The Secret of Fajin: From Kung Fu to Tai Chi's Hidden Power Completely Revealed

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  • Опубликовано: 8 янв 2025

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  • @GreyTactic
    @GreyTactic День назад +6

    I remember last night I saw a video of a Tai Chi instructor (won't name names) scoffing at the idea of fascia, insisting that "true" Tai Chi power only comes from the spine, the physical dantien (i.e. core abdominal muscles + glutes) and the 'iron wires' (tendons/ligaments). It was painful for me to watch.
    I guess before any of the internal fundamentals of Tai Chi, there are many other external power generation methods that some Tai Chi practitioners claim to be the "real, physics-grounded reason" why Tai Chi 'works'. These external power generation methods add more layers to the confusion of people trying to discuss how Tai Chi (or Kung Fu) works (or should work). We get different answers and takes, and whoever's answer seems more believeable/believed by more people comes out as more convincing. Though I guess the reality of it is people are simply, unknowingly speaking from vastly different skill levels. Meanwhile those stuck/fixated with the external skill levels will call those at the internal skill level as fake.
    It reminds me of one of Adam Chan's comments regarding the pursuit of the Dao (in the context of Qigong). He says that one if you cling to a new phenomenon/experience (during meditation) and fixate on it, you'll never be able to reach the next level of the practice. You have to remain humble and curious and open to new things in your practice, willing to let go of what you already know (or think you know), if you want to discover a higher level of practice. I think many people who are desperate to explain/understand Tai Chi in scientific terms forsake its most profound potentials in favor of these external, scientifically justifiable methods. But as a result, they will only ever be as good as their scientific comprehension of Tai Chi goes, if that.
    This is the first time I've seen a video of someone truly knowledgeable, acknowledging the entire spectrum of what would seem to the uninitiated as "internal power". I think this brings immense value to the Tai Chi and Kung Fu community. Hopefully this opens up a positive conversation on the topic.

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +4

      Thank you for this thoughtful comment! Yes you are right there are instructors completely devoted to one method and view, dismissing all others. The funny thing is I have at various points in my journey thought for each of these methods, “this is it! I’ve finally figured it out!” And yet sooner or later I’ll realize “oh my gosh there is another level beyond this. That which I thought was nonsense before is totally real and profound.”
      This has happened enough times that I am fully on board with Adam Chan’s statement that you have to keep letting go as you rise and return to the Tao. I frequently tell my students that all that I say now they will likely have to release at some point. Perhaps because we’re going somewhere where this is no longer relevant. Or perhaps I was just wrong ha ha. I was fortunate that my teacher frequently reminded me that the day that you think you’ve learned it all, is the day that the Art starts dying inside you. So I look forward to keep watering the Art inside with experiences of me being proven wrong and letting go of any attachments in this journey. 😃
      You’re right that a lot of not-Taichi methods got mixed into Tai Chi to explain Tai Chi. This is in part because Tai Chi masters in the previous century really did not want to give away their Tai Chi knowledge. And in that void, misunderstandings arose.
      You’re right too that often times people attach to what they can understand, scientifically or otherwise. But if we only look at what is most commonly accepted and limit ourselves to that, then we will likely still think the world is flat and this kind of process is anything but scientific!
      I think, aside from truly negative trolls, people understand what they understand, and say what they say, with some level of good intentions to inform people of the truth as they see it. And that is shaped by their experiences, skill level and all of that. So I don’t fault them for their preferences, nor their dismissal of what seems unbelievable and outside of their experience. In a way it just means they’re not prone to being crazy or gullible ha ha, does it not?
      And even if people will say some of this is fake, I want to present it all, leave a record of it, plant a seed in the mind, so that some future day when it is the right time, it can finally sprout and they can say, “oh my gosh maybe it is real and I think I get it!” Just as it has happened to me many times before. Thank you for your amazing comment, I truly appreciate it! 😃🙏

  • @ragemydream
    @ragemydream День назад +5

    that was an amazing demonstration of all the different ways to generate power. More impressive that you were able to do them all. This has really helped me. Look very forward to more videos like thisin 2025.

