Tuī Shǒu 推手 with Bā Jìn 八勁 In the past, Tuī Shǒu 推手 was also called Gě Shǒu 擖手. Gě 擖 means rubbing with force or scraping. So two people doing Tuī Shǒu rub their arms together, sometimes with force and sometime they are gentle. It was also called Dǎ Shǒu 打手. Dǎ 打 means […]
Tàijíquán 太极拳 Training Tàijíquán 太极拳 is based on the principle of Tàijí太极. Tàijí is from the Yìjīng 易經. Tàijí is one, one of anything. Any one has two kinds of energy, Yin and Yang, like one day has daytime and night time, temperature has hot and cold, humans being have men and women or fire […]
Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 9 The Bā Jìn 八勁 in Tàijíquán 太极拳 are Péng 掤, Lǚ 履, Jǐ 擠, Àn 按, Cǎi 採, Liè 裂, Zhǒu 肘, Kào 靠. The make up four pairs of Jìn 勁. Jìn is energy and it can be used for attack and defence. The first pair […]
Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 8 The last of the Bā Jìn 八勁 is Kào Jìn 靠勁. Kào means shoulder. You can imagine, that when your opponent is a longer distance away we can attack them with a kick, if they are closer we can use the fist or palm, closer still then […]
Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 7 The last pair of Bā Jìn 八勁 is Zhǒu 肘 and Kào 靠. Zhǒu means elbow so Zhǒu Jìn 肘勁 is an elbow strike. In Tàijíquán 太极拳 we strike with the fists and palms, but when an opponent gets close to our body the fists and palms […]
Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 6 The next one is Liè 裂. Liè means crack. So it means the something is broken. In Tàijíquán太极拳, we will hold a part of the opponent’s body, usually it is their arm. One of hands will hold their wrist and the other will hold the elbow. We […]
Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 5 The third pair is Cǎi 採 and Liè 裂. Cǎi means to pick or grab. We say Cǎi Zhāi Huā Guǒ 採摘花果 which means to picking flowers and fruits. So Cǎi means picking something and in the situation, it means picking fruit and flowers from a tree. […]
Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 4 Àn 按 means press down, like pressing a button, so the movement is pressing down. movements Liù Fēng Sì Bì 六封四閉 – Six Sealing and Four Closing we can see after the hands push out together with Jǐ Jìn 擠勁, they separate and go down, this is […]
Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 3 The second pair of Bā Jìn 八勁 is Jǐ 擠 and Àn 按. Jǐ means squeeze, like when you are crowed place and squeezed between many people. In Tàijíquán 太极拳 we can use Jǐ Jìn 擠勁 by putting our two hands together in front of our chest […]
Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 2 The first pair of Jìn 勁 are Péng 掤 and Lǚ 履. In Tàijíquán 太极拳, Péng means expanding. This means the whole body is expanding from the inside out, the Qì 氣 and the Dāntián 丹田 expands and the power for the Qì comes from the mind. […]
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