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    What is your favorite standing posture?

    Just about all the moves or postures we may use for standing practices.

    Stand like a pole or zhuang gong or zhan zhuang.

    I like tuo tian shi or lifting up the sky

    or ba wang jiu ding or ba wang lifting up ding.

    my back is totally stretched with my both arms stretched upward.

    After a while, I may rotate my waist to the left and and to the right.

    bend my back forward and backward.

    rotate my waist in a counterclock and clock wise circles.

    What is your favorite posture for standing?

    and why?


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    Basic standing was always my favorite, but I also partial to Taming Dragon posture:



    the former I like bec of the general feeling of great spaciousness that occurs when one "activates" the mechanics / energetics of standing; the latter bec of it's "twisting" / "wringing out" effect throughout the longitudinal facial chains of the body from head to foot;
    Last edited by taai gihk yahn; 10-31-2011 at 03:09 PM.

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    I like those special shoes u wear, Scott...

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    Quote Originally Posted by taai gihk yahn View Post
    I like those special shoes u wear, Scott...
    Everyone knows it is the socks that make the shoes!

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    Wu Ji...or empty posture After Practice is completed.

    Reason being: As a barometer to how well I have cultivated chi during training.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Subitai View Post
    Wu Ji...or empty posture After Practice is completed.

    Reason being: As a barometer to how well I have cultivated chi during training.
    I agree it is an excellent means of "checking in" after (and before) practice (this is how I was taught to do it, fwiw)

    in fact, this is something I see a lot of practitioners "forget" to do - in other words, u want to see changes / progress not only over the long term but short terms as well - checking in w urself is an important and valuable skil to cultivate, and can actually b very difficult to remember to do on a regular basis - standing after practice is one excellent method of doing this, as subitai states;

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    You guys must have a lot of free time. I don't have the time to stand around like a mannequin all day long!

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    Favorite

    Wu Ji
    Wing Chun stances
    Chen style horse stance
    Seven Star

    These are my top 4 or 5 in that order.

    I have some others that I do from time to time, but these are my favorites.
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    My favor ZZ is still the one leg standing with head down and leg up.

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