Maintaining central equilibrium enables us to use the three dimensions easily and skilfully.
If we slouch, lean or slump, the power is dissipated immediately.
The key to sustaining central equilibrium is to remain within your natural range, and to avoid exotic, flamboyant postures.
Low stances and wide stretches reduce your stability significantly.
The human skeleton is strongest when we are upright. Your tai chi needs to reflect this.
If your stance is long and low, it reduces your ability to move.
If we slouch, lean or slump, the power is dissipated immediately.
The key to sustaining central equilibrium is to remain within your natural range, and to avoid exotic, flamboyant postures.
Low stances and wide stretches reduce your stability significantly.
The human skeleton is strongest when we are upright. Your tai chi needs to reflect this.
If your stance is long and low, it reduces your ability to move.
The highest level of tai chi practice is high stance and small circle. In high stance and small circle you can conserve your energy to a maximum level.
(Yang Jwing-Ming)
(Yang Jwing-Ming)
To incapacitate an opponent, aim whenever possible to compromise their ability to maintain central equilibrium.
Invariably this is accomplished by encouraging them to over-commit, to lose their centre, to forsake their own balance.
Invariably this is accomplished by encouraging them to over-commit, to lose their centre, to forsake their own balance.
