Sunday, July 9, 2023

 

Tai Chi Fighting Set

(YMAA Taijiquan 2-person matching)

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

 

DVD available: http://ymaa.com/publishing/tai_chi_DV...
 
DVD available: http://ymaa.com/publishing/tai_chi_DV... A fighting set is a sequence of movements which teaches the student how to apply the martial art in a real-life fighting situation. This DVD comprehensively instructs and demonstrates the 88 Posture, 2-Person Fighting Matching Set for advanced Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan). 
 
This Fighting Set is a combination of techniques from pushing hands and the solo Taijiquan sequence, and it serves as a bridge connecting pushing hands with real fighting. Like pushing hands, it teaches you how to sense your opponent's actions and intentions, and it also teaches footwork and how to set up your strategy, making your fighting skill more realistic and alive. Anyone who is proficient at a solo Tai Chi sequence and pushing hands should be able to learn this fighting set easily, and make it part of their practice routine. 
 
In ancient times, this form was taught by a few masters to only a handful of trusted students as a part of the final training of Taijiquan as a sophisticated and extremely effective fighting art.
 
 

 
 
"Put your heart, mind, and soul into even 
your smallest acts. This is the secret of success." 
 
- Swami Sivananda 
 

 

Sunday, July 2, 2023

 

The Most Important Skill In Tai Chi

[Internal Power] (2018)

 

 Power Striking  
 
If I had to pick any one skill in Tai Chi Chuan as the most important thing you need to develop- it's Ting Jin, or "Listening." 
 
Internal Power skills require that you can actually FEEL what's going on in order to manipulate it. Otherwise you may as well be standing in a pitch black room scrambling around to find the light switch. 
 
Ting is, unfortunately, one of the rarer skills in Tai Chi- which is scary considering it's the bedrock you need to progress beyond the "Li" (purely physical) aspect of the art. 
 
That is why Clear's Internal Push Hands is such an astounding training method. 
 
By removing the ability to "cheat" yourself out of internal practice- you are forced to either work the skills correctly... or suffer a lot of frustration. Luckily, our program provides all the instruction you need to learn real Internal Power skills, and how to use them. 
 
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"Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, 
and does not patter down like a hailstorm." 
 
- Jean Paul

 

 

Tai Chi Tip #47:

Turning from the Lower Tantien in Tai Chi

 

 Tai Chi for Beginners - Tips with Bruce Frantzis  
 
In this Tai Chi video we will share with you how to turn 
from the lower tantien in your Tai Chi form.
 
 

 
 
"Let each man exercise the art he knows." 
 
- Aristophanes

 

 

5) Two-Hand Grip | Tai Chi Sword Basics  

(#Taijijian #TaiChiSword)

 

 Tai Chi Sword Basics
 

 

 
 
"It is not ignorance but knowledge 
which is the mother of wonder." 
 
- Joseph Wood Krutch