Tai Chi Drill Post Exercise (part one)
Sorry for the late posting. Computers are great when everything is working well. This video demonstrates how to do the drill post exercise for Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. Tomorrow I’ll follow this up with an additional drills that can be done to add some variety, and to practice incorporating turning the waist.
Enjoy the drill and be sure to tell me what you think.
John
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Dec 29, 2008 - 09:12:57Awesome of you to share this information, John! I really like the part about how the width of your stance should be roughly the length of one’s foot! I got corrected on this many times and I often took a much wider stance (I blame it on Chen taiji.. lol ;))
Additionally, I liked how you spoke about the knees barely covering your toes and how going too low may over exert the knees. Best to start small and work your way up (or down..)
Wujimon
Glad you liked this. You’re always so enthusiastic when it comes to tai chi. You’re right, the width of stance is what we use in our style and other styles can vary quite a bit (even other Yang Style Schools).
Although I’m not an expert in external arts, I’ve seen greatly varying stance widths there too and the masters in any style always seem to be well rooted. I believe it has more to do with learning to really use energy anyway.
Look forward to reading more on your blog and talking with you there and here.
John
Nice work John. Pretty straight forward explanation. I think explaining Qigong is a bit ironic in that we cannot show Qigong while explaining, and we cannot explain it while showing. Tragic!
Also, there’s so many depths to this simple pose. One of the other names: 3 Circles Standing Zen Meditation…a mouthful.
We’ll watch for more.
Wujimon: I’m with you…I like narrow better.
Steven,
Yea, it seems everything about taiji and qigong has many levels. Good to hear from you and I’ll be looking for more on your blog as well.
John
Great explanation. Thank you so much. Your strength is detail and friendly explanations. Enjoyed watching this…
Thanks Tobi. I try to make it clear. My teacher is particularly good at passing along the details so I’ve had a good role model.
John
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