tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020823067576006225.post2086410915127618180..comments2024-02-15T17:22:22.519+09:00Comments on Gaijin Explorer: Aikido's Effect on Tai Chi ChuanZacky Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174486813298415578noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020823067576006225.post-38190897133183317582011-02-09T20:12:31.950+09:002011-02-09T20:12:31.950+09:00Also, consider your point of contact when applying...Also, consider your point of contact when applying brush knee... Are you using the palm or the small bone at the base of the hand. If palm, then the wrist/shoulder relationship determines that your centre is open. If small bone, then the hand is slanting and in front of the chest.<br /><br />PaulSifu Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435470895607918160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020823067576006225.post-84266895567766659702011-02-09T20:06:39.084+09:002011-02-09T20:06:39.084+09:00You should not bring your hand across the body whe...You should not bring your hand across the body when performing brush knee. The wrist joint is inclined towards the horizontal plane, indicating that the hand stays outside the shoulders, not inside. <br /><br />To bring your hand inside the shoulders would require a rounded 'hug a tree' shape; which is incongruous with brush knee.<br /><br />Neither bagua or tai chi pull the fingers back. That would be an extreme, and as you quite rightly indicated: cause tension.<br /><br />My teachers's site explains it in much more detail:<br /><br />http://www.internalkungfu.co.uk/Peng.htm<br /><br />Your journey sounds like great fun!<br /><br />PaulSifu Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435470895607918160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020823067576006225.post-46971026992515913082011-02-04T20:40:35.157+09:002011-02-04T20:40:35.157+09:00I think a lot of tai chi talk is nonsense. Take a ...I think a lot of tai chi talk is nonsense. Take a ushiro technique from aikido. I'd guess that very few tai chi people could escape by being relaxed.BarryRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15058645635296814510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020823067576006225.post-52071569794383301002010-10-15T02:33:28.779+09:002010-10-15T02:33:28.779+09:00It's good to experiment.
No two days are the ...It's good to experiment. <br />No two days are the same, no two movements the same. Just try to use proper theory and principle, it's all good.<br />One art informs the other.Dojo Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057645566330892415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020823067576006225.post-22903930191549529342010-10-14T23:03:43.961+09:002010-10-14T23:03:43.961+09:00Without images, I can't completely understand ...Without images, I can't completely understand the details in your posture and movemente nor explain my view about it. However, I (and we traditionalist) believe that the baseprinciple of tai chi is :<br />if your posture is not balanced, it is wrong.<br />If the core of a technique (the push, in the case of brush knee) does not work (i.e. in this case if you can't parry and push), it is wrong.<br />Of course, whether it "works" or not, is subject to personal interpretation...<br /><br />However, our body is mainly made of water. It is normal, then, that its shape is not fixed, as water.<br />After ten days without practice, my tai chi was awuful. Ten days! Think what months could have done.<br />In a similar way, after one hour of choy li fut, my tai chi becomes quicker, stronger, and my postures change, resembling the ones of kung fu.<br />I might be extremely shapeless, but, in general, each time you do a form, it will be different. It's part of the game.daniele.perkelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03341030886386168290noreply@blogger.com