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +2

      Thank you very much for the kind comment! Like a lot of you, I sought out the best teachers I could and explored every path to master the engine behind Kungfu and Tai Chi. The good thing is that it has given me a big perspective and a systemic understanding that I hope to distill for everyone who loves these arts! I look forward to sharing a lot more with everyone this year! And feel free to send your suggestions, as you consider, what is valuable to you, that if you understood and mastered, would make your martial arts journey totally worthwhile? That would be helpful to me and I'm happy to respond! 😃🙏

  • @nathanielbrundige5982
    @nathanielbrundige5982 День назад +7

    Wow, your longest video yet, right? This subject gets a LOT of discussion online. Looking forward to when I've got a minute to really digest it.

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +2

      Yes! This is a topic that many people want to understand more completely. It’s certainly what I really wanted to know and do when I was little and learning ha ha. So I really wanted to do this topic right with the detail and respect it deserves. Please enjoy the video, because this one is for all of you who are curious about and love Kungfu and Tai Chi! 😃🙏

  • @robertjordon1984
    @robertjordon1984 День назад +2

    Thanks Sifu, really great breakdown and I prior to it I thought the tucking of the dantien was part of yang style for rooting purposes but I stand corrected. The video really illustrates to me that real taichi as taught by yourself really is about this alignment of qi, shen and yi and not much to do with physical alignment or issusing force using the dantien using the tucking method.
    I really am looking forward to more from yourself on awareness and intention, the underlying mechanisms of yang taichi.

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +2

      Yes! You are right to think that some amount of dantian and pelvic tucking is a part of Yang Tai Chi, and it forms a comfortable, neutral physical foundation for tai chi practice as you begin to realize your Shen, Yi, and Qi inside of your Tai Chi. I’m glad you are looking forward to more about Intention and Awareness because that is what I intend to present! 😃🙌

    • @robertjordon1984
      @robertjordon1984 19 часов назад

      @@phoenixmountaintaichi Ah now that you mention that dantien and pelvic tucking is part of the art my thinking is that its probably done physically to make the beginner use to the movement and feel whats happening. But at an advanced stage theres probably no physical movement just the movement of energy going up, down, left, right, diagnally etc.
      My reasoning for this is that I heard one other taichi teacher say at advanced stages there is no movement physically or its negligible, its just done with intent and the rise and fall of energy only, most probably you feel them along the various yang /ying tendon structures along the body and its all driven via intent and I would also presume the shen and chi. I think teh emphasis on 'you have to feel teh energy' is so that you dont imaginr it happening as people focus on visualization and might delude themselves.

  • @kingofaikido
    @kingofaikido День назад +1

    Sifu Lin, whose name is similar to mine. I'm getting better at not crying when I watch your videos. So my inner strength is getting better, you could say. I only have the beginning of tears around the corners of my eyes. It's also weird weather; supposed to be summer in New Zealand but it's cloudy and cold, so I might have an excuse. I now know, thanks to your video, the Yi dimension, and the difference between this and the dantien styles (using the loop). The distinction is clear. I'm pretty clear now, the four stages and in understanding them. Sometime it just takes someone else to help us focus the experiences we already have and to distinguish them so they don't mix. Or rather, if we do mix them, we can at least be conscious of mixing them and thereby take appropriate measures to readjust. So, thank you. ;)

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +2

      Yes! I like what you say about recognizing the mixes and making use of mixes consciously! Thank you for sharing the good news about the clarity you are gaining, that is exciting to hear! 😃🙌

  • @jasonsecretsword7606
    @jasonsecretsword7606 День назад +1

    I thank you for sharing such rare insights publicly. My understanding mirrors your own somewhat with Fascia(meat) being the 2nd and Song(released and coordinated skeleton/joints)being 1st. I made a joke about using Yi control to win at tug-o-war to my students last week then thought out loud that it would be likely to work. My student who is a PE teacher happened to have a weighted jump rope long enough for 4 people to tug vs just me. I had them try once with me just using normal strength and root(Song) and I was inevitably peeled off the floor in a few moments twice before trying again with Yi control. I was able to bring to a draw and eventually win by causing their Yi to be focused off side causing the group struggle to keep their force alignment on me with the newly created side directional force. I feel I was using some of my own Neijin and passing Jin through the tightened rope a bit as I have learned from Jian and Pole practice but the main medium to win vs the 4 people each being capable of holding their own vs me in a game of raw strength. If you get a chance do some tug-o-war with some people you may even surprise yourself how many you could take on using your Tai Chi skills. Until I saw your videos surfaced a couple yrs ago I thought I was going to have to be the one to inform the public of such levels but I am confident that you are doing a better job than I in educating and creating a path to such skills. I will definitely check out your courses when I get a chance.

