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Don't use strength ?!? Open joints act as kinetic buffers 

Levels of achievement in Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan

"Don't insist, don't resist" - this is where the magic happens

The palm changes on the way

The palm changes on the way I first endeavor to touch my opponent with my fingertips, and then the middle of the palm, and then finally the heel of the palm. This is often referred to as seating the palm. If I raise the fingertips up at the wrong time, it allows my opponent to easily sweep my hand aside , but when I keep the wrists rounded and the fingertips triangulating on my opponent, the arms act as a shield or a ward off and hold my opponents countering force at bay until I enter in and seat the palm. This method is almost lost by modern practitioners. Thanks for watching! If you like what you saw, there’s a link below to my online course! It’s packed with over a year’s worth of lessons based on my 30+ years of teaching. Come learn the forms and exercises I’ve used to boost my health, hone my martial skills, and pass on the knowledge to my students. Zhong Ding Healing Arts | Zhong Ding Tai Chi Chuan

Sylvia training receive and release

ylvia training receive and release Sylvia is training receive and release in this footage. I push towards her ,through her arms , and she lets the pressure go through her arms and releases it down into her feet. She then presses her feet while raising her crown point simultaneously . This action sends me away . An error is to push back at the contact point or run away from the contact point instead, she should just present some stillness . Thanks for watching! If you like what you saw, there’s a link below to my online course! It’s packed with over a year’s worth of lessons based on my 30+ years of teaching. Come learn the forms and exercises I’ve used to boost my health, hone my martial skills, and pass on the knowledge to my students. Zhong Ding Healing Arts | Zhong Ding Tai Chi Chuan

Training connect , receive , release

Training connect , receive , release The following footage shows me working with Alex to develop a skill. Alex pushes into my arms with the strength to attempt to move me. I receive the strength into my foot letting Alex compress my Qi. And I allow my hips to fall away from my head, stretching my spine.. I then press the rear foot, lightly triggering the release of Chi in harmony with the unstretching of my spine. Thanks for watching! If you like what you saw, there’s a link below to my online course! It’s packed with over a year’s worth of lessons based on my 30+ years of teaching. Come learn the forms and exercises I’ve used to boost my health, hone my martial skills, and pass on the knowledge to my students. Zhong Ding Healing Arts | Zhong Ding Tai Chi Chuan

Light

This footage shows the effect of touching my training, partner with lightness and causing him to waste his strength on the neutralizing quality of my open joints. Attempted advancements bounce right back at him, repositioning his feet and filling his mind with confusion Thanks for watching! If you like what you saw, there’s a link below to my online course! It’s packed with over a year’s worth of lessons based on my 30+ years of teaching. Come learn the forms and exercises I’ve used to boost my health, hone my martial skills, and pass on the knowledge to my students. https://zhongdingtaichi.com/learn-internal-arts

Using asking Jin and emptiness to make my opponent fall into my connection.

Using asking Jin and emptiness to make my opponent fall into my connection. When you touch a person, they usually either push back, runaway , or stay still. When they do this, it's usually on a very unconscious level. They don't typically notice that they are doing it. The movement is so small that they usually cannot detect it but their subconscious mind will typically go back to center after moving out of center to achieve balance , When my partner does this , I yield, causing him to fall into my touch and into my root where I can then issue force on him. Thanks for watching! If you like what you saw, there’s a link below to my online course! It’s packed with over a year’s worth of lessons based on my 30+ years of teaching. Come learn the forms and exercises I’ve used to boost my health, hone my martial skills, and pass on the knowledge to my students. Zhong Ding Healing Arts | Zhong Ding Tai Chi Chuan

Moving from Center to Center, Coiling in and out sequentially