Attend your lessons, Maestro Sinclair, is always a great emotion, fun and wonder. Imho i wanted to express my appreciation for everything you do. With modesty, humor, great intelligence and deep Understanding! United in practice, from Italy a fraternal greeting. I saw the video where the lessons were held in front of the beautiful Alps. You are going to make a quantum leap beyond? The mountains are the same, seen from another point of view! ;-)
Thank you for your kind words. I have recently been to Switzerland, France and Belgium. But I did not have the opportunity to cross the alps. There were no elephants available. I do hope to see the Italian side someday.
At a base level. Yes, you are correct. But there is a force in skilled people , it's not super natural. We just aren't at a point in physics where we can explain it 100%
Hi, have you tried to combine issuing from the tantien and the chain of the stretched muscles from the heel to the arm opposite of the leg! Greetings! Great lesson!
The 'fa jing' stuff? You are able to kick, punch, hit, throw, push or pull in pretty powerful and explosive ways. It's pretty cool but not really the coolest part in my opinion, anyone can learn to throw a powerful strike, and there are other arts or sports that focus more on that if that's all you want. The real art is in listening, redirecting, not using more force than necessary. To be able to play and have fun pushing hands with older, smaller, weaker people and for it to be fun for everyone, and a learning experience for everyone. When you feel a real master like Ian here, if you have no experience with tai chi, it's a very humbling, fun experience. The fa jing stuff is cool, like I said, but it's not impressive that they can toss you around the room (then can if they want to), but in how they able to just gently uproot you and cause you to lose balance without having to blast you. I can blast people, but that's not fun unless the other person wants to go to that level of intensity. Someone gets hurt our upset, egos get bruised. My actual skill in the other stuff is pathetic. So if your question was what does this stuff meaning Tai Chi in general do for someone, it causes them to become like this. Honest, balanced, gentle in body and spirit, expanding their awareness.
You need to feel a connection to the ground. You need to feel the other person's feet (and whole body, but the feet are good to start with). It's one of those things you can only feel with a real person, unfortunately :/
You can just use a bag, forget the arm. You just need a heavy mass you can push around. Try walking into a bag and bouncing it away from you using the 'bouyant' defensive structure, or taking it's weight, and using Fa Jing to launch it away. If you search for Tai Chi bag drills, you'll find a few videos.
You can use a heavy bag to test your connection to the ground. But the heavy bag does not have the structure, root, or intent necessary for a "kong jing" effect. Trees and tackling dummies might work better.
I agree entirely. I struggle with audio all the time. I have tried different mics, but nothing I can afford seems to work. My kingdom for a sound stage.
@@IanSinclairTaiChi it’s not about Mics. The room is terrible for recording. The sound bounces off the walls and echoes. You could put sound absorbing padding on the walls in specific spots. Do the research. It’s not that hard. Or do it in a different room. Actually a shotgun mic might help. It’s a mic that records only what it’s pointed at so it avoids ambient noise.
Thanks. I’ve tried different mics in my price range, and applied multiple baffles, and am currently waiting on renovations. It is a 150-year-old building with furnace in the corner and a resonant floor that is like a creaky drum. It is large, though, with good lighting, and I have a great landlord and no affordable options. Vacancy rates are around -1%.
I've started liking these vids before i watch them, i'm never found wanting (except for more!)
So it's literally just internal body and foot positioning with movement?
Attend your lessons, Maestro Sinclair, is always a great emotion, fun and wonder.
Imho i wanted to express my appreciation for everything you do. With modesty, humor, great intelligence and deep Understanding!
United in practice, from Italy a fraternal greeting.
I saw the video where the lessons were held in front of the beautiful Alps. You are going to make a quantum leap beyond? The mountains are the same, seen from another point of view! ;-)
Thank you for your kind words. I have recently been to Switzerland, France and Belgium. But I did not have the opportunity to cross the alps. There were no elephants available. I do hope to see the Italian side someday.
Oh, too bad. If I had known I would have come, too. I am watching your channel for years now, and I always wanted to meet you in person.
Satisfyingly clear explanation.
Glad you think so! Thanks.
This is an amazing session, thank you for sharing Ian and Student(Sorry I didn't catch your name)!
such excellent instruction!!
At a base level. Yes, you are correct. But there is a force in skilled people , it's not super natural. We just aren't at a point in physics where we can explain it 100%
Hi, have you tried to combine issuing from the tantien and the chain of the stretched muscles from the heel to the arm opposite of the leg! Greetings! Great lesson!
Do you know what the Chinese characters are for kong jing?
Empty force.
"空勁‘’
What exactly does this training do for someone?
The 'fa jing' stuff? You are able to kick, punch, hit, throw, push or pull in pretty powerful and explosive ways. It's pretty cool but not really the coolest part in my opinion, anyone can learn to throw a powerful strike, and there are other arts or sports that focus more on that if that's all you want. The real art is in listening, redirecting, not using more force than necessary. To be able to play and have fun pushing hands with older, smaller, weaker people and for it to be fun for everyone, and a learning experience for everyone. When you feel a real master like Ian here, if you have no experience with tai chi, it's a very humbling, fun experience. The fa jing stuff is cool, like I said, but it's not impressive that they can toss you around the room (then can if they want to), but in how they able to just gently uproot you and cause you to lose balance without having to blast you.
I can blast people, but that's not fun unless the other person wants to go to that level of intensity. Someone gets hurt our upset, egos get bruised. My actual skill in the other stuff is pathetic.
So if your question was what does this stuff meaning Tai Chi in general do for someone, it causes them to become like this. Honest, balanced, gentle in body and spirit, expanding their awareness.
Very nice.
Do you think a heavy bag with a stiff arm attachment might be a good practice for this sort of exercise?
You need to feel a connection to the ground. You need to feel the other person's feet (and whole body, but the feet are good to start with). It's one of those things you can only feel with a real person, unfortunately :/
You can just use a bag, forget the arm. You just need a heavy mass you can push around. Try walking into a bag and bouncing it away from you using the 'bouyant' defensive structure, or taking it's weight, and using Fa Jing to launch it away. If you search for Tai Chi bag drills, you'll find a few videos.
Why wouldn't you just use a heavy bag?
You can use a heavy bag to test your connection to the ground. But the heavy bag does not have the structure, root, or intent necessary for a "kong jing" effect. Trees and tackling dummies might work better.
Ian Sinclair good point!
You need to have better audio in your videos. The room has terrible acoustics so it's very annoyingly echoing.
I agree entirely. I struggle with audio all the time. I have tried different mics, but nothing I can afford seems to work. My kingdom for a sound stage.
@@IanSinclairTaiChi it’s not about Mics. The room is terrible for recording. The sound bounces off the walls and echoes. You could put sound absorbing padding on the walls in specific spots. Do the research. It’s not that hard. Or do it in a different room. Actually a shotgun mic might help. It’s a mic that records only what it’s pointed at so it avoids ambient noise.
Thanks. I’ve tried different mics in my price range, and applied multiple baffles, and am currently waiting on renovations. It is a 150-year-old building with furnace in the corner and a resonant floor that is like a creaky drum. It is large, though, with good lighting, and I have a great landlord and no affordable options. Vacancy rates are around -1%.
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