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2020年12月19日星期六上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习这个《怎么才能不动》视频。
Notes:
要说不动，我们首先要指定一个点。身体可以有很多这样的点。先用丹田做例子。我们要知道丹田在哪儿。不只是脑子知道，身体也要知道。可以把左手放在丹田上，右手动的时候，不能让丹田动。怎样决定他有没有动呢？要用一个肯定不动的参照物跟丹田作对比。
有两个方法练不动：
1）人家突然拉或是推自己，丹田有没有跟着动。（这是加上速度来练）
2）自己用力的时候，丹田有没有跟着动。（这是加上力量来练）
明白了什么是真正的不动，就可以把这些练习加到基本功、套路里面。练这些东西的时候，就更有效率。
Buddha's Warrior Attendant Pound Mortar
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2020年12月12日星期六上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习这个《活肩练习-2019.06.02》视频。
Notes:
昨天看了练开胯的视频 https://www.shiyongquanfa.cn/archives/90379，今天就练活肩。
在视频开端，陈中华老师让大家明白什么是不开的肩，怎样受制于对方。当肩开了，一上步、一伸手来力就能回到对方身后。这个上步是要把自己比对方变得更长。这个长不一定是在跟对方同一个维里面。
相反，陈老师也示范了遇到一个很有力的肩，自己应该做怎样的调整。把对方的肩变为定点，用另外一头作动点。
陈老师也教授了一个两人作的活肩练习。活了肩就能把躯干跟胳膊分开。
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2020年12月11日星期五上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习这个《用墙帮助开胯-2019.06.02》视频。
Notes:
陈老师示范了一个很简单利用墙来堵住前膝盖帮助开胯的练习。先膝盖碰着墙，后脚往背后的方向走，是前跨慢慢开。我们试试看就会知道开不了多少。明白了开胯是什么，在基本功或套路练习中，就可以更注意了。
Open the knee
A student asks about how to open the knee. Master Chen Zhonghua said the idea of opening was very simple. However being to able to do it requires many other simple things to be put together. There are so many that we are unable to do them, and we simply give up.
How does Master Chen practice at his stage now in a regular basis?
He focuses on foundation these days. He has done 15 years of yilus every day. After we are so familiar with yilu, what allows us to continue to improve is foundation. When Grandmaster Hong was at 70+ years of age, he practiced cannon fist once a month just so he would not forget it. Grandmaster Hong would still be able to teach the details of that form.
We don't necessarily think straight or clearly. We only need to know the requirement. There are many ways to do it, because the method is situational.
Knee - Vertical
Shoulder - Horizontal
Elbow - Circular
Two bricks are laid on top of each other because gravity pulls them together. No space in between.
Opening is to put space in between. Now comes the idea of suspended head. We are putting space in between the pile of bricks (bones in the human body).
We are working at the interaction of the horizontal and vertical openings.
We maintain peng, which is to put the space in between in different directions.
3 ways of stretching. A and C are two endpoints, and B is in the middle.
We need 3 hands. Something has to come out. We need the 3rd point, we only have 2.
A thief is referred as someone with a 3rd hand.
Taiji is the power of the wedge.
Anything that goes down is fundamentally strong.
Lock specific body parts into strategic postition, so a movement of some other body part becomes meaningful.
Ground Dragon - Do the move inside a set of fixed parameters.
We need to train something that we are not used to doing or simply cannot do, e.g.
When you have peng, every part becomes a hand, e.g. After stretching a rubber cord, every part of it can bounce something back.