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  8 часов назад +1

      Thank you for sharing the awesome story! It’s really great to hear people arrive at similar conclusions on their own, because parallel evolution is very affirming of the benefits of this journey isn’t it? You can certainly mirror and train Song before Fascia, it’s just that when you have a partner, it’s easier to master Fascia first and then that makes mastering Song easier.
      You are right that you can pass Neijin through a pole and sword. I’ve actually not tried with a rope! But with your encouragement I’ll go play with that ha ha. I hope you do present some of your own findings and experiences some time. Each of us have our own voice and way of sharing, that may uniquely reach different people out there. And together we form a movement that can impact even more people beyond each of us along! Thank you for sharing your wonderful comment and cheers to good company on this journey! 😃🙌

  • @TheSilence1
    @TheSilence1 День назад +1

    Thank you for this excellent video. In intermediate levels Aikido uses the fourth type of energy depicted here. I think that's because internal energy is either alluded to or only partially explored. For example, in Aikido we don't have terms equivalent to "peng, liu, ji, an". But we do discuss dantien (tanden in Japanese) and structure and connection. So for most practictioners this fourth type of energy is discoverable on one's own. It might also be because of our spiraling footwork this fourth type of energy is direction enough, and we make up for the lack of direction with our turning. But I've seen and experience high level masters do something different from everyone else. It's just that they're not really able to explain what they are doing differently as they are all Japanese masters and some things get lost in translation. The closest the Aikido founder ever got to explaining it was that he once told his senior students that they need to understand Yin and Yang.

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад

      That’s a really interesting analysis of Aikido energy and power use. Aikido does have very elegant turning. From what I have seen of different respected Aikido masters, I see elements of Dantian use, of Qi’s Yin and Yang to sink or float people, and of Yi’s capacity to influence people’s attention and intention. It looks like a very sophisticated art! I think you are right that some teaching is lost in translation. What do you enjoy most in your Aikido practice? And what do you look forward to accomplishing, that will make you feel this journey to be totally fulfilling? 😃🙏

  • @JaroBerce
    @JaroBerce 22 часа назад

    Dear Shifu Lin, I greatly admire your teaching and the clarity with which you explain complex concepts. Your demonstration of the various methods for generating power was truly remarkable and highly inspiring.
    However, I find myself struggling to fully grasp the concept of "borrowing." Is it about borrowing energy, intention, jin, or yin? I find this idea intriguing but somewhat elusive in its practical application. Would you be so kind as to provide a more grounded, down-to-earth explanation for those of us who wish to better understand and implement this principle? Your insight would be deeply appreciated.
    Thank you in advance!

    • @krenx
      @krenx 19 часов назад

      A way that can be helpful to understand is the nature of the Fascia system. It is like a web structure in our body that can modulate forces in very complex ways.
      When external forces are applied to the body, the untrained body will store the forces in muscles, and bone structure, and eventually allow the structure to break to dissolve the force when it is too much to bear.
      But an awakened, trained fascia system, is able to take forces, modulate and return that force. Similar to bouncing off a big yoga ball. This can happen suddenly, or happen gradually and continuously.
      In terms of physics, when force hits any resistance, it means there is a "Return" force acting, thus creating that resistance. The facia is able to allow that "return" force to travel, store, collect, redirect, wave, all kinds of things, with the help of Yi, to flow back to the source of the force, sometimes directly, often peripherally.
      Why is this elusive, difficult? Because the conditions for fascia to stretch and elongate, act like a web, goes AGAINST the normal way we are used move our body. When muscles CONTRACT, fascia becomes slack, joints close. When muscles RELEASE, specifically to gravity, the fascia stretches and becomes long; joints open up.
      Taiji quan demands very unique conditions and command for the body to do things that are not natural for many. And in that way it transforms the body, nervous system, the mind, it's relationship with forces and energy. The instructions are actually very straightforward and simple, but it is not easy due to deep rooted habits of how we gather strength and interact with force in the world.
      Shifu Lin is sharing authentic knowledge of internal arts. This is very rare to come by.

