I have done this motion for years and there is just something so natural and calming about it. It feels really good, and in this movement you can really feel the chi flowing.
One of the first movements I learned when I started taking Taiji lessons, and the one exercise that made feel like I was actually DOING Taiji! Love it, 谢谢，老师！
Watch how he moves his hands and practice that or watch how he moves his feet and practice that. Take it one little part at a time. One little part and practice that. You can do this!!! ❤️
It’s the same throughout the practice. Look at the beginning, it looks so simple, raising and lowering the arms. There are movements between 6 positions. Part of the joy of practice is to keep noticing more.
The end of learning is the beginning of understanding We learn one step at a time when we are young We dance without thinking when we are old The routines become the effortless dance
Life long martial artist. Coming to a point in my life and training where this is what matters to me. I don’t fully understand it. But my heart jumps when I watch content like this. It’s beautiful. ❤
19.25 pm England I had some recent injuries and was finding it difficult to exercise but I saw some video of tai chi and thought I’d have a go to my surprise it helped a lot very quickly this one seems to be something I could do to help myself regain strength control and balance therefore it will help with the ones I have been doing thank you very much
Find a class and dive into it! I took up taiji about 25yrs ago to try to heal from a back injury in the Army; after about 6mos the stabbing pains in my legs were gone, and I was almost as flexible as before. Because I kept with it, now at 60 I'm fitter than a lot of guys I see 20yrs my junior, and the only time my back gives me problems is if I do something dumb (like spar with my teen son lol). A journey of a thousand li begins with a single step....take the step!
Thanks for your encouraging reply Tommy it looks easy but he is a master so it would I’ve tried this and it’s not easy at all I’ll have to do it very slowly to maintain balance hopefully I will manage it as I’m convinced it will be of great benefit 👍
Yes, after 30+ years of Tai chi practice, I quite often, find oneself, just breaking out, into Brush Knee form, and never feels the same each time, always learning something from it 👍
I love this movement and the way he performs it - his movements are excellent. I practice and used to teach a form of Tai Chi. Thank you so much Master Gu.
I practice Wu style and there is something very soothing and calming about this ‘walking meditation’ as my old teacher used to call it. We alternate between slanted forwards (gong bu) and upright (xu bu) and I think that constant alternation creates a gentle rocking feeling that allows peace
I am in agreement with what the Tai Chi master does. One can learn many forms and styles, but it how well you do the most basic form is what really counts. 谢谢
When I learned the Old wutang form from Zhang jie in 90s I found myself doing this move the most. Old wutang has a double arm block before each twist step, but it is si.ilar otherwise. It is a complete and balanced movement well designed for endless repeats. ❤
I taught this one to my girlfriend recently as her first intro to taiji - it really does provide an opportunity to put all the principles of taiji into practice and it’s such an enjoyable movement as well! ☯️
Thank you. I really did have a habit of wanting to learn it all as soon as I possibly could, but I realised I missed the point. Learning until the movement becomes an integral part of me and I an extension of the universe is how I feel now. 1000 times, as Master Gu says, feels right.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Keep up the dedicated practice, and enjoy the process. May you continue to find balance and nourishment from the universe 🙏
👊🏾😎👍🏼 Very awesometastic! I have been doing this for a couple few years now. When at work and can't do the form then brush knee walk and repulse monkey allow me to Tai Chi simply. 🙏🏼😇🙏🏾 thanks for sharing
I did some temple exercises for about three months straight and I became really strong. Exercises like cleaning the mirror and polishing the table, to name a few.😊
@@peacebe2u480 Well that would actually teach you more than 'master' Gu actually. Who apparently is a master of nothing. Still, I understand you were being humorous.
I dont know tai Chi, but like to movement. I had to rewatch a few times and follow you like 7x and them I could feel it. Feels really great for the body and mind gets clearer! so soon!
Im not sure what is it was back then but I just joined for 31 dollars a month. Not everyone can make that a priority I know, but in case you weren't aware there was a monthly option.
For a decade I have played cloud hands 50 to 100 times 5 days/week. A few gaps. I recommend playing that form. S L O W L Y. And with all the coordination breath, hand, turning the waist, step side etc.
