太極進退不已功

四手上下分天地,採列肘靠有由去。
採天靠地相應求,何患上下不既濟!
若使挒肘習遠離,迷了乾坤遺歎惜。
此說亦明天地盤,進用肘挒歸人字。

楊班侯

"Differentiating the four hands above below are like heaven and earth; pluck, split, elbow and bump have their source in this separation.
If pluck from heaven and bump from earth correspond and look for each other; one should not worry if above and below support each other!
If one creates the habit of using split and elbow separately, one will lament the unbalance between heaven and earth.
This also explains the circles of heaven and earth; to advance in the application of split and elbow one should return to the word “man”."

Based on the translation by 楊俊敏 Yang Jwing Ming presented in the book 太極拳楊氏先哲秘要 Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style.

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