☺️😄 thank you for the positive and specific feedback! You made me laugh re: Bob Ross. I often tell my students as I'm teaching their Tai Chi, that I am teaching "paint by the numbers" first. Then we later turn our Tai Chi into water colors, flowing, blending, subtle, no definitive beginning or end (and no lines or numbers). 😄
@@InternalTaiChi ♥♥♥very nice analogy! This is also an art of making people discover and enjoy the colors in their lives. Keep blooming people's lives!
@@dorneanudoru Aww. Thank you so much. I did a meditation yesterday and I kept seeing a flower opening under the sunlight. Your "blooming people's lives" is very fitting. Thank you for the beautiful imagery.
Thank you for your answer of controlling their fascia on their forehead. At the moment I'm just in the beginning steps of learning to use the fascia. Please keep making your videos. Thank you, Dan
I certainly will continue to make more videos. I plan on offering a live stream workshop (live, not pre recorded) on the subject as well. Make sure to sign up for my email list so you get notifications. I do not send out many emails.
Thank you for sharing! I like the clean yet balanced stile of the videos, giving examples, little anacdotes but underlying the specifics without going of to far, keeps me focused :) Coming from Wing Chun with a recent awoken interest in postural restauration, I see great benefit in Tai Chi to not only fix posture and better my martial arts, but also to reduce stress and pain by practicing a present/mindful state. This is the second video I watched of yours, after the joint expansion one with the follow along for hand joints, where I ended up via Wing Chun related content. Looking forward to learn from your content and return for practice. Kind regards
Thank you so much! You are indeed correct. Tai Chi will provide you with all that you seek. I appreciate your taking the time to leave a comment and your positive feedback. It helps to build my channel followers so that more folks can also learn from my teaching. Thanks for watching and learning from me!
The ai chi instruction is very good. One of the smartest decisions of my life was to take up tai chi and continueing to practice it The only dog I ever owned was a standard and she was a natural in front of a camera. Nice seeing you both.
Your explanation about Locked joints, rotation in response to a Push is spot on. May I add, if you see someone pushing you, why not Avoid his Push? Why not avoid his Push direction by "rotating" moving to the side ? Why allow your self to stand in front of him? Why not keep Maai? Most Aikido, Muay Thai, Boxers Avoid Tori's line of attack. In Real-Life, will you just stand in front of the attacker and do Brushing Knee?
Indeed, Tai Chi is also about "yielding" and avoiding the confrontation in the first place. Your comments, in my opinion, are correct. I only used the direct confrontation for demonstration purposes. Sometimes, unfortunately we do have direct confrontations and it is good to have a repertoire to manage them. But best of all, is if we can rotate out of the way and have, as one of my instructors says, "no contention." Thank you for commenting and for watching!
Thank you for your teaching today. Are the corrections you made today adaptable to all styles of Tai Chi? I’m currently mostly a Yang style practitioner.
Absolutely! These are key principles that should be applied to all styles of Tai Chi. You can test them out. Pick one form (like ward off or brush knee) and hold the position. Allow a partner to gently, gradually push on you. Do it with the principles in the video (for example arms below shoulder height) and without the principle (arms held higher) and see if you can feel the difference when they push you. This will validate it for you. These principles apply to ALL styles of forms! Thanks for watching and for the comment/question.
Hello, In regard to the soft joints when doing brushed knee, I do agree until the end of the movement. When doing a palm strike to stop a person that's twice my size, I have a brief moment of tension in my wrist. What's your opinion on this? On an other topic I really like your instruction's on fascia. Thank you, Dan
Tension will be used against you by a more skilled practitioner. If you apply contact friction to the fascia (say of their forehead) instead, then you won't need the tension for a "strike."
Wow this was really great thank you. Even though I can already stand like in the video and not be pushed by a much larger person.I never really understood intellectually understood some of the concepts you presented here and was doing them from comfort and feel and not knowledge thanks to your video I now have both.I never thought of keeping by qua back ,what I do is keep my lower back flat and bending at the knees helps with this. Anyway great video I appreciate.