Very good Master, thank you. For those of us who do not have too much time to practice, one movement helps calm the mind "faster" and pumps up your energy. With all due respect, I practice preparation and beginning just by itself, coming back to the center. By 10 minutes I feel like I am about to take off from the floor, and the body starts to move by itself. I have not found advice on a single movement of the form like this, at least to my recall.
@@mastergutaichi Thank You Sifu* Gu* , yes I very much enjoyed your video and all your great sharings. It has been a dream to visit Wudan for over 25 years. I have a practive in martial arts, yoga and chi kung. I mostly practice with the yoga and chi kung now, with a little of the martial arts. I hope I can visit one day learn and practice with you. Giving Thanks! ✨🙏✨Much warmth and best wishes ✨☯✨
Thank you Sifu. Looking forward to warmer, drier days to practice outside again. I also use this to work on my stepping and footwork. A variation I also use is brush knee walking forward and repulse monkey walking backward.
Just came across this taichi exercise. Rewind a few times to practice his tactics. Looks i have master it. Hope i got it the right way. I hv subscribed and i will keep on following his useful tai chi exercise. Thks Alot Master Gu for sharing.
Hi! It's great! I'm a sextysix years old pensioneer out of germany and I'm intressted in Chinese culture; chinese medicine and taoism and tai chi andold chinese texts! I am reading the iGing, Zhuang gzi, Liä tzi, Konfuzius; and some more! I see chinese movies...that's all amazing! So I climb the Mountain!! Xiexie!🙏🙏🙏🦋🙏🙏🙏 Harald Michael
I come with Understanding of all. When you understand masteries, end up with giftedness and you release understanding in the midst of misunderstanding. I also am internally disabled, in the incurable, recovering from the worst internal injury given to me from the whole world, thankyou for your gift of injury. For you, you begin to now want to understand, for me its resting understanding and have it turn into something else because it wasn't wanted but was rejected by all. What is missing in Tai chi and everywhere else the absence of care. That care is essential to healing. That which comes out ftom Tai Chi a careless movement, void of healing. The masters in the earth are so rude, too rude can't make time for the disabled or hurting. Can't touch or hold hug or embrace the healing that is needed called life that comes out from understanding. This exercise I needed another exercise with it, that is with a simple twist leg behind. To do the two exercises together in a rhythm, brought focus. That focus is needed and is missing in the young and at times the aged. It didn't take a thousand steps. If I were to do it 1,000 steps all at once, I will hurt myself. Better to do 1,000 days one exercise at a time for a small amount of time. Slowness is always best for learning and understanding in days and minutes.
It is very beautiful how Master Gu demonstrates this sequence of movements. The music is also very pleasant. Does anyone know the artist and the title of the music?
I find a gradual warm up then Ba duan jin( Martial art style) with BA FA WUBU in 30 minutes keeps my body in pretty good shape.then the forms are all gravy...HRM
A wonderful video Master Gu! Could you possibly explain the step-by-step movements a bit more slowly? I’d really like to practise this one as I can’t move much during the day because of illness and this seems to engage the entire body in a slow but good qi-flowing manner. But I found this one a little difficult to follow. I hope you have a great day! 😌
I would like this as well. It feels a bit advanced for me and would benefit from some more basic instruction before stringing all these movements together. Simply slowing the video is not enough.
@@julianneriise8362 Thank you for the suggestion, I know this is an option however I mentioned “step-by-step movements” specifically since I think only playing the video at a slower pace isn’t enough for breaking apart the movements clearly. At least not for someone like myself 🙂
At the beginning, I have a same your thinking, but after listening the Master Eu said to pay attention to feet, hands, eyes I just recognize that about nature movements of our body. For example, when you push your hand forward: exhale, your same side feet and hand straight forward like you pushing your car. You may be able to do it in 15 minutes. Of course it is not smoothly like the master, but you don’t need to remember much.
When I move slowly in Tai Chi it seems the Chi moves faster and has a complete circulation. I learned that I always feel better when I do some Tai Chi in the morning. My system feels circumcised instead of like a blob...Thx.
I have done this motion for years and there is just something so natural and calming about it. It feels really good, and in this movement you can really feel the chi flowing.
Yes, great demo. Thank you.
I am a Tai Chi beginner at 62 and this movement feels so nice.
