Comments on: Connection in Taijiquan http://unurthed.com/2008/04/16/connection-in-taijiquan/ Tue, 15 May 2012 07:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PolyMathicus http://unurthed.com/2008/04/16/connection-in-taijiquan/comment-page-1/#comment-245 PolyMathicus Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:58:01 +0000 http://unurthed.com/2008/04/16/connection-in-taijiquan/#comment-245 Dear Loretta, it is precisely the same thing! The medieval Moor served the same exact purpose: to gauge the timing of the cavalier. At any rate, the metaphor gives us, I believe, a rigorous insight into the Mastery of the Art: one needs to be like that dummy, totally flexible but centered around the spine, the vertical axis. In REAL taiji there is, as it were, no independent motion (*). All power is quite simply the result of redirecting opponent's aggressivity back to its source. There is no fight: whoever generates conflict will pay dearly, by the very force he/she set in motion. PolyMathicus (*) a note for practicioners: the fact that there is NO independent motion is something that should guide the correct execution of the so-called "forms". One must understand and feel which external actions set the form in motion at a given point in time. This goes back to a fundamental point of the Yang family: practice the solo form as if there were real opponents fighting you. Dear Loretta,

it is precisely the same thing! The medieval Moor served the same exact purpose: to gauge the timing of the cavalier.

At any rate, the metaphor gives us, I believe, a rigorous insight into the Mastery of the Art: one needs to be like that dummy, totally flexible but centered around the spine, the vertical axis.

In REAL taiji there is, as it were, no independent motion (*). All power is quite simply the result of redirecting opponent’s aggressivity back to its source.

There is no fight: whoever generates conflict will pay dearly, by the very force he/she set in motion.

PolyMathicus

(*) a note for practicioners: the fact that there is NO independent motion is something that should guide the correct execution of the so-called “forms”. One must understand and feel which external actions set the form in motion at a given point in time.

This goes back to a fundamental point of the Yang family: practice the solo form as if there were real opponents fighting you.

]]> By: Loretta Donnelly http://unurthed.com/2008/04/16/connection-in-taijiquan/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Loretta Donnelly Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:22:23 +0000 http://unurthed.com/2008/04/16/connection-in-taijiquan/#comment-244 This kind of reminds me of the old-style Chinese bagua dummy that rotates, or can be locked. If your timing is off and you whack an arms hard, YOU get whacked if you are "in the way!" -Loretta D. www.TaiChiFest.com This kind of reminds me of the old-style Chinese bagua dummy that rotates, or can be locked. If your timing is off and you whack an arms hard, YOU get whacked if you are “in the way!”

-Loretta D.
http://www.TaiChiFest.com

]]> By: PolyMathicus http://unurthed.com/2008/04/16/connection-in-taijiquan/comment-page-1/#comment-241 PolyMathicus Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:01:23 +0000 http://unurthed.com/2008/04/16/connection-in-taijiquan/#comment-241 In medieval tournaments there was an interesting fixture: the Moor. It was a revolving statue of wood, depicting a man with a shield in one hand and a whip in the other. The moment you hit the shield with your spear, the Moor rotates around his "spine" and hits you with his whip, and the entire motion is due to your own energy. That is the pair of receiving and giving! Be like that Moor, and the Power is yours. best PolyMathicus In medieval tournaments there was an interesting fixture: the Moor. It was a revolving statue of wood, depicting a man with a shield in one hand and a whip in the other. The moment you hit the shield with your spear, the Moor rotates around his “spine” and hits you with his whip, and the entire motion is due to your own energy.

That is the pair of receiving and giving!

Be like that Moor, and the Power is yours.

best

PolyMathicus

]]> By: Loretta D http://unurthed.com/2008/04/16/connection-in-taijiquan/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Loretta D Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:32:23 +0000 http://unurthed.com/2008/04/16/connection-in-taijiquan/#comment-240 This is a very interesting visual to show those energies at work. Thanks for sharing! This is a very interesting visual to show those energies at work. Thanks for sharing!

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