Q&A: How Important is Taiji Form?
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Damo answering some of the Taiji questions he has received online. The main question is: 'How important is Taiji form?" but also, he looks at the nature of standing practice and how to integrate the usefulness of this practice into Taiji practice.
Probably a video only of real interest to Yang style Taiji practitioners trying to understand how to structure their training rather than a video for Qigong folks.
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There is another aspect: I love doing my forms, because it feels so good and it is a pleasure to do! And because of the positive effects on my body and mind at the same time. So not yet even regarding the martial use of forms and the development, form is very important for me because it means spending quality time!
Damo, you really remind me of a treasure trove that's got to be plundered as long as there's access to it!
Listening to this talk I immediately had to think of Zheng Manqing's famous saying "It's all in the form." I always found that somewhat suspicious, knowing that at least his American students did not seem to get any teaching in standing practice or neigong.
Harsh but necessary truths. Thanks for all you do to benefit the internal arts community. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
So much yes. I found the form was an external distraction for decades. Once I became internal it became a vessel to train internal concepts. I became internal by making the decision to do so and really think what that meant and it meant a lot of change, mainly at first how the mind worked. Once the mind and body integrate, it feels organic… it feels like the cells of the body are involved, whereas before that it was just plain old moving.
Great video. I would love to see a video giving general wellness advice both physical and mental health with possibly a basic workout for guys that aren't very far along the path. thanks.
This is fabulous and has come at just the right time. Been having these conversations a lot lately.
Thanks again for sharing. 🙂🙏🏼☯️
Thanks Damo, as usual I couldn’t agree more. I appreciate you sharing your perspectives on these complex topics with all of us. I’ve had similar experience with various teachers. As a teacher of mainly a Yang 108 variant for the last 30 years or so, I’ve recently reduced it by removing the 0 from the 108 and creating an 18 movement sequence. I find this to be a manageable amount for most casual people, while still leaving equal time to focus on ji ben gong and jam jong within in a 1 1/2 hour class. I dedicate a third to each.
How do you feel about that ratio?: 1/3 opening, 1/3 standing, 1/3 form
Thanks for contributing to the nerdiness!
Thanks for sharing. You've peaked my interest in these drills to nourish Ba Duan Jin etc :)
Very helpful content, thank you! 🙋🏽♂️
Fabulous video. Thank you 🙏 Question: does the process of skill training outside form and carry back to form also applies to Qigong?
La forme c'est comme la carrosserie d'une voiture, une coquille vide .
Tant qu'on n'y a pas mis des sièges, une direction ,un moteur, une boîte à vitesse, des pneus et surtout un conducteur il ne se passera rien.
Juste répéter la forme, nous fait devenir une carrosserie, quel meilleur moyen de gâcher, l ' immense richesse enfouie en nous .
Kind of a silly question but what is your internal temperature. I've always wondered since you say that there is a big internal heat that is created mostly in the dantian but spreads out to the rest of the body. I wonder how much heat that is exactly.
Cheers Damo, that made a lot of sense.
Excellent, thank you.
the dorky reference made me laugh, "...isn't that for old women..." also comes to mind
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Out of the tai chi closet!!
Here’s an idea.. make a distinction between ‘martial’ and ‘art’. A tennis player doesn’t take up ‘the art of tennis’ so they can become a great tennis player.. no, they play tennis.
Art is something else, maybe a quality of mind… open to discussion.
From my experience and current understanding, form is also a verb and not just a noun. Forming and shaping, exercising the energy ji. The ‘form’, noun is how the ji is expressed in a set way, and in a way it doesn’t matter what form you do..
Very helpful content, thank you! 🙋🏽♂️