Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 141

Wáng Zōng Yuè’s Tàijíquán Poem王宗岳太極拳論 Part 4 In Wáng Zōng Yuè’s Tàijíquán Poem 王宗岳太極拳論 he says, “左重則左虛，右重則右杳。When our weight is on the left, we should not totally…

Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 140

Wáng Zōng Yuè’s Tàijíquán Poem王宗岳太極拳論 Part 3 Grandmaster Tse's doing Zhàn Zhuāng 站樁 In Wáng Zōng Yuè’s Tàijíquán Poem 王宗岳太極拳論 he says, “不偏不倚，忽隱忽現 No leaning to either…

Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 139

Wáng Zōng Yuè’s Tàijíquán Poem 王宗岳太極拳論 Part 2 In Wáng Zōng Yuè’s Tàijíquán Poem 王宗岳太極拳論 he says, “虚領頂勁，氣沉丹田 For posture we need to relax the head and shoulders, with the…

Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 138

Wáng Zōng Yuè’s Tàijíquán Poem 王宗岳太極拳論 Part 1 Wáng Zōng Yuè was from Shānxī Rén 山西, a person from Shānxī 山西人. No one really knows when he was born and when he died, but his poem of Tàijíquán…

Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 137

Dì Gōng 地功 Part 3 Whenever I practise Tuī Shǒu 推手 - Pushing Hands with my students I can hold the position, like my Sīfu 師父, Chén Xiǎo Wàng 陳小旺, one leg in front of the other (particularly in stationary Tuī Shǒu).…

Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 136

Dì Gōng 地功 Part 2 Dì Gōng 地功 is a Chén Shì Tàijíquán 陈式太极拳 - Chén Style Tàijíquán term and I have only ever heard my Sīfu 師父, Chén Xiǎo Wàng 陳小旺, use it. When a person’s stance is strong we call…

Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 135

Dì Gōng 地功 Part 1 As human beings, we live between Heaven and Earth, We say Heaven gives us our minds, our thinking, feelings and sensations, Earth gives us support, stability and health. In Tàijíquán 太極拳 we follow the principle…

Grandmaster Tse Tàijí Fist 134

Five Bows 五弓 - Part 6 Now we understand, in Tàijíquán 太極拳, whenever we strike, we need to use the Five Bows 五弓 so that we can Fa Jìn 發勁. This means Fa Jìn is the Five Bows striking. When we think about kicking we can…

Master Tse’s Tàijí Fist 133

Five Bows 五弓 - Part 5 By now we should understand that in Tàijíquán 太極拳, whenever we strike using Fa Jìn 發勁, we must connect all the Five Bows 五弓 together. Both arms, both legs and the body must connect so that we use…

Master Tse’s Tàijí Fist 132

Five Bows 五弓 - Part 4 In Tàijíquán 太極拳 we can use the fist, palm, or elbow to strike. Whenever we strike, we must use the Five Bows 五弓 – two arms, two legs and the body. If we are striking with the elbow, as before, we also…