Chinese Whispers

Friday, 3 March 2023

On Chansigong...

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During Chansigong (Reeling-Silk Exercise) the waist is kept straight  but energetically relaxed and down.  Its rotations are subtle and does...

Moving Clouds and Flowing Water

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 Although the expression “Xing Yun Liu Shui” (Moving Clouds and Flowing Water) is mainly used in literary writings and language expressions,...

The state of song...

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 The state of “Song 鬆” is a critical state between tension and relaxation.  It acts like a zero between positive and negative numbers. The d...

Taiji's Profound Principle...

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 “Examine the multitude of stars; then sense the vast vault of the universe.”  If you delve deep into your martial art, you can sense its pr...

Finding the waist...

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  Finding one’s waist is the first step to correct Taijiquan movements. This is initiated by keeping the point just above the mingmen (gate...

A lifetime of practice...

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"To train quan is to train a whole person; To train a whole person takes a lifetime of practice.” An adage shared by all internal syst...

Moving the Dang (Crotch)

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Changing weight in Taijiquan practice involves moving the body’s centre from one leg to another through the action of the dang (crotch). The...
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