Taijiquan Training Question

[East Winds]

marlon,

The hand position he uses is called "Tile Palm" (fingers open and palm curved much like a Chinese roof tile - hence the name). It opens two important acu-pressure points on the hands - the Laogong and the Tigers Mouth, important in the transmission of energy. There are only 3 hand positions in Traditional Yang - Tile Palm, Fist and Hook or Beak. Any other hand position is a flaw in your form. I agree with Xue Sheng on the "Stopping without Stopping" issue.

Very best wishes

 

[Xue Sheng]

My sifu is not that concerned with the hands being in Tile Palm he does like them open and relaxed when not in Fist or Cranes Beak. There is a lot he feels that will develop naturally if you just train the form properly as did his teacher.

However when I was training Chen keeping the hands in Tile palm was very important.

 

[marlon]

marlon,

The hand position he uses is called "Tile Palm" (fingers open and palm curved much like a Chinese roof tile - hence the name). It opens two important acu-pressure points on the hands - the Laogong and the Tigers Mouth, important in the transmission of energy. There are only 3 hand positions in Traditional Yang - Tile Palm, Fist and Hook or Beak. Any other hand position is a flaw in your form. I agree with Xue Sheng on the "Stopping without Stopping" issue.

Very best wishes

thanks , i have never thought of the tiger mouth as an point to issue energy! I love learning and am really loving taiji

 

[marlon]

marlon,

The hand position he uses is called "Tile Palm" (fingers open and palm curved much like a Chinese roof tile - hence the name). It opens two important acu-pressure points on the hands - the Laogong and the Tigers Mouth, important in the transmission of energy. There are only 3 hand positions in Traditional Yang - Tile Palm, Fist and Hook or Beak. Any other hand position is a flaw in your form. I agree with Xue Sheng on the "Stopping without Stopping" issue.

Very best wishes

i do not see a "stop" at all, yet someone i know who studies traditional yang often commented that i only do the stopping without stopping when i change direction (actually he said sometimes, it was i who noted that he saw them only when i changeddirections) but he felt that my reading of CMC had made me more 'flow-y' than traditional yang style

marlon