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If you bend the knees while going on the balls of your feet then you are accessing the small soleus muscle which is a primary mechanism for weight modulation and a route to the fascia from feet to the body to help prevent ageing.

This is fantastic. Hopefully if time permits you that there will be more videos like this one and also the more in depth fascia and muscle movement videos. An in depth Xingyi 5 element fists videos would certainly be a interesting selection of videos to watch and study. Thanks again for all the videos you post. Most appreciated.

What exercises would be good for this problem? :)

Thanks for all the videos you post. Much appreciated.

This is not a great video at all, the diagram is vague and the arm posture appears to high, creating tension

This for Wet Dreams?

Tai Chi is my main practice,thank you helped me renew my 8 Piece of Brocade.

It's a shame you're not a doctor - this is really helpful. You should head off to med school or become a physio.

Part 2?

Bro, your work is incredibly valuable. Nothing compared to anything here on TH-cam. Please don't stop. Subscribed instantly.

Can u do or point me towards a vid that explains how to use the fascia like internal martial artists do. Interestingly enough thats why japanese martial arts use the dragon(spiral) symbolism to represent the spiral of fascia in our bodies.

As a lung disease person ,i am so interested in this topic . I practice tai chi and qi gong daily, also abdominal breathing as part of my wellnes work . Your videos are amazing , very well put together and easily understood. Thank you so much for posting you work , for sharing your knowledge. Many many thanks.

I don't like the hand / arm position in the diagram. I believe that the elbows should drop a bit more and the hands should be in closer to the body. Breathing should be natural and the focus should be to relax (song) and not the breath. I believe the focus on this standing posture should be on creating peng.

Thank you so much again for putting this together and sharing your extremely interesting understandings - Nice one!

Thank you - nice one!

Thank you so much for this - as a retired Kinesiologist beginning my journey with Qigong, I really appreciate your analysis of the muscles, connective tissue and their interactions

Thank you 🙏 so much for your knowledge. Love your channel great work.

I recently got really lightheaded doing this one. I’d done the 8 brocades for years and never felt this. I just started back up recently and its crazy how dizzy I get on this and I’m an athlete. Could it be a sign of weak kidneys? Its definitely a sign of an energetic imbalance. After I do it about seven times, I feel much better. What kind of energy block am I experiencing when I feel dizzy on this one? Thx.

Well done, great video. I love it when people try and explain Tai Chi and Qigong in a way that uses science rather than ancient and often incorrect beliefs.

Elbows down - shoulders down - poor graphics

amazing. Could you please analyse other position of the 8 pieces of brocade?

That animal layover is really cool

Best anatomic explanation ever! thank you very much for the great work!

how do you know when you are in correct posture?

Its funny how an eastern meditation technique is analyzed thoroughly from physical body point of view...😊

May I ask who your Zhan Zhuang teacher is?

As always, excellent work

An interesting post. It never ceases to amaze me how many variations of the Ba Duan Jin/ Pa Tuan Chin there are. We do our version of this exercise slightly differently but I've seen this and a few other ways of doing it too. Nice work.

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This was not traditional ally part of tai chi. Neither is it an old chi Kung posture. Chi Kung is a new idea. It refers to the dao yin scroll. To the ancient health dance. The internal art that has posture holding is xing yi. One of their masters created a rebirth in posture holding or zhang zhuang.. he popularized it in the 1930s

I love this. Been waiting for some snow to fall for this very thing 😂

Thank you.

Applauding Loudly !! Hear hear, well said. information like this needs to be well studied/ explained, then practiced

Very informative thank you

"More words count Less"☯️

Oh wow, you practice Xinyiquan! We also do the Squatting monkey and chicken steps in Che Xingyi. Nice!

I have been exercising internal martial art more than forty years . Analysis of this video about Zhan Zhang Is the most reasonable as far as i can see. A thumbs up👍👍👍

Excellent presentation. IMA needs a lot more of this type of breakdown. Well done!

a fantastic lecture KFI... i must watch several more times...these anatomical studies are necessary to perfect and improve ZHAN ZUANG and DAN TIEN practice and bring YI-MIND INTENTION-NEI GONG to a higher level-thank you

gonna circle back and study this anatomy lesson KFI... i think a student must master this pelvic anatomy to truly understand DAN TIEN...thank you

very excellent granular anatomical ZHAN ZUANG LECTURE...as I have posted KFI you have been inspirational in helping to integrate ZHAN ZUANG with ANATOMY and improve my YI-NEI GUNG-MIND INTENTION- i do agree with th end of your lecture the ANATOMY CAN BE INTEGRATED WITH THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT to better practice based on science and avoid the rabbit hole of mysticism-fraud-superstition and general hokum and charlatans...excellent KFI...I will be working my way through your catalog and enjoying my daily practice immensely and gaining YANG CHI as we approach summer solstice.

