Matt Stone
Master of Arts
Xingyi, at least the way we learn it in Yili, begins with the natural use of too much muscle, but is trained with an eye toward not using muscle...
Taiji is based on "effortless power," sure, but to say that Taiji makes use of no muscle is inaccurate... It takes somemuscle contraction to move no matter how large or small the movement. The issue is learning not to use too much muscle and end up impeding the movement of qi and jing. It is possible for an external style to generate an amazing amount of power - but not if the muscular movement gets in the way of letting physics do the work.
Gambarimasu.
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Taiji is based on "effortless power," sure, but to say that Taiji makes use of no muscle is inaccurate... It takes somemuscle contraction to move no matter how large or small the movement. The issue is learning not to use too much muscle and end up impeding the movement of qi and jing. It is possible for an external style to generate an amazing amount of power - but not if the muscular movement gets in the way of letting physics do the work.
Gambarimasu.
:asian: