FAN THROUGH BACK APPLICATION Fan Through Back or Spread Arms Like a Fan as William CC Chen terms it is not double weighted if you think of the upper hand as “the Handle of the Whip” . When pulled forcefully one may need to take a step […]
THE HOOK HAND OF SINGLE WHIP The Hook or “Beak” hand in Taijiquan’s Single Whip can be used in a variety of ways in combat. The first example has me applying Ward Off ( Peng Jin), Rollback ( Lu Jin ) , Push ( Ahn Jin ) , and Strike […]
BP CHAN TRAINING THE YANG 24 POSTURE FORM The 24 Posture form was created in 1956 by a committee of Masters in response to the Chinese health crisis . Many Doctors fled China during the Cultural Revolution . This left a hole where disease could creep in. The government insisted […]