Five Bows 五弓 – Part 3 The body has Five Bows —身備五弓. Two arms, two legs and one body. When we relax the whole body, all of the Five Bows, the two arms, two legs and body will relax so that we can Fa Jìn 發勁. As we talked about last time, we can use […]

Five Bows 五弓 – Part 1 In Tàijíquán 太極拳, we say “A body has five bows —身備五弓. This means that the body has five parts which are like bows and can shoot arrows. Shooting arrows means that it can hurt someone, and this is Fa Jìn 發勁 – Releasing Power. Tàijíquán specialises in this and […]

Shùn and Nì Chán Sī Jìn 順與逆纏絲勁 – Part 18 前後 Front and Back  – 順—前—後 Shùn One After Another 前後 Front and Back  逆—前—後 Nì One After Another Stand in a medium horse stance, with the feet two shoulder widths apart, back straight and the palms facing down in front of the Dāntián 丹田. […]

Shùn and Nì Chán Sī Jìn 順與逆纏絲勁 – Part 16 Turn Waist 轉腰Shùn and Nì Chán Sī Jìn Opening and Closing順逆開合 Stand in a medium horse stance, with the feet two shoulder widths apart, back straight, hands resting in front of the Dāntián 丹田. Turn the body to the right, the right hand makes a […]

Shùn and Nì Chán Sī Jìn 順與逆纏絲勁 – Part 14 Both Sides – Shùn and Nì Chán Sī Jìn Opening and Closing二側順逆纏絲開合 Stand in a medium horse stance, with the feet two shoulder widths apart, back straight, hands resting in front of the Dāntián 丹田. Lift the right hand up to face height in a […]