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The Power of the Paradox

Just thinking about a quote of Wu Yinghua:

"Never let the slightest idea of attack enter your mind."

This is the skill of going along with - to give oneself up to...

An article from Shanghai, which I translated for you - enjoy:

The Borrowing of Strength in Tai Chi Chuan

https://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2018/01/the-borrowing-of-strength-in-tai-chi.html...

Here a collection of some pictures I took:

https://www.boredpanda.com/tai-chi-chuan-in-unusual-places/

Enjoy

Martin

Hey Tai Chi-friends,

today one can see a lot of beautiful pictures of people doing Tai Chi Chuan in Chinese places or splendid nature. I decided to take some photos in unusual places - enjoy:
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-N- is right here:

The title of § 23 is "The Interpretation of Tai Chi's Four Corners".

But still Yang Banhou sees here the Four Corner Techniques cai, lie zhou and kao as a compensation of...

Hey Cataphract,

never heard of that, but sounds interesting.

Do you know more? Is this written down somewhere?

All the best

Martin

Enjoy:

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2014/01/article-kao-to-strike-with-body.html

All the best

Martin

Enjoy my little post:

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2015/09/articel-learning-to-write-tai-chi-chuan.html

All the best

Martin

Enjoy the interview on my blog:

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2015/11/interview-andre-oelofse.html

Greetings

Martin

There is a new article on my blog:

Tai Chi Chuan and Chinese Strategy

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2015/10/text-tai-chi-chuan-and-chinese.html

Enjoy reading.

What do you think?

Here a new article on my blog:

How did Taijiquan get it's name?

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2015/05/article-how-did-taijiquan-get-its-name.html

Enjoy reading

Martin

Hey Matthew,

thx for the great post.

Two things I like to comment:

1) This little chapter was about a general decision - or to make a compromise between these two. I think you are right -...

I added on my blog an article about general teaching concepts in Tai Chi Chuan

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2015/03/article-general-teaching-concepts-for.html

What are your experience...

Dear friends,

I am sure everybody here is training long and hard - so the yang-part is done. To help the yin-part (the relaxation) a bit, I published a new little book (Paperback or Ebook) for...

Enjoy a new post on my blog:

About Tai Chi Chuan - from Ma Hailong, son of Ma Yueliang and Wu Yinghua

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2015/01/article-about-taijiquan.html

All the best
...

@ Matthew

Great post - "principle" I used, because it is often used in this content. It makes sense with this definition:

"A principle is a law or rule that has to be, or usually is to be...

Hey Tai Chi-friends,

several times I saw here in discussions, that the eight gates (peng, lü, ji, an, cai, lie, zhou and kao) can be used as an techniques or seen as an principle and some...

Nothing special, but a nice little article from Shanghai

Enjoy reading

Learning from experience: Relax (song) and lightness (qing)
...

Hey RAF,

thx a lot - this makes me go on writing.

Yours

Martin

Little article about lie - enjoy:

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2014/11/article-hand-technique-lie.html

Martin

"An" is not just "pushing" but has a complex background of strategic thinking.

Enjoy:

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2014/08/article-hand-technique-an.html

Martin

Enjoy this article from Shanghai:

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2011/02/learning-from-experience-stillness-jing.html

All the best

Martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNIxbQQRCSc

May be this article is of interest to this topic - Zhou - the Elbow Power:

http://taichi-philosophy.blogspot.de/2013/09/article-zhou-elbow-power.html

All the best

Martin

As an Ebook or Paperback:

http://www.amazon.com/Chuan-History-Chinese-Martial-Arts/dp/1500934054/

Enjoy reading - comments a very welcome

Martin