tai chi walk: one

@curiouskitty7972 8 years ago

Thank you. I am a beginner who has had much difficulty with the walk as I used to be a dancer with emphasis on stiff legs and pointing toes... This explains it perfectly.

@emoceanful 7 years ago

Thank you for the clear instructions on how to do this beautiful walk.

@normanallan 15 years ago

4. And of course, there's no lifting of the arms. The energy that results from rooting places the arm into the appropriate position, pushed there by the root energy. The deeper the root, the more expansive the bubble. That's how the fa-jing occurs. The root is compressed into its smallest diameter and then explodes as the body relaxes into the ground.

@manyhumbles 9 years ago

so graceful and beautiful to watch - i love ~

@victoriaolson8985 2 years ago

Thank you, great presentation.

@normanallan 15 years ago

Now this: As your weight transfers from forward foot to back foot, the arms are pulled in towards the chest (not too far, keep the space comfortable), then the weight drops as the body relaxes into the back foot...the body drives itself vertically down through the back foot...there is no horizontal displacement.

@normanallan 15 years ago

3. Hmmm...that's partially because your appendages are not connecting to your centre dantien, nor the midline of the body. Right foot/left hand; right calf/left forearm; right thigh/left arm always move in sync. When the feet turn, the core turns which drive the appendages.

@vanim.s.4784 3 years ago

Thank you!

@normanallan 15 years ago

5. And that is what is most obvious about the form. It's external. What do I mean by external? Here's what you can experiment with. In the two handed push, you transfer your weight from the back foot to the front foot and the arms move horizontally from a point over the back foot to a point over the front foot.

@junaidelahi6566 6 years ago

good tai chi walk

@normanallan 15 years ago

core media is Bill, who has made all my videos

@junaidelahi6566 6 years ago

love tai chi from pakistan

@daynerdude1 7 years ago

Thank you! very helpful, I've only taken 2 classes and I think I get the walk now!

@johnhanna5944 5 years ago

There is so much wrong with that information it would take a lifetime to unravel it. Why do people who know just a little bit about tai chi become so inspired to confuse others?

@lindastarkey9368 9 years ago

I really liked this. I've been taking Tai Chi for 4 years and have never done this "version" of the Tai Chi walk. I love it!! Obviously, you have some folks watching that are quite ignorant about the essence of Tai Chi. The slower you practice (doing it CORRECTLY), the more accurate and faster you can be when you need to do it fast.

@normanallan 15 years ago

1. Your right hand push rotates too far, compared to your left. Are you pushing centre to your centreline or are you pushing out over the knee, so the energy bubble that your hand is pushing is equally held between the two hands. 2. You lose your root every time you take a step forward. And every time you pick up your front toes/foot to turn, you lose what little root you had before you stepped.