Structure

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

Levels of achievement in Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan

Delivering their head to your fist /palm

Winding and unwinding the Dantian

 The rewards of effort 

longer version with explanation * open joints are kinetic buffers *

Capturing my opponent by his facia with a circle, and causing him to collide with my counter punch 

Coil in to coil out, using facia in seizing skill 

 reviewing what we learned with Dr. Tao . Max Chen and I trained privately together with Dr. Tao 

Clearly differentiate , substantial and insubstantial

Falling into emptiness

"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 receiving force

Training receiving force The following footage shows Alex assisting me in training receiving force. This is a cooperative training method in which he feeds me via connection, and I endeavor to bounce him off of me in different ways. These concepts are used to de-stabilize. A person's attempt to apply force on me and reposition my body. They are not meant to suggest that I am a superhero or some other type of thing that lower level "martial artists " continue to suggest. Just for the record , I really could care less what they think of me. I'm only sharing these things to people that understand what's going on and because Time here on this planet is limited. Ethical behavior was once a Main stay of martial arts, and this younger generation seems to think it's appropriate to be rude and stupid, and I simply just won't interact with them. The notion of challenging someone that you view as having lesser skill than you is not a courageous act . It is the act of a coward, You should challenge me if you think you are equal to me ; if you think you are better than me, then you should go find someone better than me to challenge. Otherwise you're no more than a schoolyard bully, hiding behind the keyboard next to your action figure collection. 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

Send them out, then pull them back in

Send them out, then pull them back in In combat, you might send someone out breaking their balance, and then pull them back into a strike increasing the power of a strike. I pulled him back in in this instance to prevent him from crashing into my counter, but this is something that you want to cultivate 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

Send them out, then pull them back in

Send them out, then pull them back in In combat, you might send someone out breaking their balance, and then pull them back in to a strike increasing the power of a strike. I pulled him back in in this instance to prevent him from crashing into my counter, but this is something that you want to cultivate 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

Some light push hands in the kitchen

some light push hands in the kitchen 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