How's your bow stance look?
I recently set up my camera to shoot my stances as I was doing my tai chi form. I know what they feel like, but I had never seen them. Anyway, I was sort of surprised by what I saw. It seems that no matter which direction I going, my yin knee is an inch or two out of alignment with relation to my yin foot on a vertical plane. My kneecap and toe are pointed in the same direction, but the knee is forward in the same direction as the yang toe.
First, I have seen a lot of respected tai chi teachers with the same stance (mostly from 60's video and books), but if I focus on bringing my knee into alignement, I do feel more rooted. But instead of feeling 70/30 weight distribution, I feel closer to 60/40. What gives?
Any comments on your own experience and stances would be appreciated.
:D
One must toughen up without losing one's tenderness.
[This message was edited by Boulder Student on 03-29-01 at 03:30 PM.]
Water Dragon, your drowning me in your negativity
Cute response Water Dragon. I hope it was a joke. Where would I go to come and get you?
:D
One must toughen up without losing one's tenderness.
The zip code only narrowed it down to a neighborhood
He looked at my stances and said I was doing well for my level(less than a year). Basically, I need to get a wee bit more flexible in the waist and I will be able to get the 70/30 with the vertical alignment of the yin knee and toe. Until then he said the knee was more important than the weighting, since I have progressed to the point where I am not double weighted with alignment.
Hip bone connected to the knee, huh?
I don't want to wander around that neighborhood looking for you. In my organic cotton patagonia shirt and shorts combo with the latest Nike Trail Runners, I might be making myself a target. I rather just come straight to your place.
:D
One must toughen up without losing one's tenderness.
[This message was edited by Boulder Student on 03-29-01 at 04:07 PM.]