All internal martial arts are based on the highest law in physics which is the law of conservation of energy. According to the conservation of energy, energy cannot be created or destroyed but energy can only be transferred or transformed. Tai Chi is about being energy efficient by using the whole body with the mind. Using your whole body conserves energy and be energy efficient. When a batter swings his bat, the power comes from the rotation of the hip and not just the upper body. Momentum is mass times velocity. Even with small velocity, you could create big momentum with big mass (or whole body). Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Austin, YES!! Very well said. Thank you for your insightful comment. I particularly like "even with small velocity you can create big momentum." Lots of good stuff in your comment. Thanks again!
@@InternalTaiChi Very Nice teacher!! The Channel on RUclips is so good. There are many vídeos instrutctive. My interesting are videos the yin and yang theory.
Great explanation! I always say: 'the whole body is a weapon'. I follow you for a while now. I'm a student of Armand van Middendorp and train with him quite often 🙏
Hi Wesley - I seen your comment on Susan ‘s video - She is an excellent gifted Teacher ! I also follow Armand online and will be going to his workshop in May ! Maybe I will get to see U 👍
@@RobertMcCabe-yt5xs thanks for your reaction. I really can feel Susan is a gifted teacher. That's also why I like to watch her video's. Unfortunately I'm not in the Netherlands in may, because I go to Bali. But maybe we'll meet another time. You can see me in some of Armand's video's, I'm the ginger guy 😅
That is an excellent question. Allow me to clarify. When you are reaching, picking up items, turning, it is best to keep your nose over your Dan Tian to protect your spine. If you practice Tai Chi regularly, it will become a subtle but important habit. For instance, when my puppy starts to play tug of war with me, my spine remains aligned and I do not twist. If I allowed him to twist my spine, I would very likely injure my low back. I'm not suggesting we move around like robots. However, the more we can keep our body connected in our movements, the more joint integrity and longevity, we will enjoy. We will also have more effortless strength in our movements. In the next video I plan on showing how to use body alignment and body connectedness to pick up a heavy item off of the floor.
@@InternalTaiChi i was thinking of many things you said here picking something off the floor, lifting things out of the sink, pushing, pulling ,moving chairs..... many things i have not tai chi people mention these kind of things.
I sadly have a hard time learning, so when other name's for a movements in tai chi or an unfamiliar term or even learning to move differently is very difficult. You are a good teacher , i am not a good learner, patients?
Thank you for saying I am a good teacher. Don't shortchange yourself. All of the fancy words do not really have importance. It is what you feel and what changes you make that are important. Be patient, enjoy the process rather than push the process. Little by little you will start to feel changes.
Allow me to clarify..it's a good question! What I mean to impart is the body moves as a whole, not individual parts. So the shoulder remains aligned with the hips. As you rotate trunk the shoulders remain fixed, carrying the arms with the trunk but not swinging away from the trunk (like swatting would be separating the arm/shoulder away from the trunk). The goal is to rotate everything as one. In one of the examples, my arm gets away from my shoulder a bit. That's incorrect. The shoulder remains fairly fixed and in alignment with the hips. Rotate the trunk and you'll get power. I hope this helps. Thanks for the great question!
All internal martial arts are based on the highest law in physics which is the law of conservation of energy. According to the conservation of energy, energy cannot be created or destroyed but energy can only be transferred or transformed. Tai Chi is about being energy efficient by using the whole body with the mind. Using your whole body conserves energy and be energy efficient.
When a batter swings his bat, the power comes from the rotation of the hip and not just the upper body.
Momentum is mass times velocity.
Even with small velocity, you could create big momentum with big mass (or whole body).
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Austin, YES!! Very well said. Thank you for your insightful comment. I particularly like "even with small velocity you can create big momentum." Lots of good stuff in your comment. Thanks again!
@@austinchoi9802 Tai chi is fantastic! Thanks for explanation my friend
Thank you, appreciate 🙏☯️
You are welcome! Thank you for leaving a comment. ☺️
Wow ! What a great video !
