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Bonne question! Je vais faire un video sur les pieds plat très bientôt.

It's the half step not the cat walk or brush knee transitions. I'll try to do a flat foot video soon but I need space which I don't have.

Okay Bill, thanks for your comment. if you would care to shoot a short video on the opening movement from your perspective and send it to me it would be my pleasure to post it on this channel. Thanks!

@@petersnowtaichiTypical passive aggressive response. I think we both know that I am not about to stop what I'm doing and put together a video on what you're doing incorrectly. That would take hours of my time which I do not have. I do have a life beyond correcting youtube videos. You could at least rerelease the video with listenable audio. Bill P.

Bravo a vous, vous-avez retrouver votre santé grace a la connaissance et vos propres efforts. Felicitations.

Le forme de Chen Pan Ling est intéressant.

I partially agree with you! An practitioner can grasp the floor

By the way José, I have a colleague, student of Mr Tam, who teaches in southern Portugal each winter. If you would like to meet up with him let me know

@@petersnowtaichi Thanks for the information.Where does he live and teach?

@@petersnowtaichi To grasp the floor is to contract and in Tai Chi we seek for expanxive force (nei jin). This why that almost anyone is doing the correct thing, as they are just repeating old acquired motor habits. Tai Chi is acomplete new way of view the world and everyday life - eveything is upside down or reversed!

@@jluso1 I'll get back to you on this

You might want to have a look at the French version, it is better

Kung fu means hard work so your comment is quite generic

It's not a free form routine. It's the 37 essential movements played on both sides. All forms\postures of yang style have multiple applications (at least they should) Thank you for your comment.

Yes we practice the traditional 108 form

Thank you very much. You have a great attitude!

You are right. And thanks for the compliment!

That is an interesting question. Please understand that Tai chi and Chi Kung are two different art forms. They have similarities but many differences. My knowledge of Chi Kung is very limited but I believe the basic technique is to tense (muscles etc) and then release various parts of the body, this apparently helps to circulate the chi. I'm not sure what you mean by dynamic tension but maybe it is that? Tai-chi is very different. We do not use dynamic tension but rather 'Sung' and 'Peng'. 'Peng' is (among other things) expansive energy, like a ballon or a tire. 'Sung' is conscious release. We use hard energy (jing) only at the moment of impact (when delivering a strike). That being said there is 'soft' tensegrity in tai-chi, at least in the way we practice on this channel. Watch the video of Lee Yang Arng on my main page here. That's tensegrity and indeed it is very dynamic but that dynamism comes from stretching the tendons and tissues not by tensing muscle. Hope this explanation helps. Feel free to ask more questions. Truth is, if you stick to tai-chi and study 'tai-chi culture' your practice will eventually lead you to your own understanding. Good luck!

Oui, ce qu'on appel 'Le bouquet des fleurs'.

Exactly, though there is a physical element also

@@petersnowtaichi @petersnowtaichi What I mean, and here we have diverse approaches, those three tps are not xconsistent with some other TCC pronciples- the first one - realaxation! But this is up with one practice and has allways there are several diverse ways to Peactice TCC.

Yes, his wife also. It is said that they both 'attained' the Tao. th-cam.com/video/n7CXExJc9RE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZEALK0RPXlI85ZCO

@@petersnowtaichi Madam Wu. It was her father that taught Master Ma. My first teacher was a student of William CC Chen. My current teacher is a student of Patrick Kelly, one of Master Huang Sheng Shyan’s students. I have also attended workshops conducted by one of Dr. Tao’s students. So, my background is through Cheng Man Ching. I actually learned a short Chen form from one of the Chens, and the First Section of the Old Chen/zhahbo Form., which is different from the Chens Fa Ke lineage. I do Chens as warm up or cool down. But I do it as a Yang practitioner since that is what I am most familiar with. If you are ever in Chicago, let me know. I would come train with you. Good luck.

@@sevenstarsofthedipper1047 Thanks for the info. If ever I visit Chicago I'll let you know. I started out in the Cheng Man Ching lineage but switched when I met my teacher. I recently listened to an interview with Patrick Kelly. He says these days he only practices fast. As I said on my video on 'Common sense' one should practice at various speeds but practicing the Yang form 'fast' may be preferable to doing your 'warm ups and cool downs' using a Chen style form.

Merci a vous

Glad to be of help on your tai-chi journey. Don't hesitate to get back to me if you have any questions.

Je suis d'accord avec tous que tu dises (surtout sur le mauvaises enseignements, beaucoup de profs sont des 'amateurs' qui ont pas assez étudié. J'ai étudié 8 ans avec M.Tam avant que j'ai commencer.a enseigner).

@@petersnowtaichi Une fois de plus, c'est un plaisir de constater que nous partageons quelque points de vue similaires sur le Tai Chi, même si nous ne pratiquons pas la même approche pratique.