One of the first movements I learned when I started taking Taiji lessons, and the one exercise that made feel like I was actually DOING Taiji! Love it, 谢谢，老师！
It amazes me how something that seems so simple can be so complex and difficult. I must keep practicing. Thank you for your wisdom Master Gu
Watch how he moves his hands and practice that or watch how he moves his feet and practice that. Take it one little part at a time. One little part and practice that. You can do this!!! ❤️
It's good for the brain and stretches your mind, especially doing things on both the left and right sides
It’s the same throughout the practice. Look at the beginning, it looks so simple, raising and lowering the arms. There are movements between 6 positions. Part of the joy of practice is to keep noticing more.
The end of learning is the beginning of understanding
We learn one step at a time when we are young
We dance without thinking when we are old
The routines become the effortless dance
😮👌🏻👌🏻
One of the basic movements, so harmonious in nature. That's why I love taiji.
Life long martial artist. Coming to a point in my life and training where this is what matters to me. I don’t fully understand it. But my heart jumps when I watch content like this. It’s beautiful. ❤
Love what he said at the end… resonates with my Ashtanga vinyasa practice.
19.25 pm England
I had some recent injuries and was finding it difficult to exercise but I saw some video of tai chi and thought I’d have a go to my surprise it helped a lot very quickly this one seems to be something I could do to help myself regain strength control and balance therefore it will help with the ones I have been doing thank you very much
Find a class and dive into it! I took up taiji about 25yrs ago to try to heal from a back injury in the Army; after about 6mos the stabbing pains in my legs were gone, and I was almost as flexible as before. Because I kept with it, now at 60 I'm fitter than a lot of guys I see 20yrs my junior, and the only time my back gives me problems is if I do something dumb (like spar with my teen son lol). A journey of a thousand li begins with a single step....take the step!
Thanks for your encouraging reply Tommy it looks easy but he is a master so it would I’ve tried this and it’s not easy at all I’ll have to do it very slowly to maintain balance hopefully I will manage it as I’m convinced it will be of great benefit 👍
Yes, after 30+ years of Tai chi practice, I quite often, find oneself, just breaking out, into Brush Knee form, and never feels the same each time, always learning something from it 👍
Thank You for the teaching of this movement. I'm old so I need something like this.
I love this movement and the way he performs it - his movements are excellent. I practice and used to teach a form of Tai Chi. Thank you so much Master Gu.
Master Gu, Thank you so much for this. Now I know why we practice brushing our knees daily as a warm-up.
I practice Wu style and there is something very soothing and calming about this ‘walking meditation’ as my old teacher used to call it.
We alternate between slanted forwards (gong bu) and upright (xu bu) and I think that constant alternation creates a gentle rocking feeling that allows peace
I am in agreement with what the Tai Chi master does. One can learn many forms and styles, but it how well you do the most basic form is what really counts. 谢谢
I dont think I understood the Deep meaning of taichii tehnics, but I feel Like I am flying. Thank You Master! ❤
Thank bring me more beauty master Tai Chi in this essential movement flow to us ❤
Thank you Master Gu! And all those who made this possible 🙏
As Master Gu said, breathing is very important.
😊
Through deep meditation the practice of Tai Chi expands our awareness, increases our longevity.
Ohhh. Just started for 20 seconds and hands tigeling so strongly, feel much energy in hands!!
Thank you for sharing Master Gu. I study to be a Qigong teacher, your insight is verry helpfull. Quality over Quantity of forms. 🙏
Thankyou for your time in performing a wonderful discipline of interaction of mind body and spirit.
When I learned the Old wutang form from Zhang jie in 90s I found myself doing this move the most.
Old wutang has a double arm block before each twist step, but it is si.ilar otherwise.
It is a complete and balanced movement well designed for endless repeats. ❤
Thank you very much for sharing this with us. From Brazil.
I taught this one to my girlfriend recently as her first intro to taiji - it really does provide an opportunity to put all the principles of taiji into practice and it’s such an enjoyable movement as well! ☯️
I love there's always this esoteric story attached in tai chi.
Thank you. I really did have a habit of wanting to learn it all as soon as I possibly could, but I realised I missed the point. Learning until the movement becomes an integral part of me and I an extension of the universe is how I feel now. 1000 times, as Master Gu says, feels right.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Keep up the dedicated practice, and enjoy the process. May you continue to find balance and nourishment from the universe 🙏
👊🏾😎👍🏼 Very awesometastic! I have been doing this for a couple few years now. When at work and can't do the form then brush knee walk and repulse monkey allow me to Tai Chi simply.
