Shísān Gān 十三杆 – 13 Long Pole – Part 6 拖 TuōTuō means drag. This is not an attacking technique. This is a retreating technique. For example, if the enemy attacks us and they are too close to us, we may need to pull back the pole, step back or even run away. Then we […]
Shísān Gān 十三杆 – 13 Long Pole – Part 5 5. 披 PīIn martial arts terms, Pī means chop, but in general it means to drape, like you drape a cloth. For the long pole, Pī means to chop down. When we use the long pole, we flick the tip down at an angle, this […]
Shísān Gān 十三杆 – 13 Long Pole – Part 4 3. 絞 JiǎoJiǎo means use a rope to tie up, like the past when people had their head tied up with rope when they were about to face capital punishment, that was called Jiǎo Xing 絞刑. If we use the long pole to Jiǎo, it […]
Shísān Gān 十三杆 – 13 Long Pole – Part 3 The 13 Long Pole has 13 techniques: 沾 Zhān, 纏 Chán, 絞 Jiǎo, 攔 Lán, 披 Pī, 崩 Bēng, 拖 Tuō, 掛 Guà, 橫 Héng, 紮 Zā, 抖 Dǒu, 架 Jià and 挑 Tiāo. 沾 ZhānZhān means stick (to something). When the long pole comes […]
Shísān Gān 十三杆 – 13 Long Pole – Part 1 In Chinese Martial Arts we have many kinds of weapons. The most common are the Jiàn 劍 – Sword, Dāo 刀 – Knife (Broadsword), Gùn 棍 – Staff, Qiāng 枪 – Spear (the spear and a gun is the same in Chinese, perhaps because the […]
Body Movements – Part 5 As we have seen, in Chén Shì Tàijíquán 陈式太极拳 – Chén Style Tàijíquán we have eight body movements. however, they are not just movements, they are also related to attitude and energy. They are 縱 Zòng, 橫 Héng, 高 Gāo, 低 Dī, 進 Jìn, 退 Tuì, 反 Fǎn and 側 […]
Body Movements – Part 4 The seventh and eighth Tàijíquán 太极拳 body movements are Fǎn 反 and Cè 側. Fǎn means circling forwards and backwards. When fighting or doing Tuī Shǒu 推手 – Pushing Hands, if we catch hold of the opponent’s wrist or hand, we can circle it over their head and step forwards, […]
Body Movements – Part 3 The fifth and sixth Tàijíquán 太极拳 body movements are Jìn 進and Tuì 退. Jìn means forwards and Tuì means backwards. In all Tàijíquán forms, whether it is Lǎojià 老架 – Old Frame or Xīnjià 新架 – New Frame, they all have Jìn and Tuì. Every martial art must have backwards […]
Body Movements – Part 2 The third and fourth Tàijíquán 太极拳 body movements are 高 Gāo and 低 Dī. Gāo means high and Dī means low. In the forms, we have high positions and low positions. If the opponent is in a low position, we can make them high, and then they will be weaker. […]
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