Posture

The Method for Centering your posture

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

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

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

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

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

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