  • @U.W.Y.H.L.
    @U.W.Y.H.L. День назад +1

    Shifu Lin, you said and or demonstrated the most important and encouraging thing about Tai Chi at the end of the video which was in paraphrase “Tai Chi application looks, should look or can look just like the forms”! Ironically you may be the only master or Tai Chi practitioner, or maybe even other martial arts I’ve ever heard to have said this but I absolutely agree with you in opposition to all other hypocritical, illogical or inconsistent statements given by some people who actually have the nerve to sometimes blatantly contradict themselves by saying things like “you should train as you fight” but then say the forms or drills are just tools to prepare you for the real thing and they “wouldn’t move like the forms or it doesn’t look that way in reality” etc etc! I always hated the idea learning forms and movements I wouldn’t do in “real” situations,and wondered why forms weren’t all but eliminated in favor of having a string of real world applications! Thanks for at least putting sense back into Tai Chi’s training methods. 😳🤦🏻‍♂️🙄/👌✌️🤲☝️😉

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +2

      Haha yes! Thank you for that message! I think especially when it comes to training power, the way you train the power is the way the power will come out. Of course in usage, people's targets may be a little higher or a little lower and all of that. And we have to choose wisely when we apply this versus apply that. But the engine that you use repeatedly for your forms is the engine that drives your movement, is it not?
      Throughout this year I plan to show more and more of Tai Chi's form applications, especially in the course The Art of Tai Chi Applications, coming around the middle of this year! I like your phrase of putting sense into training methods, so that we can train sensibly and achieve good results, because that's what we all want right? Thank you for your comment I am glad to hear you being excited and hopeful for what's possible for you and ahead for the arts! 😃🙏

    • @U.W.Y.H.L.
      @U.W.Y.H.L. День назад +1

      @ Shifu Lin you are a most amazing asset to the Tai Chi community, God Willing I’d really like to meet and train with you or your organization in the near future! 👌✌️🤲☝️😉

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +2

      @@U.W.Y.H.L.I would love to train with you! If you are ever in the area please let me know. And we have some workshops that will be taking place around the world in the coming year! Stay tuned! 😃🙌

    • @sclsaktrc3311
      @sclsaktrc3311 День назад +1

      Thank You Shifu Lin 🙏

  • @jarrodpelrine7229
    @jarrodpelrine7229 День назад +2

    Is it the forms training that teaches your body to be able to create these conditions?

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +4

      Classically, it is specific internal training that teaches these skills, such as pole or spear shaking for whipping fajin and integrated fajin. Spear spiraling for dantian development. Power testing to develop integrated force. Tai Chi form helps you to develop the Song aspect of Tai Chi internal power and fajin. And form practice primes your body to be ready to train the other stages. But specific intention and awareness is needed to actually develop it.
      That’s why people think it takes a decade to develop Tai Chi skill, because the form alone without the internal instruction is very difficult. Imagine if you bought an IKEA cabinet. But it has no instructions. You just have a pile of wood boards, screws, rails, fasteners, and a picture of the completed cabinet. I think it would be reasonable to say IN THAT CASE that it takes ten years of dedication to build an IKEA cabinet ha ha.
      The form is like the picture of the completed cabinet. It will help you verify if you finished it right or wrong. But there can be a lot of helpful instruction along the way that can shorten the build time a lot. This is the reason Phoenix Mountain structures Tai Chi instruction in the way we do, to give step by step guidance so that anyone can put it together and enjoy it, in a reasonable time frame. And when you watch Moe and other student who appear on these videos, you can get a sense of the progress they’ve made in a year or so! That’s nice to see right? And the joy they have of learning and improving!
      Tai Chi is a wonderful practice that I hope to see more people enjoy, with the time investment that one would typically put into any hobby, and gain real aptitude and benefit that is good for them the way that we really can improve when we have the intention to do so in any hobby. Thank you for asking this important question and letting me share my thoughts on this! 🙏😃

    • @kingofaikido
      @kingofaikido День назад +1

      @@phoenixmountaintaichi The IKEA analogy is/was/will be hilarious for as IKEA is still a company. I've often thought somebody should apply the IKEA concept to taichi. You beat me to it Shifu Lin..! But, it doesn't matter. What matters is that more people get to experience the fun of learning and doing taichi..!!