It is much better to understand it from how it feels, like you do, than from an intellectual or cognitive standpoint. You are way ahead of the game if you are sensing it from comfort and feel. That is excellent! Thank you for watching and for your positive comments.
You are welcome. Yes, these concepts apply to any and all styles of Tai Chi form. In Sun Style, it is even more common that people (incorrectly) push their kua forward when they take the follow step. Instead, the person needs to keep the knees bent, and the shoulder hip aligned and the kua remains back even with the follow step. Like sliding your butt on a bench, everything stays on the same plane as you take the follow step.
thank you , i practice since sevral years and no body gave me all this keys, so obvious, so clear, again thank you, it's a new way to practice, sorry for my poor english.
Your English is fine. Thank you for letting me know. I am so glad to have offered some assistance in your Tai Chi understanding and journey. And feel free to comment in your own language. I will respond back in your language.
yes... and no. The biggest mistake of every taichi teacher is to deviate the focus on the back and spine. When your back is extended and your spine is flexible and aligned, everything about joints and breathing cones as a consequence. The focus is on the spine, and then you practice years until your whole being extends and softens enough. It's all about the spine and the back, It has always been , since the beginning and in every martial art.
I agree about the spine and back being essential. In fact I have videos which address that. Keep in mind this video can't possibly address all levels. It's choosing common mistakes....not all mistakes. If you have a video you have made that addresses your point I will gladly point my viewers to it. Thanks for watching and your insight.
what about for people with walkers , for my friend , i know wheelchairs is another challange that you dont address, but, you explains wjat your doing well, i have strained my upper chest neck shoulder area and even with doing Somatics i have not been able to calm the nerve connection from my shoulder to my feet, i had for many years, but, it feeling worse know as my lifre revaels ?
For individuals who have limited mobility, Tai Chi can still be an accessible resource. I suggest you watch my videos about the quality of Song. This teaches how to open up the joints, which in turn can relieve pain and help with postural alignment regardless if you're standing sitting or using a walker. Here is a link to one of my videos on Song: ua-cam.com/video/NBKq8-gpcoM/v-deo.html
Another mistake I see with beginners is that they believe incorrectly that T'ai Chi is about flowery movements of the arms. Even with some experienced players just "placing their arms" is a weakness. The arms must only move in coordination with the turning of the body, the shifting of the weight, and the movement of chi.
Yes indeed and this, sadly, is not limited to just beginners. All Tai Chi starts in the feet. The arms are the last expression and are really the least important. Thanks for watching and commenting!
At first just get in front of a mirror and watch as you rotate. Imagine you have a button sewn at the shoulder Kua (a divet under the collar bone at your shoulder) and the hip kua. There should be a direct, vertical line between these two landmarks. Now pretend you have a silk thread attached to both buttons, creating a vertical line from shoulder to hip kua. Now you must keep that silk thread vertical at all times when you move and rotate. If it loses its vertical line, then you are twisting. I hope this helps!
Once again Susan thank you for excellent sound advice. I hope beginners, students and experienced Tai chi prationers take something away from your video. I'll give a big 👍 for you your assistant and Monty. Have a good day all. 🙏😊🐶🥰
Absoutely helpfull thank you verry much :) Only a verry little agree to disagree: I would refer to me as an intermediate but would not say that all the issues with the Kwa (especially No4) are easy to fix in a way like: ok got it now do it right. Understand it is one thing, but feel it annother cup of coffee and I think that's a longer jouney between - damn my Kwa is stiff like a brick - Satori: Halleluja that's it - falling back one step take to forward and so one. And generally spoken: not matter if you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced - I think that's one core of Tai Chi: there are those days you hate your form during practice thinking about better collecting stamps, the other day it's fine - but all in all you know you can't give up cause you love it to much.