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2020年12月5日星期六上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习这个《实用拳法剑2020-正圈》视频。
陈老师是利用剑解释正圈的要求，我们用剑来练习正圈就能够明白道理。
Notes:
陈老师示范拿着剑来练正圈。剑或是其他兵器是手的延续。老师常常说手要不动，剑在外面本身就不会动。丹田在里面，像是圆心，旋转的时候，没有摇晃，是看不到动作的。先说它的动作是零。这旋转到了肩，肩的动作说是一，肘的动作是二，手的动作是三，到剑尖的动作就是四。在外面看到的是丹田动作的放大。十字真言说《收肘不收手，出手不出肘》。收肘的时候，手跟着肘，剑跟着手。这样才是顺，不能倒个头来，要不是剑就会碰地或是割到自己。
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2020年12月4日星期五上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习这个《In and Out of Dantian 进出丹田 20200804》视频。
陈老师在这视频中解释了这概念，用正圈与反圈示范，还示范了在推手能用上的练习。
Notes:
陈老师说所有收的动作是由丹田开始把力量回归到丹田，所有外展的动作是由丹田开始把力量发放到末梢。
陈老师用正圈作一个实例示范。收肘把前手跟后脚的力收到丹田，出手把力从丹田发放到前手跟后脚。这就所谓的进出丹田。转腰的目的在这情况下是使来路跟去路不在同一条线上。为着使力量能在特定的轨道上走，肩要压住，如果不是，力量就会在肩泄漏，到不了末梢。
陈老师再用反圈作表述。反圈跟正圈的理论是一样，但实际动作使相反的。
接着，陈老师用初收的动作演示此概念，这更能用上在推手中。最后，还加上了劲来练习。后背不动更帮助了丹田的不动。
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2020年11月27日星期六上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习这个视频。
Notes:
守中就是守着中线或是一点不变，不让别人动它。在这前题下，其他的地方都可以随意的动。陈老师在视频初段跟几位同学示范，前肩跨线不动，手随意一挥就把同学放出去。
3:27 陈老师反过来做把不动点放在手上牢牢的抓个同学的手腕，但其他地方是松的。这就是阴阳。如果这他的手跟身体连在一起，一起紧或是一起松，就不行了。
6:00 陈老师示范上步。他的右手跟右肘分出阴阳，两股力使这前臂合着对方定住，然后身体就能轻松上步，靠近对方。他上步时，前臂完全不动。
7:00 上身不动、抓着对方，下身一踢。这个是二路里面的动作。
10:13 只要能练到身体分出阴阳，对方的力多大、多快对我们也没用，像我们大力或是轻轻的开门，门轴都是一样的，根本没关系。
10:53 这个门轴只要没让人碰到它就可以，但它的克星就是螺旋缠丝，这动作就是要找到这门轴。
换点就是不让对方找到自身的不动点，螺旋缠丝就让我们找到对方的不动点。
What is the seam (缝 feng)?
Jade Girl
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2020年11月27日星期五上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习《给吴绍志讲守中》这个视频。
Notes:
陈老师常常说手不能动。在实际推手中，无论对方如何推我们，我们的手还是要指着对方中心。一般人的反应是，手很容易便跑到别处。我们要用身体调节，对上对方的力，但一定不要让手离开对方的中心。要能做到这一点，身体其实要能跟手拉开，这才能不让身体的动作影响手的位置。
No lifting - Don't carry weight in your hand when moving.
When the hand is moving, it is inefficient.
Turn every push into a pull
Front Trick/Rear Trick
The turn after shake the poles 3 times
We need modify our bahaviour to cause a real change.
In-with-elbow must cause out-with-hand. Withdraw is to issue.
We covered the following tonight:
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2020年11月21日星期六上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习《再谈膝盖-新加坡2013》这个视频。
为什么我们实用拳法前行的时候要产出脚跟的？
Notes:
陈老师说我们的膝盖跟动物的前脚膝盖是刚相反的。因为动物是爬着走路，它的膝盖跟人类的肘的方向是一样的（向后）。如动物的前膝盖受阻，它的脚还可以往前走，然后把膝盖拉上去。相反人类站着走路，膝盖是向前的。我们要做铲出的动作才能回归像动物前脚的用力方法。
Master Chen Zhonghua always talks about the method of learning.The interaction of us asking and him answering is part of it. You have probably heard him say before, "Don't ask that question", but yet at a different time, he would ask students to ask questions. What kind of questions are indeed proper to ask? The questions that are on topic, something that does not interrupt or distract the learning of the very subject at the time. The format of an appropriate question itself should be about HOW, e.g. Could you please show me that move again?
This type of questions allows Master Chen to provide the correct information.
