oaktree
Master of Arts
Tao Ping Siang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Ping-Siang
http://www.taiji-europa.de/taichi-taiji/push-hands-tui-shou/push-hands-dr-tao-ping-siang/
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Master Tao's principles are awesome. My teacher trained with Master Tao and I learned some of his Tuishou principles.
I really like the softness and his ability to create space and always find space. There is always space and you have enough space to yield.
I found this out during Tuishou. My teacher pushed me and I yield, He kept pushing I was yielding but I had no where left to go I was going to go off balance.
I told my teacher I am yielding, I need to change, my teacher said there is plenty of space. I saw none obviously my teacher is extended yet still has root, I am yielding yet I am loosing root and falling backwards. Where is the space? Where do I go? I can not push back my teacher says I need to yield.
I sink, I sink low and Lower on my legs my teacher keeps pushing forward but I am low and my teacher is uprooted!
That is when a light bulb went off in my head about Master Tao, there is always room you just need to know where it is.
It was a humbling experience to understand such a principle. I thought about the principle in life. Sometimes we are met with such opposition that we yield and no matter how much we do so we feel we are loosing ground and think we have to push back, but in understanding Master Tao's principle we can find that space we need in order to yield effectively.
Anyway this was just something I thought I share, I find Tuishou an excellent training tool not just in dealing with opponents but also in dealing with people in general.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Ping-Siang
This one you need to convert to English.
Master Tao's principles are awesome. My teacher trained with Master Tao and I learned some of his Tuishou principles.
I really like the softness and his ability to create space and always find space. There is always space and you have enough space to yield.
I found this out during Tuishou. My teacher pushed me and I yield, He kept pushing I was yielding but I had no where left to go I was going to go off balance.
I told my teacher I am yielding, I need to change, my teacher said there is plenty of space. I saw none obviously my teacher is extended yet still has root, I am yielding yet I am loosing root and falling backwards. Where is the space? Where do I go? I can not push back my teacher says I need to yield.
I sink, I sink low and Lower on my legs my teacher keeps pushing forward but I am low and my teacher is uprooted!
That is when a light bulb went off in my head about Master Tao, there is always room you just need to know where it is.
It was a humbling experience to understand such a principle. I thought about the principle in life. Sometimes we are met with such opposition that we yield and no matter how much we do so we feel we are loosing ground and think we have to push back, but in understanding Master Tao's principle we can find that space we need in order to yield effectively.
Anyway this was just something I thought I share, I find Tuishou an excellent training tool not just in dealing with opponents but also in dealing with people in general.
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