🙏🏼😇🙏🏾 thanks for sharing
It’s great to know that I can master this move and build a foundation for other more complicated moves.
THX A MILLION!
I did some temple exercises for about three months straight and I became really strong. Exercises like cleaning the mirror and polishing the table, to name a few.😊
Use squat toilet for daily poops. It guarantees strengthening the knees n legs muscle.
@@peacebe2u480 Well that would actually teach you more than 'master' Gu actually. Who apparently is a master of nothing. Still, I understand you were being humorous.
I dont know tai Chi, but like to movement. I had to rewatch a few times and follow you like 7x and them I could feel it. Feels really great for the body and mind gets clearer! so soon!
I love this art so much focus ❤
Master Gu, thank you for this lesson!
Grazie Master Gu,
A Nice Sunday 🙏💦
Rudewaan Phillips from South Africa. Thank you for sharing uncle. Always wanted to learn from proper Asian man.
🙌❤️..oh i wish i could be a month with master learn tai chi🙂
謝謝師傅
A beautiful movement 🙏
I love your teaching. It is understandable and useful. Thank you. Your performace is so soft.
How elegant. I hope to fit his coursework into my budget one day. This inspires me to commit to and expand my practice. Thank you. ❤
Im not sure what is it was back then but I just joined for 31 dollars a month. Not everyone can make that a priority I know, but in case you weren't aware there was a monthly option.
@@mickeysaathoff938 Very little is priced for people on a fixed income, this included. Thanks for the info though.
I really enjoyed watching Master Gu perform this movement.
For a decade I have played cloud hands 50 to 100 times 5 days/week. A few gaps. I recommend playing that form. S L O W L Y. And with all the coordination breath, hand, turning the waist, step side etc.
Very good Master, thank you. For those of us who do not have too much time to practice, one movement helps calm the mind "faster" and pumps up your energy. With all due respect, I practice preparation and beginning just by itself, coming back to the center. By 10 minutes I feel like I am about to take off from the floor, and the body starts to move by itself. I have not found advice on a single movement of the form like this, at least to my recall.
shie shie Laoshi,ni de Tai Chi ta henhâo 🙏
Fantástico!!!! Claro como água!!! É um prazer ouvir-te!!!👍🏻
Thank you !!! 👏🏼❤🇨🇺☯️🇨🇺❤👏🏼
From India love to do yoga and tai chi .so much thanks master to teach us this wonderful movement for balance thankyou 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙂🙂🙂
Excellent..Shifu. Thank you
Thanks for sharing this
Thank you Master Gu
Beautifully explained and expertly demonstrated. Thank you and I look forward to learning more from you, Sifu.
Thank you 🙏
Thank~You~* Master Gu* , this is a great sharing. . and very much appreciated. . Thank~You!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!🙏 Much warth
@@mastergutaichi Thank You Sifu* Gu* , yes I very much enjoyed your video and all your great sharings. It has been a dream to visit Wudan for over 25 years. I have a practive in martial arts, yoga and chi kung. I mostly practice with the yoga and chi kung now, with a little of the martial arts. I hope I can visit one day learn and practice with you. Giving Thanks! ✨🙏✨Much warmth and best wishes ✨☯✨
Wonderful. Thank you ✨️
Mucho Gracias
I wish I could master these moves 🖤
Thank You You inspired me. Very much so.
Thank you Sifu. Looking forward to warmer, drier days to practice outside again. I also use this to work on my stepping and footwork. A variation I also use is brush knee walking forward and repulse monkey walking backward.
Just came across this taichi exercise. Rewind a few times to practice his tactics. Looks i have master it. Hope i got it the right way. I hv subscribed and i will
keep on following his useful tai chi exercise. Thks Alot Master Gu for sharing.
A very good lesson for me, as a slow learning beginner. Thank you for sharing that with us.
Excellent movement thank you for the teaching
Hi! It's great! I'm a sextysix years old pensioneer out of germany and I'm intressted in Chinese culture; chinese medicine and taoism and tai chi andold chinese texts! I am reading the iGing, Zhuang gzi, Liä tzi, Konfuzius; and some more! I see chinese movies...that's all amazing! So I climb the Mountain!!
