Archive for February, 2010
Never Have Equal Strength in Your Palms
Published Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 by S.SmithTaijiquan Quote of the Week
“Never have equal strength in your palms, as this is also a variation of being double-weighted.”
It’s little and simple.
To a normal observer, one’s palms may appear to press (or push) together, but watch close. Notice that one leads the other, arriving slightly ahead of the other.
In my practice of Grasp Bird’s Tail, my right hand presses on the imaginary enemy’s pressure points, just a bit before my left hand. If you were watching really close, you’d see it.
Just a little.
In Lifting Up or Pulling Back, Inhale
Published Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 by S.SmithTaijiquan Quote of the Week
“In lifting up or pulling back, inhale; in pushing forward or stepping downward, exhale.”
It’s a natural and instinctive way to move. Even something as simple as standing from sitting: use an inhale to inflate your body and standing up is easy… likewise, exhale to sit down in your chair. Flavor every movement with Taiji.
Pull Your Backbone Up
Published Thursday, February 11th, 2010 by S.SmithTaijiquan Quote of the Week
“Your head should be held as if suspended from above by a string. This will pull your backbone up and sink the qi to the lower tan-tien.”
It’s a tricky mind trick to feel the pull-up. There’s nothing to cling to, after all. But it’s possible. It works to feel that Lightness on top of the head… and then draw the backbone into that emtpy lightness.
How do you do it? Feel it?
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