Excerpt from 用武要言 Keys to Applying Martial Techniques (6) in 太極拳學入門總解 General Explanations of Taiji Boxing Fundamentals

要訣云:操演時面前如有人,對敵時有人如無人。面前手來不見手,胸前肘來不見肘。手起足要落,足落手要起。 Here are some secrets: “Whe…

Excerpt from 用武要言 Keys to Applying Martial Techniques (5) in 太極拳學入門總解 General Explanations of Taiji Boxing Fundamentals

戰鬥篇云:善擊者,先看步位,後下手勢。上打咽喉,下打陰。左右兩脅並中心。前打一丈不為遠,近打只在一寸間。 It says in writings on co…

Excerpt from 用武要言 Keys to Applying Martial Techniques (4) in 太極拳學入門總解 General Explanations of Taiji Boxing Fundamentals

要訣云:發步進入須進身,身手齊到是為眞,法中有訣從何取,解開其理妙如神。 Here’s a secret: “Advancing on an opponen…

Excerpt from 用武要言 Keys to Applying Martial Techniques (3) in 太極拳學入門總解 General Explanations of Taiji Boxing Fundamentals

戰鬥篇云:擊手勇猛,不當擊稍,迎面取中堂,搶上搶下勢如虎,類似鷹鷂下雞場;翻江撥海不須忙,單鳳朝陽最為強;雲背日月天交地,武藝相爭見短長。 It says …

Excerpt from 用武要言 Keys to Applying Martial Techniques (2) in 太極拳學入門總解 General Explanations of Taiji Boxing Fundamentals

拳術如戰術,擊其無備,襲其不意,乘擊而襲,乘襲而擊,虛而實之,實而虛之,避實擊虛,取本求末,出遇衆圍,如生龍活虎之狀,逢擊單敵,以巨炮直轟之勢。 Boxin…

Excerpt from 用武要言 Keys to Applying Martial Techniques (1) in 太極拳學入門總解 General Explanations of Taiji Boxing Fundamentals

要訣云:捶自心出。拳隨意發,總要知已知彼,隨機應變。 Here’s a secret: “A punch starts from your mind, th…

剛柔 Hardness and Softness in 太極拳學入門總解 General Explanations of Taiji Boxing Fundamentals

夫拳術之為用,氣與勢而已矣。然而氣有強弱,勢分剛柔,氣強者取乎勢之剛,氣弱者取乎勢之柔,剛者以千鈞之力而扼百鈞,柔者以百鈞之力而破千鈞,尚力尚巧,剛柔之所以分…

步法 Stepping Principles in 太極拳學入門總解 General Explanations of Taiji Boxing Fundamentals

今夫四肢百骸主於動,而實運以步;步者乃一身之根基,運動之樞紐也。以故應戰,對戰,本諸身。而所以為身之砥柱者,莫非步。隨機應變在於手。而所以為手之轉移者,又在於…

氣 Energy in 太極拳學入門總解 General Explanations of Taiji Boxing Fundamentals

天地間未有一往而不返者,亦未常有直而無曲者矣;蓋物有對待,勢有迴還,古今不易之理也。常有世之論捶者,而兼論氣者矣。夫主於一何分為二;所謂二者卽呼吸也,呼吸卽陰…

陳正雷 Chén Zhèngléi demonstrating the 梨花槍 Pear Blossom Spear

Demonstration of the 老架二路 Second Form of the Old Frame by 田秀臣 Tián Xiùchén

陳小旺 Chén Xiǎowàng demonstrating the 老架一路 First Form of the Old Frame

陳小旺 Chén Xiǎowàng explaining the Eight Jins of 太極拳 Tàijíquán

馮自強 Féng Zhiqiáng demonstrating the 老架二路 Second Form of the Old Frame or 炮捶 Cannon Fist of 陳式太極拳 Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan

陳小旺 Chén Xiǎowàng demonstrating 陳式太極拳 Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan

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