great demo sifu. This single-hand pushhands really got me thinking in the old days we would see in competeitions of this sort where the opponents would do the rolling movement and it just looked like a back and forth before one of them launched into a throw or other type of martial application. I'd be thinking what is the point of this lol. But I understand now that it involves fascia mastery in the way you showed and extentions of this such as with neijin or yi mastery. Amazing whats happening under the hood so to speak that we dont see.
Yes you are totally right. Underneath the single hand push hand and behind the techniques you see in competition, you can develop, refine and apply the internal mechanics of Fascia, Song, Qi, Neijin and Yi to elevate your Tai Chi from just push and pull to something far above that. And I’m glad for your comment because what you bring up is my goal: to help everyone rise to a level of understanding that can truly appreciate and master Tai Chi, for your benefit. So thank you for the awesome comment! 😃🙏
This used to be closely guarded secrets that a master would only divulge after years of commitment from a student. Now, explained like feeding stray birds in a park.
Haha yes used to be closely guarded secrets! But you guys are more than stray birds because you will be the next generation of Tai Chi masters that will restore and bring the art higher to a new great height! 😃🙏🙌
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I feel the failure for people to really learn what INTERNAL is comes from not explaining or demonstrating or talking about things like fascia I really hope to be able to visit you in California Happy holidays to you and your family
Does your energy body attach more so to your fascia than say your muscles and bones? Or is it just that one must develop or better tune one's sensing and feedback apparatus in the fascia because it's a separate loop with a different set of nerves? Or fewer nerves? This is fascinating. Great video.
Your intuition is guiding you well. Your energy body attaches primarily to your fascia surface more so than muscles and bones. And feeling the fascia is indeed a good way to tune one’s sensing towards more subtle aspects than what the muscles and bones typically sense. Good thoughts! 😃🙏
hmm, does the bracelet have some benefit for the exercise? like one southern kungfu that uses several metal bracelets to condition the arms? and i do wonder about push hand, for single arm practice, taiji seems to prefer cross arms, like right hand vs right hands or left vs left. how about parallel arms, like right hands vs left hands or vice versa? is there some major difference or is it more or less the same?
Yes you are right to consider parallel arms and other arm crossing configurations. You will want to train them all. Tai Chi often starts with this first one, crossed Right arm to Right arm. I suspect it is because Chinese martial arts mostly evolve from weaponry so right sword to right sword is the most common starting point. Does that make sense? And your other question is about the brown bracelet I wear? They are charms for helping me align my energy with my highest self. So while not specifically for this exercise, I enjoy them and enjoy wearing them. Thank you for your great questions and thoughts! 😃🙏
@@phoenixmountaintaichi i thought it's a heavy weighted bracelet :p but yes, it makes sense. i watched some practitioners using sword to practice push hand too. thank you for the answer :)
You are right to think that when in combat, there’s not much value to push opponents away. And when you are training to prepare for combat, then you may engage in practices and drills to develop certain qualities and skills helpful in combat. Consider these scenarios: if boxing is a combat art, why train throwing medicine balls away? If football is a sport about going forward and staying on your feet, why practice pushups and burpees where you go down and push the ground? Because these activities develop skills and qualities that are useful, even if you never make the exact same action in your combat or sport, right? Push hand goal is to learn to control their balance while preventing them from landing their force meaningfully through you. Pushing them back confirms that you did take control of their balance. So it doesn’t end up loke “I got your balance.” “No you didn’t” “uh huh I did” “nope no”… And how far you push them also reveals how good you are at using their strength against them. So all in all pushing opponent away is not a goal, but the practice to be able to do that has value that contributes to your ability to engage in combat, if you practice other essential elements to be able to do so effectively too. Does that make sense? Thank you for the question because you’re right to suspect that too many people can be fixated on the wrong aspect of training and it’s nice to be able to discuss and clarify it. 😃🙏
@@phoenixmountaintaichi unfortunately there is no more after push hand, or I should say, not much is practice other than push hand. You can confirm this by watching all the videos on RUclips.
@@FrankChiang-s3zunfortunately you are right and it is to the detriment to a lot of tai chi practitioners out there that this is the case. We hope to change that and explain more and more both what was not previously commonly shown in tai chi, and what has not previously been explored fully in tai chi. I hope you enjoy the content to come. 😃🙏
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Thank you for sharing another great video! 🙏🏼
Thank you for your kind comment! 😃🙏
Nice vid ! Thanks !
Thank you for your kind comment! Glad you enjoyed! 😃🙏
Push hands is a fun activity. Too bad many instructors avoid teaching it.