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +1

      @@kingofaikidoyes let’s borrow the ikea concepts that are great for this. Minimalist, beautiful, works together, easy to assemble in a reasonable time, and highly functional! 😃🙏

  • @kennosunio
    @kennosunio День назад

    Woww ❤❤❤
    I did understand BORROW FORCE and never think about BORROW INTENTION before
    Now my mind is blown 🥳🥳🔥🔥🔥
    Thanks 🙏 so much

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +1

      Haha thank you for the beautiful comment! I will now borrow your kind and positive energy to brighten up this comment section! 😃🙏🙌

    • @kennosunio
      @kennosunio День назад

      @@phoenixmountaintaichi 🤩

  • @arnaudh4789
    @arnaudh4789 День назад

    incredibly rich video Sifu 🙏, great for those who want to know taichi yang. Is this why Chen taichi is different from Yang taichi? One uses more intention and the other dantien?
    As I understand it, form is less important than intention and being mentally present in the movement?

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  8 часов назад

      Ohhhh thank you for this comment. I don’t know if I clearly stated in this video that the Tai Chi I am explaining here is Yang Tai Chi. Chen Tai Chi is indeed different and deserving of its own video! (Along with Bagua, Xingyi, Baji).
      You are right that Chen Tai Chi uses more Dantian, or you can say more silk reeling. Silk reeling, along with its yin and yang qualities, creates a wave that naturally affects their Yi, their ability to align with you, their structure, as you offset them and then release your own Fajin into them completely. It’s very elegant in a way and totally formidable.
      And yes Form is less important than Intention. It’s hard to reach the state of clarity of intention without having good form when training. But once you reach and understand, form becomes less important. And hence you see older masters with haunches back, imperfect joints, still exhibiting amazing Fajin and internal power right? You can say Yi involves being present in movement. And there are levels of clarity and awareness that deepens that presence. This is part of why Tai Chi is so engrossing to practice, and becomes something that practitioners love and pursue throughout their life, is it not? Thank you for your comment! The discussion about Chen Tai Chi is crucial and it would be a big neglect and disrespect if we didn’t have it at all! 😃🙏

  • @jeroenkv5034
    @jeroenkv5034 День назад

    Great explanation! How is this in Baguazhang?

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  8 часов назад +1

      Oh yes very good question! After explaining some of the common mechanical fajins I skipped all the internal ones straight to Tai Chi for brevity. Bagua does indeed have its own fajin. And even between Yin and Cheng Family they have each their own way of it. Yin style excels at the suddenness, coldness, of launching their palms and pierces. Cheng style uses more of a Neijin like quality to cause people to stick to the wrong part of the body as they flank you and set up throws and take downs. Maybe I’ll make a follow up video sometime with Bagua, Xingyi, and Baji. What style of Bagua interests you most? And what do you enjoy most about it, above any other martial practice? 😃🙏

    • @jeroenkv5034
      @jeroenkv5034 6 часов назад

      @phoenixmountaintaichi Thank you! I train a combination sryle Xingyi Baguazhang, but I'm still strugling with the internal aspects. Your explanations are already very helpfull! Esspecially the Baguazhang part is very difficult to get more information. Esspecially getting my sparring partners into my Bagua cyrcle and keeping them stuck is very interesting to do (they do not do Baguazhang).

  • @ConciseCabbage
    @ConciseCabbage 19 часов назад

    Does the online course include "homework" like "practice this for the following 2 weeks for X time per day"? Or is it more freeform informational?
    Does it start with standing practice?

    • @GreyTactic
      @GreyTactic 11 часов назад +1

      The courses contain mostly videos with progressive explanations and drills. You'll get explanations of the theory, with demonstrations. Oftentimes, Shifu Lin will ask the students to give their take/feedback on what it feels like to them, to help give us some insight. You start from simple exercises just to get a feel for what you're trying to do/achieve, then steadily progress to more advanced applications. Majority of the drills require a practice partner. They don't need to be skilled or anything, as long as they're willing to participate and can spare the time. There are also solo exercises, but at some point a partner will be necessary to help you practice application and gauge your progress. There are also community forums within the website for questions, and Shifu Lin often replies in them.
      The entirety of the course can be accessed once unlocked, so you're free to go at your own pace. No particular prescriptions for frequency of practice, as the assumption is you'll take as much time as you need (or are willing to put into it) and proceed to the next part when you're ready. You can review everything at any time, as often as you'd like. There's an intended and recommended sequence to the courses, but nothing's stopping you from taking just the courses you're interested in, in any order. If you're skeptical, start with the first course (Fascia Mastery) because it's the most tangible and easy to test for yourself.
      Standing practice isn't particularly emphasized in the courses, but undoubtedly it'll help in your development if done well. There are videos on this YT channel about Song and Zhang Zhuang (standing practice).
      Hope this helps. Cheers.

