Fu-Pow
03-20-2002, 11:28 AM
I remember reading back a few months ago an article by a Chen Taiji practitioner who was saying that the goal in Taijiquan was to "lock out" the Mingmen point of your opponent, without having your's "locked out."
I didn't really know what this meant until the other day. I was doing a stepping push hand excercise with my teacher. To describe it briefly one person puts their bent arm out in front of their body and assumes a shallow bow stance. The other person puts their palms on the other persons elbow and wrist.
As the person with the palms out steps forward and pushes slightly the other person retreats and follows.
Now what I noticed is that when I stepped back my teacher would add to my backward energy. The sensation was like being folded in half and pushed back. It was like my lower body separated from my upper body rendering me helpless. The "folding point" seemed to correspond to the ming men point.
Any thoughts on this.
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Fu-Pow
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I didn't really know what this meant until the other day. I was doing a stepping push hand excercise with my teacher. To describe it briefly one person puts their bent arm out in front of their body and assumes a shallow bow stance. The other person puts their palms on the other persons elbow and wrist.
As the person with the palms out steps forward and pushes slightly the other person retreats and follows.
Now what I noticed is that when I stepped back my teacher would add to my backward energy. The sensation was like being folded in half and pushed back. It was like my lower body separated from my upper body rendering me helpless. The "folding point" seemed to correspond to the ming men point.
Any thoughts on this.
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Fu-Pow
"He who knows does not speak;
He who speaks does not know."
-Lao Tzu