it has been a couple weeks since I came across your kinetic anatomical flow chart analysis KFI...every day since then you have helped form my intention -YI - in my practice- this method has taken my mind-body-spirit to another level ...take care ...I am on to study more of your content-- I am also employing JOHN BRACEY- 3 PAIRS- ANKLE/WRIST-KNEE/ELBOW-HIP/SHOULDER those pairings have added tremendous power to my YI QUAN -SHI LI-XING YI QUAN always having proper YIN-YANG-FA LI...take care

What's hard for me now is getting the feet to feel equally apart, sometimes one leg gets tired faster n messes up my concentration, any tips?

what's your theory KFI ? some thoughts that come to mind is WIM HOFF preacher of cold immersion to shock and strengthen immune system yada yada i finish my shower with cold every day and feel good- a while ago I did TAI CHI YEAR ROUND in my yard in the north east and kept a shoveled platform in my yard ready for sunrise tai chi...it felt good HAI YANG MONTREAL says spring is the time to strengthen YANG CHI

Excellent primer on SHOOT THE BOW integral movement in 8 PIECE BROCADE chi kung foundation temple movements Your vid helped me mindfully re-examine the movement I have been doing many years- YOU have freshened my practice providing alternative path ways and YOUR ANATOMICAL ANALYSIS vastly crystalizes YI-MIND INTENTION - NEI GUNG -INTERNAL ART there are charlatans i fancy silks who lack knowledge KFI lectures for self-understanding and to share knowledge of the art

so what is exciting here KFI is NEI GUNG is internal practice governed by YI-INTENTION-MIND- these are esoteric concepts at best compounded by poor translation from mandarin to english and worsened by false masters- in contra-distinction YOUR GRAPHIC PHYSIOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS have greatly improved my understanding in implementation of YI to my NEI GUNG-YI QUAN-TAI CHI-BA GUA -XING YI -FA JING -ZHAN ZUANG practice and I believe are consistent with YI QUAN LINEAGE the DENTIST who quantified YI QUAN brought YI QUAN to hospitals in CHINA and to cross training other sports- I am working my way through your catalog and felt the need to post my support-compliments- and encouragement KFI

EIGHT PIECE BROCADE is fundamental chi gung practice for any of your new students- My teacher taught MONKEY HEARS A NOISE which is very similar to principals of WISE OWL My XING YI teacher in THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS barked " wrap, wrap ! " demanding his students to wrap the muscles for 5 ELEMENT FORM XING YI your anatomical lectures literally " hang the meat on the bones " and are invaluable to form clear INTENTION -YI- NEI GUNG I thought I had noticed a difference in my anatomy lately after increasing focus and time on STANDING-SHI LI-FA JING- XING YI-SAN TI SHI- now that I am watching your excellent anatomical lectures I am seeing why all of a sudden muscle is popping out of my adipose tissue thank you again KFI

another long time master has said SAN TI SHI is best standing posture to generate YANG CHI... a respected master said ROOSTER, BEAR, DRAGON, TIGER capture the four animal spirits with your intention...i like the way you hang the kinetic-anatomical meat on the bones of the old chinese "songs " a master with great on-line YI QUAN catalog showed me his XING YI SHAOLIN STYLE... i thought it was a weird pantomime until I tried it and got the joy and strength of really stretching my fascia whole body- YI QUAN , SHI LI,FA JING , XING YI are awesome fast twitch -slow twitch work-out makes incredible structure... I will work my way through your catalog and tank you again-stay well trying to apply MICROCOSMIC ORBIT to my practice ...no master here and now...WILD BEAST ON A MOUNTAIN

I am just beginning to explore your kinetic and physiological analysis of TREE STANDING and am so excited I post to commend you- My ZHAN ZUANG standing has given me structure chi-jing-shen "beyond words " but it sure is wonderful to put some words and physiological science applied to the practice- thank you I will post as I gain greater understanding and absorb your catalog every vid posted wonderful and relevant to me-there are many greedy false masters- there is no magic or superstition - hong kong cinema wire is garbage -power comes from YANG CHI -old man tai chi is better than the easy chair but true power comes from cultivation of yang chi IMHO

Thanks, I'm practicing with my hands at mid chest level. Very difficult to hold them at shoulder level for long right now.