Chen's Taijiquan laojia Yilu (74) is mainly soft, with hardness in softness. The posture is relaxed and generous, the footwork is light and steady, the body method is natural, and the internal strength commands the whole body.
Friday, February 28, 2025
Power at the Speed of Thought: How Tai Chi's Neijin Overcomes Raw Speed and Power
Unlock the mind-bending secret of Tai Chi's Neijin, as power moves even faster than muscles can react. Discover how this skilled force rises above physical speed, allowing you to neutralize attacks before they even begin.
⚡ Experience Power at the Speed of Thought:
• Witness Neijin in action, redirecting force with subtle intention
• Learn why Neijin activates faster than the quickest physical reflexes
• Experience how cultivated Qi energy reflects, borrows, and redirects even other Tai Chi practitioner's own internal force
Neijin vs. Raw Speed and Power:
✅ See real-time demonstrations of extracorporeal spiritual Qi overcoming corporeal bodily Qi
✅ Explore the physics behind Neijin's advantage over bodily strength
✅ Learn how to develop this mental-energy connection in your own practice
Ideal for:
• Tai Chi practitioners seeking to elevate their internal power
• Martial artists curious about overcoming physical limitations
• Anyone fascinated by the mind-body connection in combat arts
🎓 Join Shifu Chester, with decades of Tai Chi experience, as he unveils:
• Rarely seen applications of high-level Neijin
• The mental and physical state required to achieve "thought-speed" power
• How Neijin frees us from tension and struggle
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🌟 Ready to master Neijin? Unlock the power of truly mastering the Tai Chi foundations through our 5 Stage Tai Chi Master Classes:
Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Master's Demo, part 2
Master Randy Elia's Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Applications
master's demo at the 2017 U.S. International Kuo Shu
Championship Tournament in Baltimore, MD.
(Guang Ping Yang tai chi is viewed as and old version of Yang Style and the lost link between Yang and Chen Style tai chi. It was passed on from a disciple of Yang Ban Hou and was taught by Master Kou Lien Ying when he settled in San Francisco in the 1960s. - TC_J)
Taiji Fighting Set
(Taiji San Shou Dui Lian, 太極散手對練)
Michelle tested the offensive side of the fighting set this past weekend in Boston. She was nervous, not used to the floor (going from concrete to wood to a matted surface feels strange), and not entirely warmed up ("okay, you test in 5 minutes"). She passed! Although she's improved significantly since testing the opposite side
(Dec. 2017: 
• Taijiquan: Fighting Set ),
• Taijiquan: Fighting Set ), she still has a long way to go. Corrections included maintaining better root, being softer (still too Shaolin), and giving more trouble to her opponent. Now her job is to make what she has better and to begin changing targets & techniques to make the sequence more free and alive, eventually becoming Taiji sparring.
"Taiji Fighting Set (Taiji San Shou Dui Lian, 太極散手對練) is a 5th level requirement in the YMAA Taiji curriculum. The Taiji fighting set was designed so that two people could practice together in a situation resembling actual fighting. The main purpose of this training is to teach the student how to step and move his/her body in the most advantageous position in combat. Naturally, it also teaches the student how to avoid being channeled into a disadvantageous situation. The student needs to have practiced stationary pushing hands first, so that he/she can combine that experience with the fighting set to make the techniques come alive."
Cover photo by Axie Breen (https://axiebreenphotography.com)
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