Let’s get pushy!
by Shang Lee
It was amazing. I haven’t seen so many people in a class before, for push hands at least. The class room seems small in comparison. All these people were curious about what push hands is. My teacher looked a bit taken aback by the enthusiasm, but managed the crowd eventually nonetheless. A few of us took in some of the new students to show what push hands feel like.
One person, in particular, seem to come here for a challenge. I sensed his hand, and I knew he knew what he was doing, so I kept quiet and just push. After he realise my skill was below his, he started bragging and teaching. He thinks his technique is superb, and was showing why I should do this and shouldn’t do that. By “this”, he means I should be using 2 hands to spread the “attack” in a single handed push hands. And I shouldn’t be moving my kua much. He was standing almost upright, as if trying to mock me I guess… (he said it himself actually – “look! look at my posture!”).
I felt a bit bullied, but I kept on because I actually found it fun to be trying out different people. He did push me off to the wall at one point. I reiterated with one myself which almost hit someone else. Then he became more aggressive. And I just stopped. I just told him my teacher would not condone such practice. Which is true. He stopped amicably as well.
An otherwise uneventful session I suppose. 
Now, I don’t know why some people do this, but I guess this is common throughout the martial art history. I probably have gotten a mild treatment already! I do find it sad that people define themselves by how much he can overpower the other person, but at the same time, I’m glad to be seeing these other things. I might have been cooped up for a while now. Time to spread the wings.
There was also a 70 year old lawyer in the midst who part timed in “energy psychology”. Then she showed me some tapping exercise. Apparently cured blindness once.
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