As I've said before, it takes four hands to learn Tai-chi. Two minutes live, with a real person is worth 10 video"s!. Great comments. Thank you.

@@petersnowtaichi Once more great to fell we are sharing some similar points of view on Tai Chi , even if we do not practice in the same flavor.

Ça fait plaisir

If you just bent your knees that would be boxing or external martial art. We use Jing (internal force)

@@petersnowtaichi how is that generated if you don't mind me asking?

@@AK_UK_ Before developing Jing (internal force) one needs to cultivate chi until the whole body is full. Form work is good for this but Standing Meditation is better.

In the classical principles of Tai-chi it is said, "The energy comes from the ground, is guided by the waist and expressed in the hands" If you move your feet whilst punching your punch will lack force (try it). Following the classical principle we shift weight (move the centre of gravity) in order to create momentum. But first one has to release (let go) of the tissues/sinews allowing the energy to descend to the ground and then bounce back up (this happens in a microsecond). This seems vague/complex but it is actually quite straight forward. That being said I should do a video on this subject (Fa Jing)

More explanation here. th-cam.com/video/EGsfyDEujsQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=VOc30LvaafLXAhlj

@@petersnowtaichi appreciate the replies. When I try punching, my back foot goes up on the balls of my feet so that I can swing my hip..... I'll check that video out. Appreciate the replies and look forward to seeing future vids on it! Esp Tai Chi and how it can be utilised in fighting.

@@AK_UK_ You said "my back foot goes up on the balls of my feet so that I can swing my hip....." Do you mean that your heel comes off the ground? If so try to avoid that, it cuts the power and puts you in a vulnerable position, slightly off centre. And we don't swing the hips as is done in many martial arts, we sink in the Kua (inguinal crease) and rotate the body ... pity you are not here, next to me, I could teach it to you in 2 minutes. I'm sure I've demonstrated this on some other video's on this channel. Btw If you want to learn tai-chi combat skills the first thing you have to do is practice the form a LOT. That is traditional advice from the Masters.

Sorry José I don't understand your comment. Can you elaborate, I appreciate your feedback!

@@petersnowtaichi My point is that those things like squaring the hips are not common in other styles as Chen Style TCC and even in Yang classical TCC that is not required also. Another one- feet at 45º angle is not approved at Wu TCC that use parallel feet.

I believe you are talking about Sung . Soon I will do a video on 'Drunken Tai-chi' which will address this subject from another angle. Also eventually a video on WuChi standing, the holy grail of Sung practice.

@@petersnowtaichi Yes that concept is a core one but for people tofay what is is meaning? One must give up everything that we believe about ouur physicality and tottaly leting go (this a live time task)!

@@josemartins7299 Yep, you are right. Current culture is anti-taichi. Anyone can practice Tai-chi but few do. Those of us who love Tai-chi are very fortunate.

Slower practice is better. Strengthens. ?

@@Emory-d7g Definitely. Slowness develops power (and many other things). You only have to try practicing at various speeds and you will experience the difference.

Please read my reply to your comment on the Ting Jing video

Yes, I understand your dilemma. The Dantien is deep inside the body, virtually impossible to feel, we cannot get to it using sensation alone but it can be 'sensed' during spiral movements, one can get a feeling of the centre of the spiral, the eye in the hurricane, so to speak. And there is the Dantien. However if you have not yet developed spiral movement in your practice then you will have to rely on focussed imagination or visualization. Again this needs to be developed, a wandering imagination is worse than useless. I would suggest you practice by sitting down, close your eyes and try to put your mind where the two lines meet as I describe in the video. This is not easy, it takes time, you need to be patient with yourself. But it can be done. If you don't have any success get back to me. Good luck

@@petersnowtaichi if my put attention and do imagination does there is chance of harmful effects because I heard forceful action by imagination may cause Harmful effects, and some says about there is also kundalini forceful rise can damage body, etc etc

Be careful what you read. In the Yoga Sutra's of Patanjali there is no mention of kundalini because it probably does not exist. And you never force the imagination, in tai-chi we never force anything. What is incorrect is to use the imagination to guide the chi or to visualize fire in the belly and so on. My advice to you would be to take baby steps, try it a little bit at a time and if you feel uncomfortable, stop. What I teach is traditional, I did not invent anything, many people have followed this path without any problem. Fact is without developing TING JING one cannot attain the higher realms of tai-chi practice. Check out my video on Ting Jing on this channel, it may help.@@Radheychib

​@@petersnowtaichi sir i already watched that video, but that information I know, theoretically but you didn't mention any particular practices, specifically solo practice, because neither I have any particular teacher nor partner. I am learning here and there from TH-cam

Great. Very clear is very good. Thanks for the feedback!