Workshop – Tai Chi Form and Application with Nils Klug Bridging the gap between form and application – and finding the meaning behind the Tai Chi form.We will train with selected movements of the Tai Chi form to get a better understanding of the form, to work on our expression […]
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Add some intention and meaning to your meditative form by…
Make contact with your left hand and arm first (preexpanding)…
You follow the push backwards while drawing your hand back-
The application can represent a throw.
While neutralising let your arms make contact with your partners arms to free your shoulders.
Make contact with your hands first…
The application can represent a Pulling movement, underlining the direction of the protecting right hand – up and out (peng).
I have chosen five applications from the Cheng Man Ch’ing Sword form, in order to illustrate the Tai Chi principles at work.
Push! #Martialmonday is back with one from the archives. The next movement in the form is the „push“. It can be trained as an endless circle, using a simple exercise. Partner Exercise for Push One partner pushes the shoulders – the other neutralises. Then the roles are changed. Working with […]
#martialmonday 12 – I’m stuck! v. I’m off then. The point of attention in pulling – application (block and) punch This week we start from another practical application of the movement pull: both hands punch. The exercise For the exercise, we need to build fists instead of the open hands […]
#martialmonday 11 – With my back against the wall! How should I react? Form application – pull It is fairly easy: Today, we will work on the application „pull“. The posture pull offers two alternatives: to box and to pull. We will opt for the second alternative as a foundation. […]
#Martialmonday – Dealing the punches or taking them? – Form application Ward off left and right In the form, the movements “Ward off left” and “Ward off right” are movements to protect oneself. More precisely, one protects one‘s space: The space between arm and body is a space that no […]
New year, new challenges! This year we want to repeat the form applications of the whole form and deepen our understanding of the movements. The first training session develops around the first movement of the form: raising the Qi. Movements you do for yourself in the form may be checked […]
#MartialMonday 4 Well prepared is half done!? In the Tai Chi form, one key requirement of the movements is fluidity. However, there should be changes as well. To establish a rhythm, it makes sense to divide the movements into preparation (set up) and execution (action). Every posture thus carries with […]
In this video you see applications of the short form after Prof. Cheng Man Ching. The video was taking April 27th, 2007. 2-28 Peace Park Taipei, Taiwan. The linage: The teacher is Jeng Shean Chih (Zheng Xian Qi). His master is Huang Sheng Shyan. The applications in this video were […]
HARMLESSNESS, A SUBTLE MARTIAL CONCEPT I am using the word harmless to mean harmless of intent, not cowardly, weak and defenseless. I am discussing a non-threatening trait that will reduce fear, a major cause of antagonism. First do not become fearful and second do not cause fear. If there is […]