LOL...I am in total agreement with you. It is always one step forward, and half back, so forth. The learning is a journey and not a straight, always forward progressing one. I do think the more we let go of our results for that day of practice, the better things get for us. Oh yes, and some days, my Kua is a brick too! 😄 And some days I feel so in the zone I don't want to stop. But always it is there for us to love, learn and grow. Thanks for watching and for your insightful, humous, and true comment!
Perhaps you are commenting on the wrong video. I am not young and I am very strong. This video is about common Tai Chi mistakes. Your comment seems to be a non sequiter. Oh well to each his own. Wishing you all the best in your (gym or otherwise) endeavors.
I appreciate the sincerity and generosity of sharing your knowledge. Thank you!
Thank you for your lovely comment!
EXCELLENT! Simple, clear, calm, clean of crap. The dog loves the good vibe. You are a kind of Bob Ross of Taiji.
☺️😄 thank you for the positive and specific feedback! You made me laugh re: Bob Ross. I often tell my students as I'm teaching their Tai Chi, that I am teaching "paint by the numbers" first. Then we later turn our Tai Chi into water colors, flowing, blending, subtle, no definitive beginning or end (and no lines or numbers). 😄
@@InternalTaiChi ♥♥♥very nice analogy! This is also an art of making people discover and enjoy the colors in their lives. Keep blooming people's lives!
@@dorneanudoru Aww. Thank you so much. I did a meditation yesterday and I kept seeing a flower opening under the sunlight. Your "blooming people's lives" is very fitting. Thank you for the beautiful imagery.
Thank you for your answer of controlling their fascia on their forehead. At the moment I'm just in the beginning steps of learning to use the fascia. Please keep making your videos. Thank you, Dan
I certainly will continue to make more videos. I plan on offering a live stream workshop (live, not pre recorded) on the subject as well. Make sure to sign up for my email list so you get notifications. I do not send out many emails.
This is an excellent explanation/ demonstration of common errors thanks!
Thank you, Cynthia! 😊
We thank you for the quality of the information and the way you explain.
It is truly my pleasure. Thank you for your kind comment.
Thank you for sharing! I like the clean yet balanced stile of the videos, giving examples, little anacdotes but underlying the specifics without going of to far, keeps me focused :)
Coming from Wing Chun with a recent awoken interest in postural restauration, I see great benefit in Tai Chi to not only fix posture and better my martial arts, but also to reduce stress and pain by practicing a present/mindful state. This is the second video I watched of yours, after the joint expansion one with the follow along for hand joints, where I ended up via Wing Chun related content. Looking forward to learn from your content and return for practice.
Kind regards
Thank you so much! You are indeed correct. Tai Chi will provide you with all that you seek. I appreciate your taking the time to leave a comment and your positive feedback. It helps to build my channel followers so that more folks can also learn from my teaching. Thanks for watching and learning from me!
Excellent presentation, thank you.
Bill P.
Thank you so much!
@@InternalTaiChi My pleasure !
Very helpful. I make all four mistakes as I notice and can now begin to address them.
Excellent! Thanks for letting me know.
👍 Thankyou for explaining things so clearly!
Thank you for the positive feedback and for leaving a comment!
The ai chi instruction is very good. One of the smartest decisions of my life was to take up tai chi and continueing to practice it The only dog I ever owned was a standard and she was a natural in front of a camera. Nice seeing you both.
Thank you! Tai Chi and Poodles are a hard combination to beat!
Great tution and explanations thanks it's nice to find good information.
You are very welcome!
Very good instruction. Ive been practicing for years and i continue to learn.
Thank you. That is what I love about Tai Chi; it is a never ending learning and discovering process.
I’m just starting Tai Chi and find your videos quite informative and helpful.
Thank you, Sherry! Enjoy learning Tai Chi. Thank you for watching and your comment. Feel free to ask questions along the way.
Thank you! I never heard so clear, 👍 explanation 😄
Thank you! Enjoy your OneWheel.
I love your explanations and your energy.
Thank you!
