Monday, February 11, 2019

Moving up. Learn Tai chi Energetics, Applications and Push Hand in new Workshop.

Moving Up Tai chi Energetics Workshop.

 To understand the Perceiving of forces and responding appropriately in Gentle Push Hands Training, with Deeper aspects of yielding and softness.

Intermediate level Tai chi or other soft art students welcomed.

Push hands is a unique training of Internal Martial arts schools such as Tai chi, Xingi, Bagua etc that enable students to practise the principles of yielding and using softness to overcome hardness.
The push hands that we teach is in effect mindfulness push hands or practicing with full awareness of the movements, all the time.



Video: Tai chi Push hands - Listening and responding to forces

Tai chi Push Hands Workshop. The Art of Instant Allowing and Non - Resistance

Partner Practice - Push Hands and Sticking Hands. The Real reasons why you Need these Practices.

 

Push hands and Sticking Hands are the unique training methods of Tai chi and other Internal (Martial Arts) schools that enable students to practise the principles of yielding and using softness to overcome hardness. This practise allows one to develope new responses in a cooperative manner. You develop to be stronger, yet more sensitive and develop in as safe environment (much less chance to get hurt).
Our system of KWS-Tai chi Push hands is unique with the insights and techniques of the KWS internal system not found anywhere else.

What You will Learn and Who it is for:


  • Using Yielding to overcome Hardness
  • Understanding that within Yin there is Yang (substantiality)
  • Training smoothness as true speed
  • Physical, Mental and neuro sensory motor skills to respond automatically, and not react blindly
  • Sensing and Allowing forces (to come)
  • How to use "4 ounces to overcome 1000 pounds"
  • Stepping and Body work
  • Practitioners of different Tai chi and other martial arts styles are welcomed


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Why Train in Push Hands?

To awaken and raise your awareness to tensions and outside forces. 99% of people stiffen up on contact - despite years and years of "Tai chi practice". Their response is either too hard or conversely too soft - misinterpreting the meaning of the soft art, and of yielding. Or, forgetting all about softness and resort to hardness. What is missing is the blended strength - hardness within softness.

And to remain relaxed in the face of challenges. To cut down reactive thoughts and actions. Hence staying calm, with understanding and clarity. To eliminate jerky movements in responding to opponent's on coming forces. 

Anger, judgments and condemnation are all reactive reactions. And they occur at work, at home or in an physical encounter.  Push hands practice help you raise above this.


Topics


Alignment work. The nine pearls.
Uses of Circles. Big and small. Internal circles.
Relaxation response in the face of stress and incoming forces. 
Nature of simple direct force, and its inherent weakness within its fierceness. Splitting Forces.
Using the Body, Legs and not just Arms - rooting and redirecting. Learning to integrate the whole body.
Acceptance vs Resistance. Accepting and Rooting.
Transition from brute muscular force (li) to internal, pliable strength (jing). Springy energy and explosive power.
The Internal Martial arts approach to defending one self against forces. Yielding and neutralising.
Application of several Tai chi postures.


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