#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 […]
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One of the first movements of the form may be applied as an elbow strike. In the form, the preparation move is followed by the right elbow going up and out to the back. A simple move, but there is a lot to learn from it. Here is our #MartialMonday […]
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 […]
How do you escape when your shoulder is blocked? Maybe you now this kind of situation: You notice a move, you think “oh, sh**…” – and then it is already too late. In Push Hands, especially in fixed step Push hands, this situation often occurs when someone tries to “nail” […]
Enough is enough! About taking action Depending on the approach, Pushing Hands may be an experiment, a partner exercise, perhaps also a game. As an experiment, it needs a specific question, as a partner exercise, it lives on responses, and also perceived as a game, one crucial element of Pushing […]
#MartialMonday 3 The most famous hands-on approach in the Chinese martial arts world is push hands. Push hands exercises usually begin with both partners standing opposite each other while their hands are making contact. From there, different sets of movements may evolve. The goal of our push hands practice is […]
Welcome back to #martialmonday! This week‘s video shows us training the form application of the last part of our form. One partner does the form, the other provides the matching counterpart. In this prescribed routine the moves of both partners are fixed – at least no surprises here! In this […]