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  8 часов назад +1

      I completely agree with what GreyTactics said. Thank you for the very accurate summary! Including reading my mind about "taking the amount of time that's right for you to master each skill" and all ha ha.
      Standing is indeed not emphasized. What we start with is Fascia, awareness of it in yourself, and then in others, and then from there we continue to refine our awareness for more and more subtle, more internal elements. Because awareness is what unlocks your capacity to experience the internal skills of Tai Chi, and begin to control them, does that make sense?
      My one addition I will add about our courses is that above all else, I want every student to succeed. This is not some series of recordings I've uploaded and just hope someone spends money on. For everyone that places their trust in me to guide them on this journey, and invests their time and resources, I completely want you to succeed. You'll find me in the forums, live coaching sessions, lesson discussions answering questions just like I do here. Because these courses, like I often say, are for you. 😃🙏

  • @outerlast
    @outerlast День назад

    it might be a good experiment to meet hema practitioners with their full armor and test if the methods work on them. especially through weapon like sword or spear etc, like is it possible to bounce them or at least unbalance them? :)
    i have some questions about this:
    -there is something called lengjin, translated as cold jin or sudden force. can you explain what it is? because i read some people think it's related to cunjin and inch punch but others said it's different.
    -how about bagua fajin? from the performance of their forms, it seems to be whipping fajin like tongbei, but the circle walking exercise seems like integrated fajin. as far as you know, is it different from these two? and compared to taiji fajin?

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  7 часов назад +1

      Yes! I just recently met a new student who competes in that armored HEMA type duel, in a MMA cage, with ground fighting! He's busy focusing on his next competition right now but when that's done I do plan to make him wear his 50 pound armor (or something like that) and see what it's like applying Tai Chi to someone like that! You can certainly apply internal power through swords and spear. Yang Luchan and his children instructed the Qing Dynasty's military battalion and that most certainly meant weapon work. I have a few videos showing the weapon work on this channel but there will be more in the future!
      You are right that there is something called cold jin. I will totally explain it. Check out my video about Song explained, which I talk a little about it I think. It is indeed related to, or contributes to Chun jin. We will have a video about Chun jin soon, and maybe a 1 inch punch course for fun!
      Great question about Bagua Fajin. For brevity in this video I skipped all the other internal arts after we discussed the more mechanical Fajin. There are multiple schools of Bagua. The Yin Style has cold, fast piercing and palm strikes, including whipping strikes too. The Cheng Style uses that integrated jin, along with Tai Chi Neijin like qualities to make opponents stick and follow the wrong part of the body, which allows them to enter in and execute elegant and devastating throws. Both styles are able to make use of all of this but they have their emphasis or preferences, does that make sense? This probably could be a video some time too.,
      Thanks for the great comment and all the great ideas! I appreciate them! 😃🙏

  • @andrewearlwu554
    @andrewearlwu554 День назад

    11 mins area, I think it is called qua in some Taiji schools and is the highest level publicly taught, and even then somewhat vaguely.
    These skills have been placed on a pedestal, and because off this, there is an expectation that most just would get it.

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +1

      Right! This is a very formidable and useful skill. Chen Taiji makes use of Kua in their Fajin very well, in a lateral and spiraling way. The skills are very valuable and I can see why someone would put it on a pedestal. Beyond that valuation I think it is a treasure that is meant to be used for our benefit. So I hope for people to be able to learn, enjoy, and benefit from it fully and appropriately. That would be nice right? 😃🙏

    • @andrewearlwu554
      @andrewearlwu554 День назад

      @phoenixmountaintaichi Yup 😁

  • @AikiTom76
    @AikiTom76 День назад

    I always wondering why your presentation only on short video, finally a long complete information video revealed.

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +1

      Ohhh good question. The reason is that most of the videos are just recordings of me answering questions during our group class. Once in a while I will plan a topic to thoroughly discuss as the main point of class that day. This is one such and I do usually call it something something completely revealed ha ha. Thank you for your comment and support! 😃🙏

    • @AikiTom76
      @AikiTom76 День назад

      @ But it is funny what I have question in mind, suddenly your video pop up to answer the question. I will try to reach you on astral plain for further discussion. Thank you sifu.