Examples of bad questions:
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Notes:
陈老师在视频的开始跟同学示范了怎样把对方的来力回到对方身上去。在示范中，对方推老师的双肘，对方的胳膊是力的来路，老师的指头指着对方的中线，这是力的回路。这让力在闭路里走了一圈。老师不需要加自己的力，只是引导对方的力回到他身上就行。重点是老师身上有一点不动，对方就像碰到一堵墙一样，力被老师反弹回去。这是收肘、出手同时进行，一路里面初收的动作。
5:02 对方握着老师的双腕，力从那里进来到老师的后脚，老师的头拉开向着对方，反弹的力顺着后脚到头顶的线回去，最后老师出双手把头顶延长。当对上了的时候，对方任何阻力都没有。
9:09 这里的示范看上了更神奇，因为老师没有抓着对方，对方也没有抓着老师，老师只是轻轻身体擦着对方的皮肤。碰上的地方不动，老师身体其他部位协调跟对方合住控制着对方。但是原理是跟上面的一样的。
10:39 这里老师示范怎样打人，对方如想阻挡老师进去，老师把他引进来，自己就能到分界的另外一边。这也是一个对拉（分阴阳的例子）的动作。
13:30 对方碰老师的地方没动过，老师自己动了别处。对方抓不住老师。
Vertical Peng
We continue on the exercise with one knee up and one knee down from last week.
The torso is like a cylinder that goes down in a free-fall fashion. We can hold up the cylinder, and yet we can't push down the cylinder. The cylinder is pulled down by gravity, something is outside of our body.
It is like the cylinder dropping through an iris shutter valve as the opening is big enough to allow the cylinder to go through. The knee going up and down opens up this hole.
Ultimately, when the knee goes down, it does not really go down. There is a restriction that is place in front of the knee.
As the cylinder goes down, there is also a rotation on the cylinder.
For now, we need to make sure that the knee that is supposed to go down does not go towards the other knee. It goes in the direction that is perpendicular to the line originally formed between the two knees.
On Nov. 11, 2020, Master Chen added the following in this topic:
Regarding the knee going down, this projects one line that is perpendicular to the line originally formed between the two knees. These two lines form a T in terms of how they interact with each other. Along with one end going down, and the other going up, this actually creates a spiral.
Master Chen also showed the demonstration using two credit cards standing on their edges, and forming a T with a little gap at the bottom of the interaction. Without such gap, the two cards won't be able to stand up.If there is no gap, you can say the entire side is touching, but then it is the same as the entire side is not touching. The two cards won't be able to stand up. With that gap, there is one point that the two cards are definitely touching at, and then many points that the two cards are not touching. That is separation of yin and yang. Another way of looking at is that the gap does not belong to either card, but the two cards are related because they are touching at one point.
Examples:
The video showed 3 moves of the Practical Method Straight Sword form, namely, Left cut wrist, Right cut wrist and Sweep down one thousand soldiers.
To execute either of the cut wrist moves, we must lock the tip of the sword in the same place in space and move the handle of the sword. Considering the sword being an extension of the hand, the tip of the sword is one fixed end, the feet are the other fixed end. The middle in this case is the waist, and we use the waist through the hand to move the sword handle. This clearly illustrates the concept of locking the two ends and moving the middle. By moving the middle, we send the energy to the tip of the sword, which represents a single lock that is only allowed to travel in a designated path. It is easier to illustrate this concept with a sword because a sword is a dead object. However, with empty hand, it is much harder as the hand is a live object and can easily move itself. We must treat the hand as a dead object as well to make it a weapon, in particular, to forge a 7-inch knife (7 inches down the side of the palm from the tip of the pinky).
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Six Sealing Four Closing
Block Touch Coat
Single Whip
Way of holding in Practical Method
Turning around without turning around. This is referring to moving the elbow, while the hand and shoulder are not moving.
Moving the hand will tie a knot in the body. Thinking of how to reel in with the spool to bring in the hose, and how to get the hose out by holding the end and pulling it out.
All important moves are difficult.
Lean with back
Left Turn Pound Mortar
Brush the Knee in Oblique Stance
Buddha's Warriot Attendant Pound Mortar
Block Touching Coat
We are doing a simple movement from Six Sealing Four Closing.
When Master Chen asks if you understand, he is asking if you is clear about the instructions and can follow the instructions.
We have a record hight of 47 people in the class today.
Intention is that what you know.
True intention is no intention.
Master Chen still needs to pay full attention to his movements in order to do it right. The highest level is not needing to think about it.
For my form, I need to train using the arms at all, and focus on only using the kuas to do the entire form.Going Over - We focus on this concept in several moves today.
