Momentum is used in Tai Chi while doing the forms, along with centrifugal force, gravity and levity.
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to go with the flow and not to struggle against it-
To vie and struggle in order to win is not doing Cheng Man Ch’ing Tai Chi.
“Doctors heal the sick with Medicine and Surgery. — Tai Chi, when practiced regularly …
When Cheng Man Ching changed the Yang form, it was not simply to make it shorter.
Roll Back is not an aggressive move, it is a ‘passive’ response to an aggressive move.
Misalignments usually cause problems in other parts of the body as well.
„Swimming in air“ – practitioners of Cheng Man Ching Tai Chi know this expression as a description of Tai Chi form practice.
Fight or Flight: Tai Chi’s general attitude; or, a ‘Walk or Talk’ mode.
Cheng Man Ching’s Tai Chi System is praised by some as a corner stone of Tai Chi’s reinvention in the modern age.
We may consider the following errors ‘invitations’ to cut or thrust.
Professor Cheng said, “While doing the form the Tassel should always be dancing.”
The Sword Fingers are used as a balance to the sword hand and to round out the posture, as in “Raise Hands”.
Ken van Sickle is famous for his swordplay & his photographs of Cheng Man Ching
As we do the sword form, and as we fence, we must take care to move the sword as its nature requires.
We grip the handle the way a baby holds our finger; the fist is firm, but the arm is relaxed.
Tai Chi principles lead us to moving the point by moving our grip / hand in the opposite direction, leaving the centre of the ‘stick’ relatively still like a lever, with little wrist strength required.
The edge of the blade must move exactly in the direction of the blade’s movement.
When doing sword form or fencing the sword is moved from our centre, and on the sword’s centre.
To the degree that you plan or anticipate (think) …
… You are not in the present time, and thereby vulnerable.