Notes for Teaching Push Hand 2 video

http://practicalmethod.com/2016/04/teaching-push-hand-2-online-video-trailer/

Notes:

0:04 - 2;47  Master Chen was emphasizing on separation of yin and yang.  Whether it was the hand going out or the elbow coming in, his body never moved. There were clearly moving and non-moving parts.

3:00 What we train are top-bottom separation and left-right separation. When we add them together, we have "silk reeling"

3:37 Top-botom separation: In the demostration, Master Chen’s torso did not move, only his leg moved. In general, top-bottom separation is top moving and bottom not moving, or top not moving and the bottom moving.

3:55 Left-right separation: In the demostration, Master Chen’s torso did not move, only his right hand moved. In general, left-right separation is left moving and right not moving, or left not-moving and right moving.

4:05 By the time we can successfully do it, it does not look like taiji (the kind of taiji people typically perceives it as) anymore.