Dòng/dàng in “Single Whip”-analysis, demonstration, and breakdown of elements
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- The “Single Whip” occurs more times in the Cheng Man-ch’ing short form and the Yang-style long form than any other movement. It is also one of the more complex movements, with circular movement of the arms in different planes and with joined intermotions.
Robert you are a gift. You demonstrate and teach the subtleties of the tai chi forms. Every video, like this one, informs my practice.
Thank you so much for your comment. My goal is to share what I have struggled to learn and understand of this valuable art so that others can progress and benefit much faster than I. Your comment encourages me to continue to learn and share.
I too appreciate the subtleties you offer. In the analysis of Cheng Man Ching you clarified the difference between large and small frame. Opened up my understanding of the different forms of tai chi. So grateful.
Thanks for expressing your appreciation.
Love you Robert, you are a wonderful teacher and human being. I absolutely enjoy your explanations and examples that are very helpful. I have been studying Yang style Tai Chi for about a year and I am also a student of Jooklum Southern praying Mantis going on 16 years. I know a good teacher when I see and hear one and you are that sir, thank you for helping us all.
Thank you so much for such a compliment. So glad to have been helpful.
Thank you. I understand better this movement now
Glad it helped!
Thank you. You posting on RUclips has enabled me to still learn when I can’t attend Zoom class. Going through the videos and practicing with you is great! … ed
Excellent. I'm a long time student of the late Master Ta Tchen Tchoung who was a contemporary with Cheng Meng Ching and also studied with him. It's wonderful seeing your precise sharing and mentoring! May it continue and may you enjoy great health and happiness How about the topic of Fa Jin and also variations of waving hands like clouds?
Thank you for your kind comment. Yes, I intend to cover more topics as time goes on. And I do have some ideas about the timing of the shifting and stepping in Cloud Hands.
Great lesson. I work as an animator, and in animation there is a principle called drag & overlap, where the movements of e.g. an arm or head drags a little behind the main movement of the body, before catching up, creating an overlapping movement at the end. I know this last part isn't the objective here, as all movements (as far as I understand) finish together, but within the transitions would you say it's a similar idea? (assuming I've explained it well enough). Thanks for making and posting these films, they go way beyond what is usually available.
Thank you so much for your comment. I am fascinated by the connection that you made to drag & overlap in animation. As a result, I just looked at some vintage Warner Bros. cartoons and other older ones on youtube. I saw what you’ve described. I think that the reason for the lag is that it replicates (and often exaggerates) the natural, fluid movement of a living animal or person, thereby providing a hyper sense of realism. I was amazed at the detail in these old animations and the skill required to create them by having to individually draw each frame.
@@dsfgnk4 yes, and what's more impressive is that they had to work all this out themselves. Today we have the luxury of referencing what they had to discover through trial and error. As a final note, I read that the best of the early animators tended to be the ones who engaged in physical activity such as dancing or tennis etc. This gave them a better understanding of the dynamics of body movement, compared to the more 'sedentary' animators.