Going faster helps you to check your knowledge of the choreography.
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What we learn in Tai Chi has universal validity, that which comes at us, should be returned.
To pause in the form is the best starting point for structure work.
I am separating the fencing study into four parts in order to clarify these stages.
The stop button represents the practitioner’s ability to stop at any point in the form.
It is said in western sport fencing that “It’s all in the wrist”. With Tai Chi sword work “It’s all in the centre”.
Using a sword in the Tai Chi way will enhance your relationship with any instrument, be it a shovel, a brush, or a violin.
In fencing if the O pushes our blade in a circle we take that energy, continuing the O’s circle, adding a little speed and spiral toward the target – the O’s limb or body.
In their wisdom the ancient masters evolved the forms and passed them down. The forms are of a nature that when they are practised they inform us as…
Do we use force? – We do.
What force? – Mostly Yin, some Yang.