Comments on: Chen Wei-Ming on Agility http://neigong.net/2006/06/06/chen-wei-ming-on-agility/ a simple reference to no thing Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: thomas http://neigong.net/2006/06/06/chen-wei-ming-on-agility/#comment-17 thomas Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:58:24 +0000 http://neigong.net/2006/06/06/chen-wei-ming-on-agility/#comment-17 Under heaven nothing is more soft and yielding than water. Yet for attacking the solid and strong, nothing is better; It has no equal. The weak can overcome the strong; The supple can overcome the stiff. Under heaven everyone knows this, Yet no one puts it into practice. Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching from Chapter 78 (Trans. Feng & English) Under heaven nothing is more soft and yielding than water.
Yet for attacking the solid and strong, nothing is better;
It has no equal.
The weak can overcome the strong;
The supple can overcome the stiff.
Under heaven everyone knows this,
Yet no one puts it into practice.

Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching from Chapter 78 (Trans. Feng & English)

]]> By: thomas http://neigong.net/2006/06/06/chen-wei-ming-on-agility/#comment-13 thomas Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:02:12 +0000 http://neigong.net/2006/06/06/chen-wei-ming-on-agility/#comment-13 Master T.T. Liang on Agility Agile (ingenious) means active and intelligent. From lightness comes relaxation and firmness. From relaxation and firmness the ability to adhere and attach will be developed. When you can adhere and attach you will be able to connect and follow. Only when you can connect and follow will your movement be ingenious and active, so that finally you can apprehend the technique of not letting go and not resisting. Reference: Tai Chi Chuan for Health and Self-Defense: Philosophy and Practice T. T Liang, Random House USA 1977 ISBN: 0394724615 Page: 110 Master T.T. Liang on Agility

Agile (ingenious) means active and intelligent. From lightness comes relaxation and firmness. From relaxation and firmness the ability to adhere and attach will be developed. When you can adhere and attach you will be able to connect and follow. Only when you can connect and follow will your movement be ingenious and active, so that finally you can apprehend the technique of not letting go and not resisting.

Reference:
Tai Chi Chuan for Health and Self-Defense: Philosophy and Practice T. T Liang, Random House USA 1977
ISBN: 0394724615

Page: 110

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