Yes I hope it can become a common practice to improve our body, awareness, and fight psychology! 😃🙏
great demo sifu. This single-hand pushhands really got me thinking in the old days we would see in competeitions of this sort where the opponents would do the rolling movement and it just looked like a back and forth before one of them launched into a throw or other type of martial application. I'd be thinking what is the point of this lol.
But I understand now that it involves fascia mastery in the way you showed and extentions of this such as with neijin or yi mastery. Amazing whats happening under the hood so to speak that we dont see.
Yes you are totally right. Underneath the single hand push hand and behind the techniques you see in competition, you can develop, refine and apply the internal mechanics of Fascia, Song, Qi, Neijin and Yi to elevate your Tai Chi from just push and pull to something far above that. And I’m glad for your comment because what you bring up is my goal: to help everyone rise to a level of understanding that can truly appreciate and master Tai Chi, for your benefit. So thank you for the awesome comment! 😃🙏
Nice ;)
Thank you! 😁🙏
🙂🙏🏼☯️👊🏼
Thank you for your lovely comment! 😃
This used to be closely guarded secrets that a master would only divulge after years of commitment from a student. Now, explained like feeding stray birds in a park.
Haha yes used to be closely guarded secrets! But you guys are more than stray birds because you will be the next generation of Tai Chi masters that will restore and bring the art higher to a new great height! 😃🙏🙌
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
I feel the failure for people to really learn what INTERNAL is comes from not explaining or demonstrating or talking about things like fascia
I really hope to be able to visit you in California
Happy holidays to you and your family
Does your energy body attach more so to your fascia than say your muscles and bones? Or is it just that one must develop or better tune one's sensing and feedback apparatus in the fascia because it's a separate loop with a different set of nerves? Or fewer nerves? This is fascinating. Great video.
Your intuition is guiding you well. Your energy body attaches primarily to your fascia surface more so than muscles and bones. And feeling the fascia is indeed a good way to tune one’s sensing towards more subtle aspects than what the muscles and bones typically sense. Good thoughts! 😃🙏
hmm, does the bracelet have some benefit for the exercise? like one southern kungfu that uses several metal bracelets to condition the arms?
and i do wonder about push hand, for single arm practice, taiji seems to prefer cross arms, like right hand vs right hands or left vs left. how about parallel arms, like right hands vs left hands or vice versa? is there some major difference or is it more or less the same?
Yes you are right to consider parallel arms and other arm crossing configurations. You will want to train them all. Tai Chi often starts with this first one, crossed Right arm to Right arm. I suspect it is because Chinese martial arts mostly evolve from weaponry so right sword to right sword is the most common starting point. Does that make sense?
And your other question is about the brown bracelet I wear? They are charms for helping me align my energy with my highest self. So while not specifically for this exercise, I enjoy them and enjoy wearing them. Thank you for your great questions and thoughts! 😃🙏
@@phoenixmountaintaichi i thought it's a heavy weighted bracelet :p
but yes, it makes sense. i watched some practitioners using sword to practice push hand too. thank you for the answer :)
@@outerlast yes you can practice with swords staffs and spears too. That’s something we will discuss in the future as well! 😃
If tai chi is a combative art, what is the point of training to push opponents away?
You are right to think that when in combat, there’s not much value to push opponents away. And when you are training to prepare for combat, then you may engage in practices and drills to develop certain qualities and skills helpful in combat.
Consider these scenarios: if boxing is a combat art, why train throwing medicine balls away? If football is a sport about going forward and staying on your feet, why practice pushups and burpees where you go down and push the ground? Because these activities develop skills and qualities that are useful, even if you never make the exact same action in your combat or sport, right?
Push hand goal is to learn to control their balance while preventing them from landing their force meaningfully through you. Pushing them back confirms that you did take control of their balance. So it doesn’t end up loke “I got your balance.” “No you didn’t” “uh huh I did” “nope no”…
And how far you push them also reveals how good you are at using their strength against them.
So all in all pushing opponent away is not a goal, but the practice to be able to do that has value that contributes to your ability to engage in combat, if you practice other essential elements to be able to do so effectively too. Does that make sense? Thank you for the question because you’re right to suspect that too many people can be fixated on the wrong aspect of training and it’s nice to be able to discuss and clarify it. 😃🙏
@@phoenixmountaintaichi unfortunately there is no more after push hand, or I should say, not much is practice other than push hand. You can confirm this by watching all the videos on RUclips.
@@FrankChiang-s3zunfortunately you are right and it is to the detriment to a lot of tai chi practitioners out there that this is the case. We hope to change that and explain more and more both what was not previously commonly shown in tai chi, and what has not previously been explored fully in tai chi. I hope you enjoy the content to come. 😃🙏