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Neurons & Intent

A common obstacle facing Tai Chi students is differentiating intent from body movement.

When most students perform the form their intent is not clearly delineated from their physical action. This leads to the inability to use intent over reliance on strength alone.

Why is it difficult to separate intent from movement?

Reading The Body Builders : Inside the Science of the Engineered Human has…

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Qi Sphere Fajing Tai Chi fajing using the palm to express the energy of the Small Qi Sphere (小气球) used in Grandmaster Wei Shuren's style. Note the after-effect.

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Explosive Tai Chi Fajing ‪Grandmaster Wei Shuren's method of Yang style Tai Chi fajing using the energy of Step Push (踏按) makes for sudden, explosive, penetrating power. ‬

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Energetically Yours

There are numerous fajing models in Grandmaster Wei Shuren’s book on the 22-form. You can say that its practically raining fajing in the chapter entitled Internal Work, Force Models (内功劲法).

My favorite fajing model is the Large Chi Sphere method which is shown below :-

I feel that the Large Chi Sphere fajing model is the easiest for beginners to pick up. The best part of the news is that they do…

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Sixth Lesson is Up Finally, I have written the Sixth Lesson of the 7-Brief Lessons.

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Second Lesson – Quanfa Tai Chi is a method of Quanfa (拳法) using the intent to develop the skills. Ironically, at a higher level of expression and usage the "true intent" (真意) is "no intent" (无意).

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First Lesson – The Most Beautiful of Theories

First Lesson – The Most Beautiful of Theories

The theories of Tai Chi are not just that. If anything, they are workable principles. However, if you attempt to understand them by blindly practicing you will not get anywhere. In the book on the 22-form Grandmaster Wei Shuren wrote “Yi Zai Xian” which can be translated to mean “Intention Comes First”. The phrase “Intention Comes First” can mean :- a) In whatever you do in Tai Chi you must first…

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Micro Universe 9

Do you know what came into my mind when I read about the LIGO mirrors and gravitational waves? I thought of the Chi rings which are not really like solid rings. It might give this impression when you read about it or even see this video of Grandmaster Wei Shuren. However, when I was learning how to do the three Chi rings I was told…

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