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…

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Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 6 Cǎi 採 and Liè 裂 together 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…

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Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 5 Qínná 擒拿 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…

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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…
Master Tse doing Tui Shou with his Sifu, Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang

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Advanced Level Bā Jìn 八勁 – Part 3 Master Tse doing Tui Shou with his Sifu, Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang 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…

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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…