Tai Chi's Explosive Power: Training 3 Types of Fajin

A short video with some tips & advice on training Chen Tai Chi's Fajin - Explosive Power. Including a look at three different methods or styles of expressing fain - integrated power, rotational power, elastic power.
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[@Karylrx]

These are real golden nuggets of wisdom, no many masters talk sbout these very important details.
Thanks a lot for sharing!

[@_eastmountain]

Thanks for the feedback. I hope it helps you with your training!

[@Spectre2434]

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[@gabaryahyasharahla2467]

Thanks for this video. This clarity was golden. I am humbly requesting your opinion on the topic. Sinking the chi to the dantien is the integrated method correct? Because if that is the case it seems as if it is the same as "an" energy except the focus is more in ones own body versus the opponents. Please inform me if this is clear and or correct. I hope my terminologies match the descriptions. Thanks in advance and thanks again for clarifying the demonstration from the short.

[@_eastmountain]

Thank you for asking such an interesting question. This gets close to the limits of my current understand of things. But no, I see these as different. Sinking Qi into the Dantien is fundamental for Tai Chi training. Other skills, like integrated (full body) power, build on this first concept of settling into the dantien. And "Chen" (sink or settle) is not the same as "An" (press). Press would imply forcing the Qi, which I think is incorrect and could harmful, while Sink is allowing the Qi to gather and move downwards.
So my experience has been that when the Qi sinks to the dantien the feeling includes being alert, calm & centered. Without this, attempts at integrated force simply ends up as a stiff movement. When alert, calm & centred how you move is different and this makes training fain possible.
I hope this is helpful.

[@gabaryahyasharahla2467]

Indeed thank you​@@_eastmountain

[@bendavid5648]

So where does reverse breathing fit into this?

[@_eastmountain]

Fajin are done with an exhale. Reverse & Natural breathing is a big separate topic of its own.

[@humanist_notes]

Chen is not taijichuan. Paochui is not fajin.