Your explanation about Locked joints, rotation in response to a Push is spot on. May I add, if you see someone pushing you, why not Avoid his Push? Why not avoid his Push direction by "rotating" moving to the side ? Why allow your self to stand in front of him? Why not keep Maai? Most Aikido, Muay Thai, Boxers Avoid Tori's line of attack. In Real-Life, will you just stand in front of the attacker and do Brushing Knee?
Indeed, Tai Chi is also about "yielding" and avoiding the confrontation in the first place. Your comments, in my opinion, are correct. I only used the direct confrontation for demonstration purposes. Sometimes, unfortunately we do have direct confrontations and it is good to have a repertoire to manage them. But best of all, is if we can rotate out of the way and have, as one of my instructors says, "no contention." Thank you for commenting and for watching!
Postural deficiencies can only be exposed through pressure testing, which is what this video demonstrates.
@@hamstring6792thank you. Great insight!
Mega valuable information,million thanks🎉❤
Thank you!
This is so helpful. Thank you so much!
Thank you Brenda! Thanks for commenting. 👍
Thank you for your teaching today. Are the corrections you made today adaptable to all styles of Tai Chi?
I’m currently mostly a Yang style practitioner.
Absolutely! These are key principles that should be applied to all styles of Tai Chi. You can test them out. Pick one form (like ward off or brush knee) and hold the position. Allow a partner to gently, gradually push on you. Do it with the principles in the video (for example arms below shoulder height) and without the principle (arms held higher) and see if you can feel the difference when they push you. This will validate it for you. These principles apply to ALL styles of forms! Thanks for watching and for the comment/question.
Wow! Some lightbulb moments here for me! Thanks!
Thank you for telling me. Light bulb moments are my favorite as a teacher!!
Thanks a lot. It really helps me.
Thank you! I am glad it helped.
Very nice explanation, thanx!
You are welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Interesting!
Actually, the full lesson was huge. Thanks
Yay! You found one of my newer videos. Thank you so much for the positive feedback!
Really helpful, and really clear teaching, Thank you :)
Thank you! 😊
Hello, In regard to the soft joints when doing brushed knee, I do agree until the end of the movement. When doing a palm strike to stop a person that's twice my size, I have a brief moment of tension in my wrist. What's your opinion on this? On an other topic I really like your instruction's on fascia. Thank you, Dan
Tension will be used against you by a more skilled practitioner. If you apply contact friction to the fascia (say of their forehead) instead, then you won't need the tension for a "strike."
Thank you!
You are welcome! Thank you for watching and commenting.
Wow this was really great thank you.
Even though I can already stand like in the video and not be pushed by a much larger person.I never really understood intellectually understood some of the concepts you presented here and was doing them from comfort and feel and not knowledge thanks to your video I now have both.I never thought of keeping by qua back ,what I do is keep my lower back flat and bending at the knees helps with this.
Anyway great video I appreciate.
It is much better to understand it from how it feels, like you do, than from an intellectual or cognitive standpoint. You are way ahead of the game if you are sensing it from comfort and feel. That is excellent! Thank you for watching and for your positive comments.
Thanks for your explanation. In Sun style brush knee ended with follow step.
Is it also have the same instructions for the form?
Shoulder and hip Qua?
You are welcome. Yes, these concepts apply to any and all styles of Tai Chi form. In Sun Style, it is even more common that people (incorrectly) push their kua forward when they take the follow step. Instead, the person needs to keep the knees bent, and the shoulder hip aligned and the kua remains back even with the follow step. Like sliding your butt on a bench, everything stays on the same plane as you take the follow step.
thank you , i practice since sevral years and no body gave me all this keys, so obvious, so clear, again thank you, it's a new way to practice, sorry for my poor english.
Your English is fine. Thank you for letting me know. I am so glad to have offered some assistance in your Tai Chi understanding and journey. And feel free to comment in your own language. I will respond back in your language.
