Berlin Workshop 2016 – first notes
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notesMost Important: Nobody can see, what Chen Laoshi is doing (except Chen Xu), when he is throwing a stone in the water and waves are appearing, everyone is asking, how to make such waves (form of the waves, etc.), but he just throws the stone
first 13 moves: shovel out, waist cannot go forward, has to be zero, only can go down, to push out
shovel out means to bypass
your opponent is strong in different dimensions, you always wrapping around him
all forward moves you have to lock yourself down
movements must be led by the piece were I and you don`t touch, move as one piece, like one wall going at you, which part is leading is very different
to suck: evenly energy distribution: put ten pounds in ten places, appears like little power; you can use any body part as a contacting point, your energy has to go through this contacting point to every part of your opponents body
shun and ni: shun = must be on it (the line) and turn; ni means you are not on it, you are against the line
everything has to go through one spot = everything spins towards one spot
you cannot see the rotation, when it`s round
action is deviation, if there is no deviation, you cannot detect anything
never put your opponent in danger (= taiji principle), either of you will fall very gracefully, but if there is danger, something really bad is going to happen
forearm has to become longer
warping (not sure about this word) = becoming longer; warping = outside is controlled, no movement, inside becomes bigger and has no way to go, then there appears a change of size but no change of time, causes you to believe there is time
threshold cannot move
movements have to halves, exactly the same, but opposite directions
saying: don`t fight opponent, you swallow him in and spit him out from the stomach → image shows there is a circle
inside has to be supported
sealing = take space out (as you get closer, you have to seal)
in taiji you never reach out
position: 49 % (front foot), 51 % (rear foot) → feel strong at the front, not strong at the back → we are all opposite
don`t change angle, like snow-shovel
arm has to be one piece
everything has to be totally proportionally coordinated
we have to expand (joints)
rules for wrist: wrist must not exist, has to become no joint, joints are two pieces, no joint is one piece
in taiji: we assume body is a mess, too many things, body has too many pieces in disorder
never put power on a joint
“pushing” must be backward loading, like bow and arrow
to root: you can root on anything in any position
push hands: every move must be used for something, everything is useful, have to become like water, wrapping around opponent; movements like steel moving like water