โฬด๐ฬด๐ ฬด๐ขฬด๐งฬด๐ ฬด ฬด๐ฌฬด๐ฬด๐ฬด๐ฆฬด๐ฌฬด ฬด๐ญฬด๐จฬด ฬด๐ฬด๐ฬด ฬด๐ญฬด๐กฬด๐ฬด ฬด๐จฬด๐งฬด๐ฅฬด๐ฒฬด ฬด๐ฬด๐ฏฬด๐ฬด๐ขฬด๐ฅฬด๐ฬด๐ฬด๐ฅฬด๐ฬด ฬด๐ฐฬด๐ฬด๐ฒฬด ฬด๐ญฬด๐จฬด ฬด๐ฅฬด๐ขฬด๐ฏฬด๐ฬด ฬด๐ฬด ฬด๐ฅฬด๐จฬด๐งฬด๐ ฬด ฬด๐ฅฬด๐ขฬด๐ฬด๐ฬด.ฬดโฬด ฬด๐ฬด๐ขฬด๐ญฬด๐ฌฬด๐ญฬด๐ฒฬด ฬด๐ฬดโฬด๐ฬด๐ฬด๐ขฬด๐ฅฬด๐ฅฬด ฬด๐ฬด๐จฬด๐ฅฬด๐ฅฬด๐ขฬด๐งฬด (ใฃโโกโ)ใฃ "๐๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐, ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ" ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก "๐๐๐๐๐๐๐" ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐ - ๐ = ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐
One of the few articles I have come across that does the subject justice, thank you. In the numerous styles there is really only one that has a โroundโ form and a โsquareโ (fang) form. The Wu Style with all its own derivatives often surprises people at the directly opposite requirement between Square and Round. This is not unique however:
Just think how one learns the art of calligraphy. My own teacher echoes this in the video link. My own experience had me learning how to write in print form (brush and ink of course). Then one learns the cursive form. The differences between these two writing forms are very much analogous to the differences between those two Tai Chi Forms.
Square Form is analogous to the block printing of (pinyin) Kai Style or what is called โKai Shuโ. The round form analogous to Tsao Style or โTsao Shu/Cao Shuโ or the cursive script.
In Square form, as in calligraphy, movements take place in relatively straight lines, between points (start and end points of inflection). The Round form with its curves has the curves going through those pointsโฆthe square is like a template for the round.
Like the Calculus of mathematics however, I would like to point out that the round form is like the calculus which integrates a tiny segment of a curved motion as a straight line to form the curved motion. Square form is like taking one of the important tiny straight lines expanding it into a straight movement. I guess the way of the universe is based on similar principles for everything which appears to be unrelated.
I think it is in Jouโs Tsung Hwaโs book: Tao of Tai Chi where he makes a statement about movement being like individual frames in a movie film. Taken separately or even 2 or 3, it makes no sense and one sees no motion. Only when one puts all the frames together do we have the illusion of motion.
In regard to square form and perhaps to the critics: Although the major purpose is to teach students to delineate yin and yang, there are many, many individual โpointsโ, โstopsโ, โpausesโ, etc. As it was said, โchanges of direction occur at those pointsโ. It would seem then that much like the individual frames in a film being many but producing a fine product that gives us the illusion of motion. That, the more โpointsโ are present in something such as square form, the more capacity there is for those points to join and produce a round form.
If I only have 2 or 3 points, it would be hard to see the round if I join them with straight lines. If I put 10 points in that same situation and join them, one begins to see the round very clearly. Much as in the 8 straight lines joining and changing direction in the I Ching diagram and one can draw the circle around those 8 points. it would seem as well that lines joining thusly form angles at the joints. Ideally, one would think a good place to mount an attack would be at an angle or โtangentโ as well.
The points where one changes direction are referred to as โDingdianโ or fixed points actually inflection points. Those starting and ending points provide definition to the curved movement in the round form. Of course nothing ever starts or ends in Tai Chi, like ocean waves, breathing, each has its own peak and troughโฆsine waves come to mind. This takes the concept of โreversalโ into consideration which is a mainstay in the I Ching.
When I was learning calligraphy, I appreciated the stop and go of the strokes in Kai Shu. It gave me opportunity to reflect on the stroke I just did and to prepare the next movement. The square form of Tai Chi allows us to gather energy, align the joints, gather strength at the โpointsโ. I can prepare the next move by gathering energy for the coming move. This is why the moves in the Square are resolute and appear abrupt.
Based on this, I would say that Tai Chi is not only very analogus to calligraphy, but also very scientificโฆin light of the Calculus one can appreciate the mathematics as well.
Thanks
James Roach
p.s. Read the biograpy of the Chows at this link. They were both outstanding artists, calligraphers and Tai Chi teachers. They both learned from Wabu Young who was my own teacherโs teacher.
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