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My Taiji Journal: Running The Gauntlet
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I started my taiji journey proper in June 2005. This journal serves to publish the thoughts that I have while learning taijiquan. Sunday, June 28, 2015. Had a chance to play a game, in which I have to fight through 3 pairs of people to reach the other side, and everyone (including myself) carries a foam stick. I lasted 14 laps before my stamina ran out. Lesson: stamina is important. Lesson: one-to-one is very different from handling multiple opponents. 21 August, 2016 21:07. The styles that I know are:.
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My Taiji Journal: Don't Be Afraid To Draw Your Opponent In
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I started my taiji journey proper in June 2005. This journal serves to publish the thoughts that I have while learning taijiquan. Monday, March 30, 2015. Don't Be Afraid To Draw Your Opponent In. A fellow student was asking my teacher on an application of a movement in taiji. The application required one to draw his opponent towards himself. The student had doubts about drawing an opponent in. After all, isn't that putting oneself into danger instead? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Yang (Dong/Tung) ...
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My Taiji Journal: Scientific Approach to Explaining Taiji
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I started my taiji journey proper in June 2005. This journal serves to publish the thoughts that I have while learning taijiquan. Saturday, August 01, 2015. Scientific Approach to Explaining Taiji. So what is "science"? One of the definitions of "science" at Dictionary.com is the " systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation". So what is this "language" when we need to talk about taiji? Well, it is the Chinese system of expressing. Subscribe to: P...
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My Taiji Journal: My Teacher, Mr Kwek Lee Hwa
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I started my taiji journey proper in June 2005. This journal serves to publish the thoughts that I have while learning taijiquan. Saturday, March 14, 2015. My Teacher, Mr Kwek Lee Hwa. Not many people know this, but my teacher, Mr Kwek Lee Hwa. Has been teaching taiji at community centres since 1965, when he was 21 years old. Why Toa Payoh East CC? This is passion. This is commitment. This is my inspiration. I only hope I have the passion and commitment to live up to being his student. Yang Style Taijiji...
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My Taiji Journal: Practise Slowly
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I started my taiji journey proper in June 2005. This journal serves to publish the thoughts that I have while learning taijiquan. Monday, February 16, 2015. When practising routines, my teacher advocates the following:. At least 30 minutes for Yang Style 108. At least 15 minutes for Chen Style Old Frame First Routine. At least 12 minutes for Sun Style. I came across your blog few months back when i was googling learning taiji . thanks for sharing such a good thought and experience about taiji. Yang Style...
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My Taiji Journal: Thanking Mr Kwek
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I started my taiji journey proper in June 2005. This journal serves to publish the thoughts that I have while learning taijiquan. Saturday, August 08, 2015. Today is my last lesson with Mr Kwek before I leave Singapore. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I practise traditional taijiquan and pushing hands. My teacher is Master Kwek Lee Hwa. From Singapore. Those interested in learning traditional taijiquan in Yokohama (where I stay now), please feel free to contact me. The styles that I know are:.
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My Taiji Journal: Don't Teach, Don't Share, Revisited
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I started my taiji journey proper in June 2005. This journal serves to publish the thoughts that I have while learning taijiquan. Thursday, August 06, 2015. Don't Teach, Don't Share, Revisited. Well, I once talked about not teaching and sharing until one is ready. Another thing about not teaching and sharing is about basic courtesy. A student came to pushing hands class, but started to teach another student about chin na. If my teacher wanted to teach chin na. He would have started a chin na. More Haste,...
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My Taiji Journal: Holding Back
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I started my taiji journey proper in June 2005. This journal serves to publish the thoughts that I have while learning taijiquan. Monday, June 15, 2015. As I look at my teacher practise pushing hands with a fellow student, I realised that in pushing hands, we hold back a lot. Pushing hands is not about the actual application of taiji as a martial art; it is about sensing force, to be aware of our own and our opponent's force. For example, a simple lyu. This comment has been removed by the author. Most of...
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My Taiji Journal: Pushing Hands, Not Pushing People
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I started my taiji journey proper in June 2005. This journal serves to publish the thoughts that I have while learning taijiquan. Sunday, May 10, 2015. Pushing Hands, Not Pushing People. Pushing hands is not about pushing. It is about sensing force and how to use it. To learn to push people is easy. My six year old son can push someone without learning. So ask yourself, are you here to learn pushing hands, or pushing people? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The styles that I know are:.
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My Taiji Journal: Inkling: The Line
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I started my taiji journey proper in June 2005. This journal serves to publish the thoughts that I have while learning taijiquan. Friday, February 06, 2015. Just an inkling I had today. About this line that joins the point of contact (POC) to your opponent's centre of gravity (CG). When your force acts along this line, it will have an effect on your opponent. So when you are pushing hands, the trick is to utilise force along this imaginary line. It's all about the line. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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