https://ift.tt/36i7xAC He will tell you himself: To an untrained eye what you see as "continuous" movement is an illusion.Doing the Lions share of repairing the hole where logical reasoning disappeared, "righting the ship" and saving Tai Chi.

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Classical Tai Chi is an illusion...to the "untrained eye"

https://facebook.com/events/370947716933432/?ti=as. 

He will tell you himself: To the eye of a body/mind not trained with "internal discipline", what you see at the Facebook video link is an illusion. What you see is really the illusion of continuous movement and the untrained eye does not see the Yin/Yang (not moving/moving) of each movement. First you learn that Yin/Yang for each move then connect the moves. Other than that and one is dancing no better than training for the "Prom".New free Tai Chi classes, starting Jan. 8, 2020, 6:30 - 7:30 PM. Free classes also continuing Sundays 10-11 AM. Rockwell Hall, Room 302, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Bflo., NY. Prior registration for class is mandated at info@classicaltaichiofbuffalo.com

"Ordinary Force" v. "Non-ordinary Force"

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https://www.facebook.com/classicaltaichijimroach/posts/1455929284565128

Jim R. said: New free Tai Chi classes now available Wed., Jan. 8, 2020, 6:30-7:30 PM and free classes also continuing Sundays 10-11 AM. Rockwell Hall, Rm., 302, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Bflo., NY. Try this little experiment: "Ordinary Force" can be felt if you stand absolutely perpendicular and push with your arms as hard as possible against a wall. The "reaction force" will make you careen backward. In this video, I am in a discussion about the pitfalls of external ("ordinary") force with Master Hwa, Tom K., and Ike Schultz. What Ike says about the "snapping" REACTION FORCE effect on the shoulder joint when punching is also true of "snapping" REACTION FORCE effect on knees and hips when kicking. So, doesn't logic also dictate "ordinary" force stopping at the hips when pushing with the back leg? Stand with the same hand position but not using arm muscles to push, just legs. It can be felt if you stand perfectly perpendicular and push with your legs as hard as possible through your arms and hands against a wall. The "REACTION FORCE" will make you careen back as well.


Jim R. said: "There is a thing called "NON-ORDINARY" Force that is not "external" and is a skill to be learned via internal discipline. The comment at this point might be, "but what if I take a large step forward and tilt my body forward?" Of course, you won't careen back because the "Reaction Force" is absorbed by the back foot...but your force is still "external and ordinary". The conundrum is how to take a "SMALL" step (small frame, small circle), tilt the body forward or even stand perpendicular like Master Hwa in this photo...and not careen back from "reaction force". He used the "non-ordinary" force."

Adarsh Vazhakandy said: "clear explanation. this student has grasped the essence of internal power"

My student Jason Bulger, a certified Classical Tai Chi instructor at presentation of his Master's Degree Thesis in Occupational Therapy. "...the scientific community is still far from defining or quantifying Qi, or knowing all the neurophysiological pathways involved in mind-body-energy connections..." The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai ChiDoing the Lions share of repairing the hole where logical reasoning disappeared, "righting the ship" and saving Tai Chi.

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Visitors from China and one of our students at our Classical Tai Chi class Buffalo State College. What we do with this "small frame, small circle" Tai Chi is really not known in China. This after talking with our visitors and then our Master Stephen Hwa For example, they told me my pronunciation was good but they don't understand that things like "Neigong* really does come from the abdomen and back aka "core". Their perception only extends to it simply being a "mind/body" disciplineDoing the Lions share of repairing the hole where logical reasoning disappeared, "righting the ship" and saving Tai Chi.

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A push is no push unless it's ordinsry

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Note that Tom is going upward as well as going backward with the punch. In light of that, I would not bet any money make the stereotype remark and say this is a "push".  If it was a push then Dr. Hwa would be pushed back by a reaction force. "Push" yourself back from the wall for yourselves and note the reaction. The reaction force from a push is a hallmark of ordinary force. The reaction force of ordinary force is also in accord with Newton's 3rd Law. You know this as every action having an equal and opposite reaction. He is doing a punch that uses 1/4 body internal discipline. There would be a reaction force if his punch did not adhere to the following path: Relax arm,  Tense arm, Relax the arm and he is able to do this because force comes from the core and not external (arms and legs). So, is his 1/4 body "punch" in violation of Newton's 3rd law or not?   There is logical and scientific reasoning at work here. In Classical Tai Chi We are doing Lion's share of repairing the hole where logical reasoning disappeared, "righting the ship" and saving Tai Chi.

Classical Tai Chi spanning generations. Grandmaster and 6th generation student.. After a seminar on Sports and Classical Tai Chi. Seminar at Ciminelli Recital Hall, Buffalo State College. Thank you Tai Chi Master Stephen Hwa Ph.D.Doing the Lions share of repairing the hole where logical reasoning disappeared, "righting the ship" and saving Tai Chi.

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You have to practice every day. Or is that being too lacking in subtlety. There is also a self evident misperception that Tai Chi is a once a week, somebody leads you, " sweating to the oldies" . Otherwise you are only fooling yourself and doing that is not always obvious.Doing the Lions share of repairing the hole where logical reasoning disappeared, "righting the ship" and saving Tai Chi.

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R.F. revs up for momentum by turning pelvis and swinging the arm BUT just before hitting the ball he stabilizes the pelvis and engaged "upper body turning move" a Hallmark of Classical Tai Chi internal discipline. https://youtu.be/fuu881kl0OsDoing the Lions share of repairing the hole where logical reasoning disappeared, "righting the ship" and saving Tai Chi.

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Play tennis like "grasping a peacock's tail" 

Stephen Hwa:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuu881kl0Os

"I was a tennis player from a very young age. My game

started going downhill when I was approaching forty

years of age. That was when I started to learn Tai Chi.

As I was beginning to master the Internal Discipline in

my Tai Chi Form practice in my fifties, my tennis game

started to improve rapidly. It eventually reached a level

way beyond my younger years. Take some specific

moves as examples: I did not learn the proper technique

to volley at the net when I was young. Later, I found my

upper quarter-body push move is exactly the correct

move for a volley, described by tennis pros as a "punch"

move. The body turning move in "Grasp Peacock's Tail"

greatly improved my two-handed backhand. Overall,

my moves were much more natural, powerful and I had

a faster response on the court, as if I had rebuilt myself

from ground up into an entirely different person with

physical and mental abilities beyond my youthful years."

Did you know that "Fajin" (a spike of power) in Classical Tai Chi does not violate Newton's 3rd law? Want to ask and find out why? You will have to visit with Tai Chi Master Stephen Hwa Ph.D. on October 20, @ 10 A.M. We are in Ciminelli Recital Hall, 3rd floor, Rockwell Hall @ Buffalo State College.Doing the Lions share of repairing the hole where logical reasoning disappeared, "righting the ship" and saving Tai Chi.

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