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +1

      @@AikiTom76I’ll keep my astral line open! 😃🙌

    • @AikiTom76
      @AikiTom76 День назад

      @ Thank you for giving me such a great bliss, it changed my life.

  • @georgesabitpol
    @georgesabitpol День назад

    In short, open the kua?

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад

      Yes opening the kua forms the physical foundation for allowing for integrated force, spinal bow, and dantian force. As you learn to relax the kua and the rest of the body with Song, releasing the attachment to resistance and Kua pressure, the internal power of Tai Chi becomes accessible. So yes open the Kua is a really good opening to begin the journey to further methods of Fajin. 😃🙏

  • @blelee3304
    @blelee3304 День назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @U.W.Y.H.L.
    @U.W.Y.H.L. День назад

    Query if Tai Chi borrows force as you say, and the sleep standing up analogy is used to explain a less effective response when punching a gym bag but what if you energize the bag by striking it and waiting for it to swing back to you? Could you possibly then “borrow” your own energy to dramatically induce a powerful Tai Chi responsive strike making fly back like Moe? If not, might you be able to explain why not? 🙀🤷🏻🫢/👌✌️🤲☝️🤔

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +3

      Fantastic question! When you consider what is the key difference between Moe and a punching bag (Moe doesn't like this question 😆), you can see that it is that Moe has consciousness. When I say borrow force, I don't mean the type in counter-hitting where they are coming towards you and run into your fist going towards them borrowing force. More than that, we are affecting how their consciousness interacts with how they implement their intention.
      When the partner wants to resist or push you, their intention causes them to direct force towards you in a certain way. By influencing their Qi, Neijin, and Yi, you are causing them to make mistakes on how to implement their Intention. So instead of pushing you they end up pushing themselves, as if they are doing a pushup, instead of a bench press.
      You can in fact borrow your own energy and force, in the unusual case that your left hand is pushing your right hand. The right hand can manipulate the Qi and Yi of the left side to cause the left side to fall back. But that will not result in an extra big push or result, because it is just your own amount of force. The big results is when I make Moe use his own force to move himself back. That is why people point out that it looks like the student is jumping back, and not like the Shifu is generating some tremendous power. Because that is indeed what happens. When done correctly, the Tai Chi player intentionally and accurately causes the partner to lose control of their strength and push or jump themselves back. Does that make sense?
      Thank you for asking this great question! I appreciate it! 😃🙏

    • @U.W.Y.H.L.
      @U.W.Y.H.L. День назад

      @ awesome! One more query, do you think Tai Chi can or scientifically prove itself by the methods you demonstrate pretty much at will and thus showing a repeatable result? Or are there still ways of showing that it may be your hypothesis or perception against skeptics that somehow perceive Tai Chi as purely mechanical? 😳🤦🏻‍♂️🙄/✌️🤲☝️😉

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад +2

      @@U.W.Y.H.L. Yes that's a great question! I think Tai Chi should certainly aim to prove itself scientifically. I would like to have a partner put on a bunch of EMG muscle activity sensors, and then push and be pushed as scientists measure the muscle activity, map out the force directionality, and all of that. Wouldn't that be interesting? And beyond that, perhaps FMRI or other brain activity sensors to measure changes in brain activity as Qi and Yi is applied in different ways. This may all still be my hypothesis and perception that someone can in time develop a better hypothesis and better explanation for. That is the scientific process! We create our hypothesis on theories that best explain the current repeatable observations, until we have more and better data that leads to better hypothesis and theories!
      On the other hand I also believe we should push forward with our training while science works on verifying and explaining what we experience in practice. Because this is our road, each as our own martial artist, to walk forward into the unknown, to confirm with our own bodies and our experiences, what is real and meaningful for each of us. So beyond the Martial Science that we will develop with time and research, I hope all of us continue to walk our own path, develop ourselves, and express ourselves through our Marital ART. ​ 🙏😃

    • @kingofaikido
      @kingofaikido День назад

      @@phoenixmountaintaichi It works much like magic. Like a shell game, doesn't it Shifu..! ;)

    • @phoenixmountaintaichi
      @phoenixmountaintaichi  День назад

      @@kingofaikidoyes! I really like this demo of shell game magic by Penn and Teller, because it shows that real art, even when you don’t hide anything and reveal all the tricks, is still absolutely beautiful!
      ruclips.net/video/nrw3euF2cIg/видео.html