Flash the back
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2020年10月31日星期六上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习《外定内动：提水动作》这个视频。
陈老师在这个短视频中强调里面跟外面是怎样较劲的。自己是怎样可以练出这个劲来。
Notes:
提水这动作我们要定住外面。具体是定住膝盖、胯、肩、头。然后，从胯开始顶出来。外面不能松。里面要出来，外面不让它。两个你较劲。我们不能松着练。前膝盖到后肩要保持一条直线，从里面把这条线加长。
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2020年10月30日星期五上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习《间接力收肘》这个视频。
陈老师示范了简单的双人练习学习间接力，并谈到怎样在推手中实践这练习中的要领。
Notes:
陈老师示范了一个练间接力的双人练习。对方稳定地握着我们的手，关系是螺丝钻在木头上不动。然后，什么都不动，只收肘。普遍的错误是手使上劲，那是直接力。
在这练习中，把自己调整到一个合适的位置，例如跟对方的距离多少、能不能把力放在肘上。
我们是在定式中学习、体会、明白到哪一个是最佳位置。将来，对方实际是不会停下来让你做动作，我们因为知道最佳位置，就可以等对方碰到那一点，我们到时收肘就行了，或者是把自己配合到那一个位置。
11:29 陈老师示范了闪通背最后的动作。第一部分动作力量不够，换点后，在不动中，加了另外一间接力。
Correction on my form
We do our form in a low stance to train gong. When we use it, we don't go so low, because it is not agile enough.
Movements need to be big and long.
The kuas need to be just a bit higher than the knees.
Just before Second Closing
Energy can only go straight. Just like water will go only straight, but when the tube bends, the water will follow the tube's shape and bend. Optical fiber works in the same way. Laser only goes straight, but through refraction, it bounces off the inner wall of the optical fiber. Through multiple refractions, laser can go from one end to the other end even when the optical fiber bends.
High Pad on Horse
The main principle of Practical Method is:
Inflection points in differential geometry are the points of the curve where the curvature changes its sign. In the illustration below, it is when the tangent turns red or when the curve intersects with the X axis in this case.
The 2nd illustration shows how a rotation of circle can be represented as a sine curve. In this case, the tracing of a dot on the circle starts at 3 o'clock and goes counterclockwise. The inflection point is at 9 o'clock, at which the dot starts the 2nd half of the circle, and is on its way back to the starting point.
Simply put, it is the midpoint of an S-curve, which actually represents a taiji circle as described in http://practicalmethod.com/2016/12/s-curve-is-really-the-circle/.
Master Chen Zhonghua always emphasizes the need to go over or to the other side. What are we going over? It is the inflection point that we need to go over. The other side lies beyond the inflection point.
"Rotation is changing direction without changing direction"
What kind of confusing statement is that?
Learning taijiquan is a feat in resolving conflicts.
Let's take at a look at how we can understand the above statement. Figure 1 shows a circle with four tangents (A,B,C and D) at those specific points. A tangent is a straight line that touches the curve at a single point. For any circle, there are an infiinte number of tangents, and each will be perpendicular to the radius (R) of the circle.
Consider that the circle rotates counterclockwise 90 degrees with A moved to A1 position, B to B1 position, and so forth. as depicted in Figure 2. Figure 1 and Figure 2 are actually exactly the same picture. For each of the depicted tangents, there is a 90 degree change in direction. However, overall with the circle itself, there is no change as every tangent still exists in the same way. In other words, every tangent is replaced by another tangent that is exactly the same after any degree of rotation.
Another way of looking at this is that, as rotation happens, if you are sitting on the circumference of the circle, the direction you will be looking at changes all the time, but yet the rotation is continuous in the counterclockwise direction without any interruption nor retreat.
As we extend this concept, we can see other examples in science. For example, there is convervation of energy. Hydroelectricity is setup based on this principle. Water runs down a waterfall. Potential energy is converted to kinetic energy, which drives the turbines with huge magnets wrapped with wires to generate electricity. Through this setup, there is a conversion in energy types, but the total amount of energy remains the same.
Replacing parts in repairs following the same principle. The parts though may be made by different manufacturers must comply with the specification, so that it can be used to produce the same function. So when a new part is put in, the overall function remains the same.
In software development, interfaces are defined so that different implementations can be made in dividual components. These components can be swapped in and out without the callers of the interface noticing any functional change.
In taiji, we are taught to keep contact point(s) fixed. That's the interface that must remain constant, while we move other body parts not involved in the interface to avoid detection by the opponent. This is the concept of "steal 偷“，e.g. as in stealing a step.
If the opponent is touching the 12 o'clock position of the circle, a counterclockwise rotation will bring him/her to the 10 o'clock position. At this time, he/she will be at the edge of a cliff, and gravity can take over to pull him/her down. The rotation allows no sense of change in him/her, but the relative position is now changed.