Very helpful
Thank you!
yes... and no. The biggest mistake of every taichi teacher is to deviate the focus on the back and spine. When your back is extended and your spine is flexible and aligned, everything about joints and breathing cones as a consequence. The focus is on the spine, and then you practice years until your whole being extends and softens enough. It's all about the spine and the back, It has always been , since the beginning and in every martial art.
I agree about the spine and back being essential. In fact I have videos which address that. Keep in mind this video can't possibly address all levels. It's choosing common mistakes....not all mistakes.
If you have a video you have made that addresses your point I will gladly point my viewers to it.
Thanks for watching and your insight.
Good teaching ,..
Thank you! 😊
what about for people with walkers , for my friend , i know wheelchairs is another challange that you dont address, but, you explains wjat your doing well, i have strained my upper chest neck shoulder area and even with doing Somatics i have not been able to calm the nerve connection from my shoulder to my feet, i had for many years, but, it feeling worse know as my lifre revaels ?
For individuals who have limited mobility, Tai Chi can still be an accessible resource. I suggest you watch my videos about the quality of Song. This teaches how to open up the joints, which in turn can relieve pain and help with postural alignment regardless if you're standing sitting or using a walker. Here is a link to one of my videos on Song: ua-cam.com/video/NBKq8-gpcoM/v-deo.html
Another mistake I see with beginners is that they believe incorrectly that T'ai Chi is about flowery movements of the arms. Even with some experienced players just "placing their arms" is a weakness. The arms must only move in coordination with the turning of the body, the shifting of the weight, and the movement of chi.
Yes indeed and this, sadly, is not limited to just beginners. All Tai Chi starts in the feet. The arms are the last expression and are really the least important. Thanks for watching and commenting!
👍🙏🏻un grand merci!
Vous êtes les bienvenus!
Thank you. I think that I tend to twist because of arthritis in my hips, and am not sure how to counteract this tendency
At first just get in front of a mirror and watch as you rotate. Imagine you have a button sewn at the shoulder Kua (a divet under the collar bone at your shoulder) and the hip kua. There should be a direct, vertical line between these two landmarks. Now pretend you have a silk thread attached to both buttons, creating a vertical line from shoulder to hip kua. Now you must keep that silk thread vertical at all times when you move and rotate. If it loses its vertical line, then you are twisting. I hope this helps!
It does, thank you
Once again Susan thank you for excellent sound advice. I hope beginners, students and experienced Tai chi prationers take something away from your video. I'll give a big 👍 for you your assistant and Monty. Have a good day all. 🙏😊🐶🥰
LOL...Monty does like to assist in the most enthusiastic ways! Thank you, Julie. I appreciate your comments so very much.
Absoutely helpfull thank you verry much :) Only a verry little agree to disagree: I would refer to me as an intermediate but would not say that all the issues with the Kwa (especially No4) are easy to fix in a way like: ok got it now do it right. Understand it is one thing, but feel it annother cup of coffee and I think that's a longer jouney between - damn my Kwa is stiff like a brick - Satori: Halleluja that's it - falling back one step take to forward and so one. And generally spoken: not matter if you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced - I think that's one core of Tai Chi: there are those days you hate your form during practice thinking about better collecting stamps, the other day it's fine - but all in all you know you can't give up cause you love it to much.
LOL...I am in total agreement with you. It is always one step forward, and half back, so forth. The learning is a journey and not a straight, always forward progressing one. I do think the more we let go of our results for that day of practice, the better things get for us. Oh yes, and some days, my Kua is a brick too! 😄 And some days I feel so in the zone I don't want to stop. But always it is there for us to love, learn and grow. Thanks for watching and for your insightful, humous, and true comment!
I ❤ your videos
Thank you! ❤
The body weight advantage
Tai Chi has great wisdom in body mechanics! 🙂
The young lady's just kidding herself (the lesser sin)-she’d be better off hitting the gym.
Perhaps you are commenting on the wrong video. I am not young and I am very strong. This video is about common Tai Chi mistakes. Your comment seems to be a non sequiter. Oh well to each his own. Wishing you all the best in your (gym or otherwise) endeavors.