Hai Yang

练大为用小，练长为用短。
Practice with the extending approach, but apply with the short approach: Practice-Long but Apply-Short.

6 months ago | [YT] | 59

Hai Yang

棚劲非撑顶劲，合中寓开也。
Peng Energy is not about pushing or Simply Extending, but the Opening energy in a Closing process.

6 months ago | [YT] | 50

Hai Yang

前人讲推手云：入扣招法难灵验，乃说不顶。
The so-called proverb about Tai Chi push-hand: the technique becomes less practical when entering a locking situation, which indicates the important principle of Tai Chi principle "non-Direct-Against".

7 months ago | [YT] | 27

Hai Yang

心手相应，貌简实难。
The Coordination between mind and hand (movements) looks simple, but is extremely challenging in practice.

7 months ago | [YT] | 50

Hai Yang

武功意念之运用，于练习时假想，于运用时需有肢体接触。
To apply the mind in martial arts: imagining while training, requiring physical contact while applying to the opponent.

7 months ago | [YT] | 40

Hai Yang

于初学者，要积式成拳，积拳成势，乃进阶法门。
For beginners, one must first accumulate Posture (Shi) to form a Technique (Quan), then accumulate Techniques to create Structure (Shi), which is the path to advancement.

9 months ago | [YT] | 69

Hai Yang

支撑以面为主，打击以点为主。推手尤为如此。
To control/support the attack, the surface is the key. To strike the opponent, the point is the key. It is more so in push-hand.

9 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 45

Hai Yang

肘不可架，亦不可夹。平肩易架，垂直易夹。
Elbow should not be Jia (in 4thtone) nor Jia
(in 1st tone). When it is at shoulder level, it is easy to become Jia (in 4th tone, meaning rising), and it is easy to become Jia (in 1st tone, meaning squeeze) when it is vertically pointing to the ground.

9 months ago | [YT] | 39

Hai Yang

劲为形拘，乃发劲僵化之根本。
Jin (Martial Power) Wei (is) Xing (Body, Form) Ju (Restricted, Blocked), is the root cause of stiffness of Fa Jin.

9 months ago | [YT] | 42

Hai Yang

直以用劲，圆以蓄劲。
With straight motion to apply the martial energy, while with circular motion to accumulate the martial energy.

10 months ago | [YT] | 48