Thans i agree with most of what you said. I disagree with the fact that you dont use power, strenght or hard force when you strike or push. I agree with the utilization of your opponents structure to repel or uproot him with your structure. But that is also accompanied with Force. The Ging is that force. With out Yang how can Yin travel? With out Yin how can you fully express your Yang?
Originally Posted by
imperialtaichi
Even the push is not hard. But the effect is hard.
A low level Tai Chi guy lines up his own body so he can push back with a very strong structure.
A top level guy lines up his opponent's structure so he can bounce out his opponent with two single points e.g. 2 fingers (of course, during practice only). In real fight, it would be two palms or Yin and Yang halves of a single palm or the first and second knuckles etc.
In real fights, a top level Tai Chi person would seem amazing strong to the opponent and the people watching. The "yielding" is invisible, virtually no perceivable structure. It can often be mistaken as brute force. It is done by removing the opponent's balance as soon as contact occurs. It does not take much force to push a refrigerator over when you have already placed it on it's edge.
This is not a Tai Chi forum so I won't elaborate on the method.
Cheers,
John
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"Kick Like Thunder, Strike Like Lighting, Fist Hard as Stones."
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