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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…

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Shísān Gān 十三杆 - 13 Long Pole – Part 5 披 Pī 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,…

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Shísān Gān 十三杆 - 13 Long Pole – Part 4 Lán 攔 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…

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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…

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Shísān Gān 十三杆 - 13 Long Pole – Part 1 Grandmaster Tse Shísān Gān 十三杆 - 13 Long Pole In Chinese Martial Arts we have many kinds of weapons. The most common are the Jiàn 劍 - Sword, Dāo 刀 - Knife (Broadsword),…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…