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Our movements must have a horizontal one and a vertical one intersecting/interacting at the same time.
Three parallel planes
For the top plane, it can expand by the hand going out, and can contract by the elbow coming in. The top plane can become tilted indirectly because the middle and bottom planes actively change their orientation, and the top plane is tied to them, e.g. your arms are tied to the kuas, it's the kua that goes down, and not the arm directly.
Note that out-with-hand is not about moving the hand, it is using rear-end power to drive the hand out on a line (or in other words, inside a tube).
Rhythm is clear in the yilu when you can do movements one by one.
The movements are clear when you can separate yin and yang, e.g. elbow-in vs hand-out.
Red Fist 红拳 vs Forearm Fist 肱拳 as in Punch covering hand 掩手肱拳: Red fist is called as such because your punch should cause blood to be spilled.
The most important secret is something that even the teacher is unable to do.
Traditionally, a teacher does not tell you the requirements, but only shows you the move. If he tells you the requirement, you can then tell that he can't do them either.
The real gongfu is never wrong in the most basic things.
Cross Hands
Rub Right Foot
Kick with left foot
Every move must be indirect. (Symtom: No, I didn't do it, it's something else that does it. "Always in denial")
No one remembers the strikes in the form, people only care about the dance now.
Being smooth is a symtom of having no separation of yin and yang.
Think about how to put an Ikea table together:
There is no table unless we follow the procedure.
When you can switch dimensions, the opponent will think that you are not here.
Master Chen Zhonghua mentioned the following squaring effect for every split:
No Split: 1
Split in 1 dimension: (1)^2 = 2
Split in 2 dimensions: (2)^2 = 4
Split in 3 dimensions: (4)^2 = 16
Split in 4 dimensions: (16)^2 = 256
When Master Chen wanted to add one row of tiles to each side of the taiji square at Daqingshan, the following illustrates the number of additional tiles needed.
Size (Addtitional Tiles)
1x1 = 1^2 = 1 (1)
2x2 = 2^2 = 4 (3)
3x3 = 3^2 = 9 (5)
4x4 = 4^2 = 16 (7)
5x5 = 5^2 = 25 (9)
The following illustrate how the volume changes by adding one unit in each of the three dimensions:
1^3 = 1
2^3 = 8
3^3 = 27
4^3 = 64
5^3 = 125
Whatever it is that you know, the truth is not like that. Whatever you don't realize, accidentally it is the correct thing.
Step back with whirling arms
Accentuate the stretch to squeeze the front hand out
物极必反 - When something goes to the extreme, it reverses itself. When yin gets to the extreme, it becomes yang, or vice versa.
Buddha's Warrior Attendant Pounds Mortar
The 3 solids
Last count:
Single Whip
Left elbow needs to go over the shoulder vertically between two walls.
Inflection Point
This is what we need to go over in a 3D manner.
Old Train - Crank Shaft, getting stuck and unstuck. This is what out real moves need to be like.
Dantian Neizhuan 丹田内转 is what allows it to go to the other side.
Getting stuck and just need to add a little bit to go over.
Brian Chung has precise movements and is missing just a little bit (catalyst) to give it life.
To go from 50% on the one side to 50% on the other side, there is less than one to make it go over.
Positive Circle
Master Chen Zhonghua started with a story about the history of China and Chen Style Taijiquan. Before the first Qin emperor defeated 6 other kings and united China, there was the period of Spring and Autumn 春秋 (which has nothing to do with the two seasons). Back then, there were 800 states, each had their own cultures, and they all flourished. Today, there are different levels of governments in China: Federal, Provincial, and County. The Chinese government wanted to get rid of the county level government, but they couldn't done. Each county turned out to map back to the old states. The Chinese government had full election for village officials, but there are large families at the county levels, with full election, these large families will gain control at the county level goverments. These families managed to get around the one-child policy themselves.
At around late 1600s and early 1700s, Chen Wangting worked in the army, he defeated the Japanese Wandering Bandits. He was awarded a retirement fund, and went to back to Chen Village, and didn't need to work like others. Before him, the martial art in the Chen Village was just a family art, neither internal nor external. During his retirement, Chen Wangting read the book Huang Di Jing 《黄庭经》又名《老子黄庭经》，是道教养生修仙专著；内容包括《黄庭外景玉经》和《黄庭内景玉经》。作者为老子，由天师道魏华存自创门户而普传于世。He modified the family art into taijiquan. This is direct information. As we know it, Chen Style Taijiquan didn't come from alchemy.
