Impulso, movimiento y balanceo
"The entire solo form is about momentum-move & swing, then swing & move, that's all".
"Toda la forma de mano vacía se resume en movimiento-impulso y balanceo, y luego balanceo y movimiento, eso es todo".
Taichi Chuan - Taiji quan
"The entire solo form is about momentum-move & swing, then swing & move, that's all".
"Toda la forma de mano vacía se resume en movimiento-impulso y balanceo, y luego balanceo y movimiento, eso es todo".
The form and function are mutually connected and nothing more
Forma y la función están conectadas entre sí y nada más.
Cheng Man Ching
Canción de la forma y la función
Song of form and function
Canción de la forma y la función
One's life only reaches 100 years,
the body begins to deteriorate when you pass 40.
How good is it to fight for both fame and money if the body can not keep?
Just enrich your knowledge by reading and improve your skill by diligently practicing this art.
Be an orchid in an empty valley, its fragrance will attract admirers.
What you dont understand is that learning a spiritual discipline is not like buying a soda. It is what you put into it that determines what you get out of it.
Lo que no entiendeis es que aprender una disciplina espiritual no es como comprar un refresco. Es lo que pones en ello lo que determina lo que obtienes.
No hay secretos
One must distinguish the pure from the motley. Many practice taiji nowadays but it is not the real taiji. The real has a different taste, and is easily distinguished. With real taiji, your arm is like iron wrapped with cotton. It is soft and yet feels heavy to someone trying to support it. You can feel this in push-hands practice. When you touch an opponent, your hands are soft and light but he cannot get rid of them. When you attack, it is like a bullet penetrating cleanly and sharply (gan cui), yet without using any force.
The collection of Chen Wei-ming's Taijiquan writings
To throw an opponent to the ground is easy. To hit an opponent to injure is not hard either. But to bounce him off without hurting him, is very difficult.
Tirar a un oponente al suelo es fácil. Golpear a un oponente y lesionarlo tampoco es difícil. Pero enviarlo despedido volando sin lastimarlo es muy difícil.
The Tao of Taijiquan
I tell people when they learn Tai Chi Chuan that patience is not enough because people always lose patience. So I tell people, you have to have perseverance. I have seen people practice 20 years and quit. If you have 20 years patience, it is pretty good, but if you have it a lifetime, then we call it perseverance.
My favorite Ben story of all time is what he told us once during a break at the rundown Mission Street studio he held for a few years in the 90’s. He was talking about his recent trip to Israel, where he’d done some big seminar. He said there was a professor of dance in attendance, an older woman, said to be famous in her field, accompanied by her young female grad student.
Cook Ding's Kitchen
It is said that those who cultivate the greatness of the Chi can travel without encountering a tiger or a wild buffalo, in battle no weapon can penetrate their armor.
Se dice que aquellos que cultivan la grandeza del Chi pueden viajar sin encontrarse con un tigre o un búfalo salvaje, en batalla ningún arma puede penetrar su armadura.
Wolfe Lowenthal
2015 Long River Taichi Circle International Summer Workshop.
Amherts MA
2015 Long River Taichi Circle International Summer Workshop.
Subtly arrange the outcome.
Organiza sutilmente el resultado.
Wolfe Lowenthal
2015 Long River Taichi Circle International Summer Workshop.
Amherts MA
2015 Long River Taichi Circle International Summer Workshop.
I dare not be the aggressor but rather the defender, to wield a weapon but not clash with the enemy. Swords must not make noise.
No me atrevo a ser el agresor sino el defensor, empuñar un arma pero no chocar con el enemigo. Las espadas no deben hacer ruido.
Wolfe Lowenthal
2015 Long River Taichi Circle International Summer Workshop.
Amherts MA
2015 Long River Taichi Circle International Summer Workshop
We dont use the sword as an acyual sel defense anymore, but the value of the sword is that it is the «physical counterpart of the spiritual teaching of the Dao».
Ya no usamos más la espada como defensa personal, el valor de la espada es ahora que es la «contrapartida física de la enseñanza espiritual del Dao».
The sword’s Qi is like a rainbow, the sword’s movement is like a dragon. Sword and spirit merge into one and it's subtleties are without limit.
El Qi de la espada es como un arco iris, el movimiento de la espada es como un dragón. Espada y espíritu se funden en uno y sus sutilezas son ilimitadas.
When practicing the form, the entire body feels comfortable; when pushing hands, the entire body feels lively. Therefore, after a long period of constant practice one not only avoids being tired, but actually feels more spirited after doing Tai Chi Chuan. This indicates great intensity of delight. However, beginners, who have not yet grasped the fundamentals, must go through a period of forbearance. Then, eventually, they will spontaneously enter the most enjoyable stages.
In the world, there are a lot of people who practice Taijiquan. You have to know how to separate true from false. As a true Taijiquan, one’s arms seem to be like iron rods wrapped with cotton. You may feel they are soft outside, but quite heavy, and you can feel this in pushing hands. When the true Taiji practitioner use Na on you, you may feel the touch is very light, but you cannot resist with force. Issuing energy (Fa Jin) toward the opponent is as quick as a bullet shot from a gun, without requiring any strenuous effort.
Yang Taiji is One Family Across the Straits
Students give up the immediate to seek the exotic; they don't understand the sheer marvelous function of the chi accumulating in the tan tien. The chi is just like wind, water and clouds. They each can store up power as the universe itself stores up the primal chi.
Los estudiantes abandonan lo inmediato para buscar lo exótico; no entienden la función maravillosa del chi que se acumula en el tan tien. El chi es como el viento, el agua y las nubes. Cada uno puede acumular poder como el universo mismo almacena el chi primordial.
Cheng Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Originally the thirteen movements of Tai Chi Chuan are the guiding methods of “chi”. Guiding means leading the circulation of “chi” and blood. Therefore, when you do a good job of guiding, the “chi” and the blood will have a good balance. All sickness will be gone, but don’t misunderstand the method, and try very hard to obtain that balance. If you practice hard and naturally, you will get it when you reach maturity (when the time comes).
Palabras de experiencia
Breathe naturally, do not force your breath deeply. After many times of practice, your Tai Chi Chuan will reach the natural point. By that time, the breath will be balanced automatically
Respira con naturalidad, no te fuerces a respirar profundamente. Después de muchas horas de práctica, tu Taichí Chuan alcanzará el punto natural. Para entonces, la respiración se equilibrará automáticamente.
Palabras de experiencia
Keep the yin and yang in your feet. Every part of the feet is relaxed. The hollow of the feet gathers the energy from the earth.
Mantén el yin y el yang en tus pies. Todas las partes de los pies están relajadas. El hueco de los pies recoge la energía de la tierra.
El taichí chuan no tiene opinión. No tiene intencion. Es una idea sin motivo.
Es un acto sin deseo. Es, adecuadamente, la respuesta natural a una fuerza exterior, y que no se percibe como tal.
Porque en la naturaleza, todos son los mismos, todo es uno. Los ataques son lo mismo que lo que responde, la misma fuerza - redirecionada y reciclada.
Cuando inicies un movimiento intencionado, vuelve a ti.
Los principios de tai chi son los mismos principios detrás del mecanismo interno del gran motor del universo.
Taichi. Poema
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