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My favorite is the Yang Family Old Six Roads Middle Frame Form, as passed down from Yang Jianhou’s time. 😃🙏

Haha yes used to be closely guarded secrets! But you guys are more than stray birds because you will be the next generation of Tai Chi masters that will restore and bring the art higher to a new great height! 😃🙏🙌

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I feel the failure for people to really learn what INTERNAL is comes from not explaining or demonstrating or talking about things like fascia I really hope to be able to visit you in California Happy holidays to you and your family

That’s a very good point and an important strategic consideration! Thank you for sharing. 😃🙏

Yes that is the order that I teach them to my students because Big Frame using Qi is the easiest to start feeling and mastering, and then Middle Frame using Neijin and following the most subtle Small Frame using Yi. Thank you for your summary. 😃🙏

Yes you are right, the four word secret and the fascia control and the other internal foundations (Song, Qi, Neijin and Yi) form the whole art of using Tai Chi. 😃🙏

Yes you are right, the four word secret and the fascia control and the other internal foundations (Song, Qi, Neijin and Yi) form the whole art of using Tai Chi. 😃🙏

Yes you are totally right. Underneath the single hand push hand and behind the techniques you see in competition, you can develop, refine and apply the internal mechanics of Fascia, Song, Qi, Neijin and Yi to elevate your Tai Chi from just push and pull to something far above that. And I’m glad for your comment because what you bring up is my goal: to help everyone rise to a level of understanding that can truly appreciate and master Tai Chi, for your benefit. So thank you for the awesome comment! 😃🙏

Your observation is totally correct. When using fascia, the force geometry is tangential to the contact surface because “using fascia” in this case means applying a shearing force to the contact surface. Is this all that is causing the effect? It’s a big part of it. Other parts include a certain state of relaxation that in Taichi is called Song. The idea of “using fascia” is a state of mind and intention that encompasses doing both of these things. It’s like if you are doing a punch and you think “punch through the opponent” or “punch through the brick” it will in fact cause observable changes in your body mechanics and improvement in the result. So is the effect really due to “punch through the opponent” or is it due to change of arm movement, it’s both, and for the practitioner, the change in intention is what causes the change in arm movement, is it not? Does this all make sense? Thank you for your great question. You have a keen observation skills and a curious, open mind. 😃🙏

Yes you are right to consider parallel arms and other arm crossing configurations. You will want to train them all. Tai Chi often starts with this first one, crossed Right arm to Right arm. I suspect it is because Chinese martial arts mostly evolve from weaponry so right sword to right sword is the most common starting point. Does that make sense? And your other question is about the brown bracelet I wear? They are charms for helping me align my energy with my highest self. So while not specifically for this exercise, I enjoy them and enjoy wearing them. Thank you for your great questions and thoughts! 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi i thought it's a heavy weighted bracelet :p but yes, it makes sense. i watched some practitioners using sword to practice push hand too. thank you for the answer :)

@@outerlast yes you can practice with swords staffs and spears too. That’s something we will discuss in the future as well! 😃

Your intuition is guiding you well. Your energy body attaches primarily to your fascia surface more so than muscles and bones. And feeling the fascia is indeed a good way to tune one’s sensing towards more subtle aspects than what the muscles and bones typically sense. Good thoughts! 😃🙏

Thank you! 😁🙏

Yes I hope it can become a common practice to improve our body, awareness, and fight psychology! 😃🙏

Thank you for your kind comment! 😃🙏

Thank you for your kind comment! Glad you enjoyed! 😃🙏

Thank you for your lovely comment! 😃

Yes I think you are spot on that people mistaken running away and retreating as softness, which while better than clashing with force, only delays problems down the line. And as one begins to embody Qi and Yi in their Tai Chi, you begin to experience a deeper level of soft overcomes hard that is more profound and useful. Thank you for pointing it out! 😃🙏

Haha that is a great analogy! 😃

Yes aside from anything I’m sharing, I think all of you have your own experience and valuable wisdom, that when we ask certain questions, can totally come out. And that’s what makes all of us grow together right? 😃🙏

Excellent words of WISDOM. Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts on it! 😃🙏

Push hands isn’t used in application, it’s a training method for the energies.

Good point about the challenges of using push hand techniques in boxing range! We will continue to explore what is behind Tai Chi external movements, to examine the principles and key practices that help in this circumstance in videos and the Essence courses. Thank you for pointing out an important concept! 😃🙏

Happy to hear about your growth in understanding! What do you realize now that you hadn’t before?

@@phoenixmountaintaichi the primary one was shown a couple of places but at 5:45 where you pick up his R punch with your R and do "the basic push hands'. I likely have done that 'move' thousands of times but never connected it to the structure of 'basic push hands'. I would normally use a more force based, specifically for me a bil-sao or wu-sao. Your comment opened a door to me seeing so many ways to apply a 'gentler' response to incoming force to control it better vs just hammering it. also re-watching it I also liked your thoughts on pre-contact, then increasing contact time to apply whatever to them. and adding obstacles to their line of impact and/or to affect their intention was also great to disrupt their 'plan' allowing you to apply whatever. and I also liked the L punch received by your R and how you took him out/down with it, again off single push hands strategy. and there were several other great points that I am familiar with. I did enjoy touching their ego. A teacher told me in my younger days, I will raise your ego and then you will go down. For me it was a excellent video full of things to move my path farther, thank you.

