Originally Posted by
brucereiter
good to see your clips ... more sd people should share there practice and exchange ideas with others ...
if i may comment on your tai chi chuan ...
1. hands move with your center (meaning body moves not the arms)
2. study your weight transfer through a whole movement such as brush the knee or fair lady.
3. i think it is good to practice it at various speeds but more important than fast or slow is having your whole body connected and moving everything at once.
4. hip rotation + weight transfer (know the direction of your energy)it is very important.
5. avoid letting your hands move without your body moving
6. continuos movement one posture leads into the next.
7.the more mistakes in a posture the less power
link joints to create power
these are only some of my opinions :-) take it for what its worth and please keep sharing your stuff.
thanks for your input, these are things I will think about.
I, too, would like to see a demo of some of the basic material from a senior practicioner. The "real" way to perform these forms can't be some big secret that shouldn't be filmed, since they are taught to thousands of new students all over the country every year. Is there really a worry that someone will "steal" the forms?
wookie noticed my si men tao lian was performed a lot differently. The main thing which I did significantly differently than I was taught was that I made the hand techniques relaxed and whipping, rather than rigid chops. Also, my stepping was not in exaggerated low bow stance, but more of a san he/sanchin stance.
The only thing I really did on that performance of fei hu chu dong which was different was I focused on the elbows of the ripping motions instead of the hands, which made it a smaller motion. Also, I made the double arm drop (which was there when I first learned it but removed by the masters a year or so later), the double elbow double backfist move more fluid than normal, getting my back into the action (a little too much on that particular take, IMO). Sort of a wounded tiger feel, because it reminded me of the techniques in the black tiger form.
Last edited by Leto; 06-24-2008 at 04:11 AM.
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