Master Chen brought a group of students from Ottawa and Edmonton to China. Susan Holland was left in charge of the group to learn from Li Enjiu for a week while Master Chen went off to complete other business. Master Chen left a videocorder (Sony Handycam) to Susan with the instruction to record everything the group would learn from Master Li Enjiu. Upon his return, there was no recording and Master Chen asked for the reason. Susan said that every foundation that Master Li Enjiu taught was exactly the same as what Master Chen previously taught the group and there wasn't anything to record. Master Chen was puzzled as to how that was possible. Master Chen came up with a series of exercises which he called foundations. The particular set of exercises were not taught as a set by Grandmaster Hong originally. Master Chen then asked Master Li to show his teaching, and it turned out to be exactly the same. Unfortunately, there was no recording of it, and only Master Chen, Master Li and Susan Holland could verify the story.
Speaking of the history of the positive and negative circles, it was Grandmaster Hong who originally suggested to Grandmaster Chen Fake the positive circle that since Grandmaster Chen was old, and he couldn't do yilu all day, but he still wanted to train throughout the day. Grandmaster Chen further asked if there was anything else, Grandmatser Hong're reply was the negative circle. Therefore, only Practical Method had the positive and negative circles.
We were using the shoulder to draw the positive circle before. Today, we advanced into Positive Circle Version 2.0. The emphasis is on the movement of the kua. We need to create a huge range of motion at the front kua. It has to be so big that your part of your sole may be off the floor, and you may even fall backwards. When going backward, the kua goes down, keep your back straight, and don't bend forward and cause the butt to protrude. When going forward, it must be led by the kua, and don't lean forward. The biggest action must be at the kua, and our attention must be at the kua. Don't move the top, keep it locked. Use the kua to draw a three-dimensional circle at the front finger tip.
Taijiquan is about movement, but we use the non-movement dot to create real movement.
In moving-step positive circle, also use the feet to create the size of the circle. The action must be led by the kua, and the connection to the ground can be maintained.
A taiji article should include all of the following components:
A leader is someone or something that others follow. If a number of people have to go through a tunnel that is only large enough to fit a person through at a time, the first person who goes through it is the leader, whom the rest of the people just follow. If multiple people try to go through the tunnel at the same time, there will be a jam, and no one can come out the other end.
Let's apply this idea to the three-count positive circle. In the first count (in-with-elbow), the elbow is the leader, and everything else gives way. In the 2nd count (turn-with-waist), the waist (we will use the term kua at a higher level) is the leader. In the 3rd count (out-with-hand), the hand (middle finger later on) is the leader. There should never be the case that during in-with-elbow, the hand competes with the elbow and tries to lead. Similarly, during out-with-hand, the elbow should not compete with the hand.
There are cases where elbow is the leader at the beginning, the elbow stops and the hand takes over as the leader. At no time, there are two leaders.
The leader does not imply the location of power though there may be occasions that the leader happens to be the location of power. Where power is generated can change as required by the situation. Our power will be at a place where the opponent's power is not.
Out-with-hand is like threading through a needle, while in-with-elbow is like pulling a thread out of a needle. The elbow causes the hand, which is the tip of the thread, to move on a track while the hand itself does not move.
Also note that once we have threaded through a needle by a little bit, we would switch to hold the tip of the thread that has passed through the hole and pull in order to get more thread through easily. The hole of the needle itself is a demarcation. The switching of the place that the hand is holding is related to the concept of "Dao Shou". If somehow we are able to get to the other side, we will simply pull with respect to the demarcation. This is the idea of "making every push a pull".
When this concept is understood and the body achieves this ability to have "leaders", we say one has the ability to lingjin (领劲 - to lead the energy).
Note:
Something weird happend today. I wrote the above article, and shifu told me that the ability was called lingjin (领劲). For next week's video class, I happened to have picked the Chinese video 领劲, which I have not yet watched or studied:
https://www.shiyongquanfa.cn/archives/7086
The following people received Yilu correction from Master Chen Zhonghua:
https://www.shiyongquanfa.cn/archives/7052
2020年10月10日星期六上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习《里边和外边》这个视频。
陈老师在这视频中谈论了很多关于里外在实际动作与理论。
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