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 The Theories of Chén Cháng Xìng 陳長興 Part 4 In Tàijíquán太極拳 the form is many movements joined together to make one continuous movement. If we watch someone practising Tàijíquán we can see there is no stopping.…

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The Theories of Chén Cháng Xìng 陳長興 Part 3 “夫太極拳者,千變萬化,無往非勁,勢雖不侔,而勁歸於一,夫所謂一者,自頂至足,內有臟俯筋骨,外有肌膚皮肉,四肢百骸相聯而為一者也。 Fū…

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The Theories of Chén Cháng Xìng 陳長興 Part 2 夫物,散必有統,分必有合,天地間四面八方,紛紛者各有所屬,千頭萬緒,攘攘者自有其源。蓋一本可散爲萬殊,而萬殊鹹歸於一本,拳術之學,亦不外此公例。Fū…

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The Theories of Chén Cháng Xìng 陳長興 Part 1 During his life, the 14th Generation of Chen Style Taijiquan, Chén Cháng Xìng 陳長興 (1771-1853) wrote the ten main concepts of Tàijíquán 太極拳. Now, every classic book…

Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 238

Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 8 Tàijíquán 太極拳 fighting skill is defined by Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打 and Zhì 擲. We grasp and lock to make the opponent lose their balance, fall down or strike them.…

Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 237

Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 7 As we have seen, Dǎ 打 is hitting, however we do not only with the fist, even for the fist we can use many sides of the fist to hit, we can also hit with the palm, the edge of the…

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Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 6 Yǎn Shǒu Gōng Chuí 掩手肱捶 - Conceal and Strike In fighting, the most direct way to attack someone it to hit and Tàijíquán 太極拳 is the same. Dǎ 打 is hitting. In…

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Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 5 When we use Qínná 擒拿 - Grabbing and Controlling, it is easy to make our opponent Die 跌(it does not pronounce to die as in dead, it pronounces as Die).  – Fall. In Dān…

Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 234

Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 4 If we use Qínná 擒拿 – Grabbing and Controlling well, then we can break our opponent’s joints, therefore, we must control this skill and use it to just control them so that…

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Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 3 Qínná fǎn guānjié 擒拿反關節 If our Qínná 擒拿 – Grabbing and Controlling is good, then when we control the opponent’s joint and move it, their whole body will be…