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EQUATIONS – Tai Chi Sword 26

EQUATIONS Sword
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To the degree that you exert pressure on the O’s blade …
… You give them energy to cut you.

To the degree that you give the O’s blade a clear view of your body …
… You invite them to cut you.

To the degree that you take your point off line with the O …
… You offer them opportunity.

To the degree that you back up …
… You sacrifice security.

To the degree that you use wrist strength …
… You will lose sensitivity, and may cause harm.

To the degree that you bend your wrist …
… You become weak, and court injury.

To the degree that you desire winning, or fear losing …
… You are not relaxed.

To the degree that you plan or anticipate (think) …
… You are not in the present time, and thereby vulnerable.

To the degree that you depend on your ‘Treasure’ (a technique that you win with) …
… You will cease to progress.

To the degree that you have an ‘Opponent’ …
… You will ‘Oppose’.

To the degree that we ‘listen’ to the O thru the blade …
… We will know them.

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Nils Klug
Nils Klug has been teaching Tai Chi Chuan since 1991. He opened his first school in 1993 and then in 1996 established the Tai Chi-Studio at the Linden Ecological Trading Centre next to FAUST e. V. Nils trained Tai Chi Chuan with Grand Master William C. C. Chen in New York and is authorized by him to teach his Tai Chi. Grand Master Chen, who has been teaching Tai Chi for over sixty years, was a student of Professor Cheng Man-Ching. In addition, Nils’ second teacher Dr. Tao Ping Siang (†2006) from Taiwan also had a major influence on his Tai Chi career. Nils has been the chairman and the President of the “Taijiquan and Qigong Federation for Europe“ (TCFE)from 2007 to 2013. He has been organizing the International Push Hands Meeting in Hannover since 2001 and he teaches at numerous Tai Chi meetings in Germany and abroad.

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