It's like sending electrical energy to earth by using grounding rod. When you relax, you send your opponent's energy to earth. In return, the ground will push your feet upward to help you stabilize, according Newton's law of the equal and opposite reaction. Thank you for sharing the meaning of Song. Relaxation is power.
An interesting take and explanation on remaining relaxed yet rooted and why it is important for good Tai Chi Chuan push-hands, redirection, and fighting development. We are taught if I feel his tension building it is also partly my own fault for if I truly yielded, sensed, followed, and stayed relaxed there would be nothing for them to push against. That is the point where you have already felt their tension starting to build and already flowed around it by reading where it wants to go. Your description shows yet another way of learning to sense this by exercising it to more of an extreme I Like it.
So how I understand this is that you can emulate being like a slippery ball to the opponent by using highly reactive force. This lack of delay also prevent oponent to utilize "weak" direction against your given structure at the moment.
It's also psychological in nature, so practicing a soft martial art like Tai Chi or Aikido requires a different mindset. You have to choose not to push back or retaliate when insulted or confronted, but rather learn to be receptive to the opponent, and try to change the aggression with kindness and compassion. Granted, it's not easy when you are being pushed to a corner, but water will always find a way to escape when the opportunity arises.
aikido is not only soft, Ueshiba spoke very clearly about this. What is true is that today we have 1000 interpretations. But for arts like these, which harmonize the opposites, we cannot say that they are only soft.
Ah shit man this is an excellent video, top shelf stuff. These concepts are so difficult to get the head around but these demonstrations really nail it for me.
I tend to agree. But 'Relative Density' is a description of Song, not a replacement for it. To the Student who speaks english it makes much more sense than the word 'song' in isolation :)
That's because you are only 阴, you should focus at least a part of your body, a join for instance, toward the other guy center, in order to have some 阳 in the process. I'm not a master, so I cannot say that I have the perfect answer, but I hope it can help. Have a good training !
This is very basic Zhan zhuang training. Early lessons but with feet parallel and much more force from all angles then later on the side and on one leg. This is needed before starting taichi and is the traditional way so then you have the taichi body.
Without exception every major Taiji exponent of the last 100 years leaned during the application of their art - from every style of Taiji - Chen, Yang, wu, Sun, Hao. The old yang style of people like Yang Ban Hou has a pronounced lean in all form movements as do many of its offshoots. To be completely upright is a major error and a myth spread by people who cannot fight with Taiji - often the same people would then 'lean' whenever they showed applications at fighting pace. It would be correct to say not to lean 'onto' your partner, as in give them your mass or weight. But that is not present in this video and I explicitly say to avoid it.
Hey man. This is absolutely the best explanation of this aspect I've ever heard. I do Systema and this is the language we use! Thank you for sharing!
It's like sending electrical energy to earth by using grounding rod. When you relax, you send your opponent's energy to earth. In return, the ground will push your feet upward to help you stabilize, according Newton's law of the equal and opposite reaction. Thank you for sharing the meaning of Song. Relaxation is power.
Very nice and very clear too.
Thank you for this clear insight!
Best explanation I have viewed
An interesting take and explanation on remaining relaxed yet rooted and why it is important for good Tai Chi Chuan push-hands, redirection, and fighting development. We are taught if I feel his tension building it is also partly my own fault for if I truly yielded, sensed, followed, and stayed relaxed there would be nothing for them to push against. That is the point where you have already felt their tension starting to build and already flowed around it by reading where it wants to go. Your description shows yet another way of learning to sense this by exercising it to more of an extreme I Like it.
So how I understand this is that you can emulate being like a slippery ball to the opponent by using highly reactive force. This lack of delay also prevent oponent to utilize "weak" direction against your given structure at the moment.
Nice explanation Sifu! Thank you!
Nice explanation in a rational and visible way, which most fail at consciously or unconsciously lol
Muchas gracias. Paz y bendición.
Excellent explanation and demo!
Clear and useful explanation. Great job !
It's also psychological in nature, so practicing a soft martial art like Tai Chi or Aikido requires a different mindset. You have to choose not to push back or retaliate when insulted or confronted, but rather learn to be receptive to the opponent, and try to change the aggression with kindness and compassion. Granted, it's not easy when you are being pushed to a corner, but water will always find a way to escape when the opportunity arises.
aikido is not only soft, Ueshiba spoke very clearly about this.
What is true is that today we have 1000 interpretations.
But for arts like these, which harmonize the opposites, we cannot say that they are only soft.
Ah shit man this is an excellent video, top shelf stuff. These concepts are so difficult to get the head around but these demonstrations really nail it for me.
VERY GOOD SIR, THANK YOU . I WILL FOLLOW. VERY GOOD EXPLAINED.
Brilliant explanation.
great stuff, essentials in martial arts, hide your own center and redirect the force to earth. Enjoyed your clear explanation.
Great explanation. Thank You.
-Thank you for this fine explanation.
Very good explanation. Zero magic, just physics.
excellent movie and explanation, from an Aikido practitioner :P
Nice.
Very good demonstration. Just calling it song is a bit easier than calling it relative density though.
I tend to agree. But 'Relative Density' is a description of Song, not a replacement for it. To the Student who speaks english it makes much more sense than the word 'song' in isolation :)
Good explanation!
Nice video Sir 🙂🙏🏼☯️👊🏼
This guy gets it.
Nice 👌
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Very interesting, thank you
Great stuff! I so value creating an American lexicon for tai chi. This example feels very validating, too 😀
Thank you, I am British however ;)
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When I relax the line of tension, I am no longer resisting the force and get pushed over. What am I doing wrong?
That's because you are only 阴, you should focus at least a part of your body, a join for instance, toward the other guy center, in order to have some 阳 in the process. I'm not a master, so I cannot say that I have the perfect answer, but I hope it can help. Have a good training !
This is very basic Zhan zhuang training. Early lessons but with feet parallel and much more force from all angles then later on the side and on one leg. This is needed before starting taichi and is the traditional way so then you have the taichi body.
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do not lean into your partner when doing any of this stuff... ain't gonna work like that
Without exception every major Taiji exponent of the last 100 years leaned during the application of their art - from every style of Taiji - Chen, Yang, wu, Sun, Hao. The old yang style of people like Yang Ban Hou has a pronounced lean in all form movements as do many of its offshoots. To be completely upright is a major error and a myth spread by people who cannot fight with Taiji - often the same people would then 'lean' whenever they showed applications at fighting pace.
It would be correct to say not to lean 'onto' your partner, as in give them your mass or weight. But that is not present in this video and I explicitly say to avoid it.