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Tuī Shǒu 推手Training Part 5 Huó Bù Shuāng Tuī Shǒu 活步雙推手 - Double Hand Stepping Pushing Hands After Dìng Bù Shuāng Tuī Shǒu 定步雙推手 - Double Hand Stationary Pushing Hands, we need to start practising Huó…

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Tuī Shǒu 推手Training Part 4 Once we are in the correct position for Dìng Bù Shuāng Tuī Shǒu 定步雙推手 - Double Hand Stationary Pushing Hands, we need to perform four movements, and in each movement one partner attacks…
Master Tse with his Sifu Chen Xiao Wang.

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Tuī Shǒu 推手Training Part 3 Master Tse with his Sifu Chen Xiao Wang. Once we become familiar with Dìng Bù Dān Tuī Shǒu 定步單推手 - Single Hand Stationary Pushing Hands, then we should move on to Dìng Bù Shuāng Tuī…

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Tuī Shǒu 推手Training Part 2 In Dìng Bù Dān Tuī Shǒu 定步單推手 - Single Hand Stationary Pushing Hands, when we have finished with our right hand and right foot forwards turning, backwards and opening, which was then practise…

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Tuī Shǒu 推手 Training Part 1 Dìng Bù Dān Tuī Shǒu 定步單推手 - Single Hand Stationary Pushing Hand When we start Tuī Shǒu 推手 Training, we begin with one hand stationary. Everything we do should start simply and easily…
Master Tse doing Tui Shou with his Sifu, Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang

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Tuī Shǒu 推手 with Bā Jìn 八勁 Grandmaster Tse doing Tui Shou with his Sifu, Great Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang In the past, Tuī Shǒu 推手 was also called Gě Shǒu 擖手. Gě 擖 means rubbing with force or scraping. So two…

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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…

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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…

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Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 8 Application of Xié Xíng 斜行 - Step Forward Diagonally 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…

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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…