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.