Chen Xiaowang teaches push hands

[@sedativeman]

@jimanHK The problem was that he had roots. There is no balance to find if you are no leg and no arm.

[@jimanHK]

the point is :if sifu pushes a students with roots,then sifu may end up uprooted:)

[@itinerantpoet1341]

Not if they're a master-in that case they will always have the counter to the student's counter. In Chinese arts the epitome is two masters fighting to a stalemate, and the ultimate goal of tai chi is to be able to counter any attack or counter-uprooting, although the holy grail, is in that sense incidental.

[@jimanHK]

@@itinerantpoet1341 As a Chinese saying goes-among the mountains there is always one that is higher

[@itinerantpoet1341]

@@jimanHK Very true, and I have seen masters unbalanced (for a microsecond) by a student when they weren't paying attention, but they always recovered instantly to counter definitively.
I appreciate your astute correction. 🙏

[@jimanHK]

monkfg,u were off the ground because u didnt have roots,simple as that,if u have roots,then no tthat easy to move u