Xiexie!🙏🙏🙏🦋🙏🙏🙏
Harald Michael
Thank you will practice
Thank you so much
Yip in my garden this move every day . Now I know to explore a little more 🙏🏻
Muchas gracias 🙏
I come with Understanding of all. When you understand masteries, end up with giftedness and you release understanding in the midst of misunderstanding. I also am internally disabled, in the incurable, recovering from the worst internal injury given to me from the whole world, thankyou for your gift of injury.
For you, you begin to now want to understand, for me its resting understanding and have it turn into something else because it wasn't wanted but was rejected by all.
What is missing in Tai chi and everywhere else the absence of care. That care is essential to healing. That which comes out ftom Tai Chi a careless movement, void of healing. The masters in the earth are so rude, too rude can't make time for the disabled or hurting. Can't touch or hold hug or embrace the healing that is needed called life that comes out from understanding.
This exercise I needed another exercise with it, that is with a simple twist leg behind. To do the two exercises together in a rhythm, brought focus. That focus is needed and is missing in the young and at times the aged. It didn't take a thousand steps. If I were to do it 1,000 steps all at once, I will hurt myself. Better to do 1,000 days one exercise at a time for a small amount of time. Slowness is always best for learning and understanding in days and minutes.
Nice. You can do this in place too by stepping back with your lead foot, for instance if you're in a small room or tight place.
thank you, that was very inspiring
Thank you so much for the enlightenment
This was beautiful, thank you!
Thank you Master ❤❤❤
master Gu thank for detailed explanation
I'm grateful for your appreciation. Thank you!
Brilliantly explained, thank you
Thank you very much Sifu. Student from Sydney, Australia.
Thank you Sifu. This demonstration was just what I need o get my 74 year old body moving again
❤❤❤❤❤❤ hiiiiiii ❤❤❤❤ thank uuuu ❤❤❤❤
It is very beautiful how Master Gu demonstrates this sequence of movements.
The music is also very pleasant. Does anyone know the artist and the title of the music?
Nice energy with flow
Thank you master 🙏
In Chen style it's a little different 'walking obliquely ' I think. Fantastic, I enjoy the stories ❤❤❤ Xie Xie 🙏🙏🙏nine bows sifu
Xie xie... thank you very much for your good quality videos about Tai Chi basics :)
thank you
Thank you Master. E
Just what I needed to hear.thanks
Thank you for sharing
Marvellous
Thanks do not have the time of late so I hope to practice this movement
Beautiful
I find a gradual warm up then Ba duan jin( Martial art style) with BA FA WUBU in 30 minutes keeps my body in pretty good shape.then the forms are all gravy...HRM
A wonderful video Master Gu! Could you possibly explain the step-by-step movements a bit more slowly? I’d really like to practise this one as I can’t move much during the day because of illness and this seems to engage the entire body in a slow but good qi-flowing manner. But I found this one a little difficult to follow.
I hope you have a great day! 😌
Go to your settings cog wheel - playback speed - select 50 speed.
That should do it for you. Remember to breathe deeply, evenly .... and smile gently.
I would like this as well. It feels a bit advanced for me and would benefit from some more basic instruction before stringing all these movements together. Simply slowing the video is not enough.
@@julianneriise8362 Thank you for the suggestion, I know this is an option however I mentioned “step-by-step movements” specifically since I think only playing the video at a slower pace isn’t enough for breaking apart the movements clearly. At least not for someone like myself 🙂
@@jampuppy I agree, and hope Master Gu might consider this 😌
At the beginning, I have a same your thinking, but after listening the Master Eu said to pay attention to feet, hands, eyes I just recognize that about nature movements of our body.
For example, when you push your hand forward: exhale, your same side feet and hand straight forward like you pushing your car. You may be able to do it in 15 minutes. Of course it is not smoothly like the master, but you don’t need to remember much.
Excellent
When I move slowly in Tai Chi it seems the Chi moves faster and has a complete circulation. I learned that I always feel better when I do some Tai Chi in the morning. My system feels circumcised instead of like a blob...Thx.
Superb! ❤ So beautiful ✨
I love it ❤
He can speak perfect English he was a school teacher
I will try this one for sure.😊
Thank you!👊🏼
I like to balance the workout with the 3 walks not neglecting Peacocks Tail and it's possibilities