Category: taiji
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Song of the Real Meaning
真義歌 No shape, no shadow. Entire body transparent and empty. Forget your surroundings and be natural. Like a stone chime suspended from West Mountain. Tigers roaring, monkeys screeching. Clear fountain, peaceful water. Turbulent river, stormy ocean. With your whole being, develop your life. 無形無象。全身透空。 忘物自然。西山懸磬。 虎吼猿鳴。泉清水靜。 翻江鬧海。盡性立命。 When practicing taijiquan you must let go of…
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The True Teachings of Yang Jianhou’s Secret Yang Style Taijiquan
Historical background of Yang style Taijiquan as passed down by late Wang Yongquan For more than half a century people in China and other countries have learnt about and to a certain degree understood Taijiquan, while health aspects of Yang style Taijiquan attracted special attention all over the world. However very few people know that…
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Yang Banhou Explaining Taiji Principles
太極法說 EXPLAINING TAIJI PRINCIPLES 楊班侯 attributed to Yang Banhou [circa 1875] [translation by Paul Brennan, Sep, 2013] 目錄 CONTENTS 八門五步 [1] The Eight Gates & Five Steps 八門五步用功法 [2] On the Training Method for the Eight Gates & Five Steps 固有分明法 [3] Our Innate Ability to Distinguish 粘黏連隨 [4] Stick, Adhere, Connect, and Follow 頂匾丢抗…
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Forms of Push Hand
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Investigating the Method of Tai Chi Boxings Push Hand
Step One: The Push Hands System of Awareness Energy From the preceding account of the skillful practice of the set, you have arrived at the level of Push hands. Awareness energy is acquired through the practice of Push hands. Two people must practice this together, and this practice is very important. If your Push hands…
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This is Kung Fu
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Song Kong Yuan Man
Byron Zhang shows Tai Chi’s Song Kong Yuan Man (Relax, empty, full & rounded).
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Wudang Taiji – Six Basic Skills of Taiji
武当太极基本功 Reference: daoistkungfu youtube.com
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Huang Sheng Shyan Tai Chi Chuan
Huang Sheng Shyan Taijiquan
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Masters of Heaven and Hearth
Wudang Taiji
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The Understanding of the Thirteen Postures
1. The Xin (mind/heart) motivates the qi, directs it to sink, so that it can be stored and concentrated into the bones. 2. Let the qi motivate the body without hindrance, so that it will effortlessly follow your xin (mind/heart). 3. If the shen (spirit) is raised, there will not be any sluggishness. This is…
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Chen Style Silk Reeling of Liu Hong Cai
Liu Hong Cai Chen Style Silk Reeling: Basic Exercises and Demonstrations Master Liu describes two types of silk reeling, a wrapping type of energy ‘doing’ the movement and ‘using’ it to affect another. He stresses that you have to understand energy to apply silk reeling. Silk reeling is a gathering and closing of energy, or…
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Huang Sheng Shyan 100 Years
Master Huang Sheng Shyan 100th birthday celebration and taiji forum held in KL malaysia November 2010.
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Li Chugongs Chen Style Taiji
Reference:adfeatherstone youtube.com
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Chen Zhonghua Withdraw is to issue
Chen Zhonghua talks about the principle of “withdraw is to issue” ( Shou Ji Shi Fang ) in his Chen Style Taiji. Links: Practicalmethod youtube.com www.chenzhonghua.org
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