Traditional Yang 108 Form Taiji ( Tai Chi ) Part 2

Traditional Yang 108 Form Taiji ( Tai Chi )

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• Traditional
• Yang
• 108
• Form
• Taiji
• Tai
• Chi

[alenkabobinsky]

@gordhill You're right about 5:35 and 7:20, those are obvious mistakes. I've only started practicing the Tai-Chi a year ago, and I've learned the mechanics of the basic 24 form - I repeat, only the mechanics (I still have to add proper breathing and the awarenes of the center which I have, but not all the time). So I'm always interested in others' opinions (not only my instructor's), because that's also a way to learn. Thanks both of you, @taijispirit and @gordhill.

[alenkabobinsky]

@taijispirit1 I think we misunderstood each other. I'm a musicologist and "unison" for me means equal movements of body parts at the same time which is not required in tai-chi. Her performance lacks the fluidity and it's hard to grasp whether she is in unison (in your sense of the word) with the Tan t'ien for sometimes she looks motionless. I agree she is too skilled to lose the fluidity due to slowness. She must perform the whole 108 for more than two and a half hours :-)

[taijispirit1]

alenkabobinsky

If she turns her head independently of her body in anticipation for the next move or whatever reason, it's still a mistake for transmission of power.

To move and link the body and energy as one unit is a skill difficult to understand & master. If the energy from your arms, legs, hips, waist, elbows & knees "also head"are not in unison moving from the center, correct taiji application cannot be applied. It's appears to me that she moves parts independently from the whole.

[alenkabobinsky]

@taijispirit1 I don't think she turns her head independently of her body, but in anticipation of her next movement. The arms and legs should not always be in unison. Her concentration is amazing, but I also think her extreme slowness causes the loss of movement fluidity. For those sleepers down there - why watch? Forget about the taiji and don't forget the knife!

[taijispirit1]

Too slow for her skill level, many parts are moving independently of themselves ie. arms and legs are not in unison. She should also not turn her head independently of her body. Good concentration but  loses the flow of energy.

Slowness is only one part of Taiji requirements and should not be the main focus. A for effort.

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