Oh good question. What I meant by putting my Song into it is that I relaxed and allowed my weight to flow into him without hinderance from any tension. It’s a way to apply pressure without actively pushing. It is a foundation for relaxed movement that allows use of Qi, Neijin, and Yi but does not necessarily have to involve them and in this case I did not. Does that make sense? 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi Ah yes thanks. Your description conjures up an image that you basically became like a wall to your opponent.

@robertjordon1984Yes that’s quite correct. You become relaxed and heavy and one with the earth in a manner that causes their force to resist to fail much like they are pushing on a wall. Your intuition is good! 😃🙌

Thank you for sharing your kind comment! I’m very glad you find it valuable! 😃🙏

I do enjoy competitive push hands! Have not entered any formal competitions but I would like to, as well as bring some students to experience the skill and power of other tai chi players out there. 😃🙏

Haha good catch! Please report back on your experience trying it on your students! I love to hear how people are making use of Tai Chi. 😃🙌

Well said! You really did have great, as well as traditional, teachers. 😃🙌

I greatly appreciate your content, it is extremely confirming. As I said before, if I lived anywhere near you, I would study with you.

Very well said! Sounds wise and simple at the same time. Thank you for sharing! 😃🙏

Very good point! The geometries make a lot of sense for the trajectories of the five elements. Good eye! 😃🙌

Oh yes that’s a great point! Thank you very much for pointing it out! 😃🙏

Yes that’s a wonderful quote! Thank you for pointing it out. I think most bridging techniques are seeking a similar purpose and may use similar or different approaches depending on the exact style. Some are more forceful, or spatial, and some are more grinding and some are more gliding. And some Southern style masters have become some of the most skilled Taichi masters too. Hopefully some expert can comment and shares their knowledge about them! 😃🙏

@@phoenixmountaintaichi thank you for the answer. i watched a video about the difference between south and north kungfu styles, in it the practitioner said south ones focus on the bridge while north on occupying space, so got reminded of that by your video :)

Let me know your experience as you work on them! 😃🙏

@ will do 🙂🙏🏼

You’re so right! This video was 10+ minutes and only barely scratches the surface of the vast art of the entry! But if it helps people start thinking about this aspect of the game, then perhaps it has been a nice “entry” in its own way. 😆 Especially in Kungfu Tai Chi where people tend to fixate on the dramatic finishing moves but have not mastered how to get to that opportunity. Thank you for your thoughtful comment! 😃🙏

Yes it’ll definitely work best when you’re moving faster than your opponent’s thoughts! Beyond that situation we can also look at some circumstances in which that may not be the case, and be prepared accordingly right? About 2-3 second engagements, there are techniques and methods for quickly and efficiently defeating opponents who are less skilled and less prepared than you. This is especially useful and important where there are multiple opponents of lesser skill. My teacher called this battlefield combat. There are also techniques for facing opponents of equal or greater skill and preparation. In these cases it’s not realistic to expect them to be defeated in 2-3 seconds, and you will need all of your techniques, tactics, and cunning to maximize your chances of prevailing. My teacher called this dueling combat. There is room for multiple approaches and different priorities, in the vast world of martial arts. And there is time for your personal preferences and personal expression, and that is the art of martial art. Thanks for your contribution, an important perspective in its own right! 😃🙏

@phoenixmountaintaichi agreed, just an observation, kung fu thrives at exploiting subtle gaps in an opponents defenses, usually in the midst of his own attack, Chinese styles do this best in my opinion, but lack the defensive and evasive measures of more "sport oriented" combat styles. So if looking to maximize real world kung fu, training inside of 2-3 second time frames completely focuses a practicioner's intent with substantial benifits. In other words, what works given only 2-3 seconds. The obvious answer is exclusively targeting an opponent's vital areas and throwing blocking, closed fist strikes and excessive footwork and most kicks completely out the window. Then what's left? Shoulders, knees, elbows, wrists, head butts, palm heels, and fingers, the solutions start to present themselves under the 2-3 second time constraints and they start to look a whole lot like Taijichuan, only combat effective Taijichuan, 2-3 second engagement mindset is super crucial, after which time gaps in skill, experience, strength, speed etc. come back into play. But the game is the first to devistate a vital area within 2-3 seconds wins the fight, full stop.

Agree! Calm and devious! A teacher of mine said a good fighter is not a brawler but a hunter. Patient and cunning. Good qualities! Thanks for your comment. 😃🙏

In Taiji our MMA is "meditation martial arts"😊 🙏🙏🙏

Haha play with it a bit and let the notes become a part of you! 😃🙌

That’s a good option! Especially when you don’t have luxury of gloves or sufficient hand conditioning. 😃🙏

I don’t think I’m familiar with this root of the arm. Some Kungfu schools divide shoulder elbow hand into root trunk and branch. But you are probably talking about something different. 😃

@@phoenixmountaintaichi Actually, that is what I am talking about. Pa-gua uses it as well as some aikido people (rarely). I can't think of the reference now but I think I read it in a taiji context. The area just above the elbow on the outside can be used as a pivot to control the opponent. ;)

@@kingofaikidooh that is definitely a great thing to point out! Thank you for sharing. I could do a video about that some time. Awesome idea! 😃🙌

Ah dang it!

You’re on it! 😃