri wrote:Facial tension does not operate in a vacumn! You have the following:
a. Musculoskeletal system
b. Bones, tendons, muscles, etc
c. You gave a"liquid medium (blood) composed of acids (GI, hormones coursing through the medium, electrolytes as Calcium, mag, iron, etc
d. They all work together to produce degrees of pain, pleasure and everything in between.
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