Push hands is a 2 person exercise. In its simplest, it starts off with 2 person standing facing each other, and each of their right hand touching at the wrist. From there, both move about in what seems like a dance between 2 people, to see who gets the upper hand. I normally focus on [...]
At one of the push hands class, I was discussing with a fellow student how to counter another person’s “attack”. While we were experimenting with various kinds of counter attack, a very important point emerged. I forgot about me. Everyone is unique. Everyone has his own way of doing Tai Chi. It follows from this [...]
I’ve never thought of arguing and fighting can be different. It is only recently that I realise the distinction, and that my interpretation of using Tai Chi is more of arguing than of fighting. I have been doing Push Hands for 2 years now, once almost every week. I see push hands as an argument [...]
I like to watch river flows. I like to watch how the water goes around the bend. I like to see how it effortlessly navigates around the rocks, whether they’re big or small. Water always seem to know how to flow. It knows that hitting the rocks head on will do it no good, so [...]