The visuals , props, ALL made this informative video a
Big 2 👍s UP
Thank you! I had fun making it. BOOM! I almost broke something behind me with the one where I had the expletive. Lol
Wonderful. Thank you for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for commenting.
Thanks for vídeos
.I'm Brazilian and so like your vídeos.
I'm pratice Aikido and vídeos help me my pratice at martial art.
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting. Enjoy your aikido. I have a couple former aikido students in my classes. 🙏👍
@@InternalTaiChi Very Nice teacher!! The Channel on RUclips is so good. There are many vídeos instrutctive. My interesting are videos the yin and yang theory.
@@marcoacosta4thank you. I'll make more videos on that topic.
@@InternalTaiChi thanks teacher !!
Great explanation! I always say: 'the whole body is a weapon'. I follow you for a while now. I'm a student of Armand van Middendorp and train with him quite often 🙏
Hi Wesley - I seen your comment on Susan ‘s video - She is an excellent gifted Teacher !
I also follow Armand online and will be going to his workshop in May !
Maybe I will get to see U 👍
Oh how wonderful! Say hi to Armand for me!
@@InternalTaiChi hi Susan , we both left replies on Wesley’s comment on your video a short time ago 😊
@@RobertMcCabe-yt5xs thanks for your reaction. I really can feel Susan is a gifted teacher. That's also why I like to watch her video's. Unfortunately I'm not in the Netherlands in may, because I go to Bali. But maybe we'll meet another time. You can see me in some of Armand's video's, I'm the ginger guy 😅
@@InternalTaiChi I will and maybe we'll meet some day 😃🙏
Thank you Susan. Now doing the housework doesn't seem like such a waste of time. 😃
Always a good thing, right!?! 😆
Enlighting
Thank you! 🙂
Nice job. You might consider equating dantien with cg(center of gravity) removes some of the mumbo jumbo for students:)
Yes. I like that idea. I dislike mumbo jumbo and try to promote clarity. Thanks for the suggestion!
Should the nose always be aligned in the direction of the dan tien? in everyday life?😢
That is an excellent question. Allow me to clarify. When you are reaching, picking up items, turning, it is best to keep your nose over your Dan Tian to protect your spine. If you practice Tai Chi regularly, it will become a subtle but important habit. For instance, when my puppy starts to play tug of war with me, my spine remains aligned and I do not twist. If I allowed him to twist my spine, I would very likely injure my low back. I'm not suggesting we move around like robots. However, the more we can keep our body connected in our movements, the more joint integrity and longevity, we will enjoy. We will also have more effortless strength in our movements.
In the next video I plan on showing how to use body alignment and body connectedness to pick up a heavy item off of the floor.
@@InternalTaiChi i was thinking of many things you said here picking something off the floor, lifting things out of the sink, pushing, pulling ,moving chairs..... many things i have not tai chi people mention these kind of things.
I sadly have a hard time learning, so when other name's for a movements in tai chi or an unfamiliar term or even learning to move differently is very difficult.
You are a good teacher , i am not a good learner, patients?
Thank you for saying I am a good teacher. Don't shortchange yourself. All of the fancy words do not really have importance. It is what you feel and what changes you make that are important. Be patient, enjoy the process rather than push the process. Little by little you will start to feel changes.
Now I know why my body is unbalanced, it's as if it were fragmented!😮
That is excellent insight. With a little practice you can change the fragmentation to more wholeness and connectedness.
@@InternalTaiChi thank you 🙏
It isn't using shoulder joint, how it is whole body movement
Allow me to clarify..it's a good question! What I mean to impart is the body moves as a whole, not individual parts. So the shoulder remains aligned with the hips. As you rotate trunk the shoulders remain fixed, carrying the arms with the trunk but not swinging away from the trunk (like swatting would be separating the arm/shoulder away from the trunk). The goal is to rotate everything as one.
In one of the examples, my arm gets away from my shoulder a bit. That's incorrect. The shoulder remains fairly fixed and in alignment with the hips. Rotate the trunk and you'll get power. I hope this helps. Thanks for the great question!