Section 2 Videos - 2023
Open the Clouds, Diagonal Single Whip, High Pat On Horse, Separation of Right Foot
More details about doing Open the Clouds, Diagonal Single Whip, High Pat On Horse, and Separation of Right Foot.
More details about Open the Clouds, Diagonal Single Whip, High Pat On Horse, Separation of Right Foot. High Pat on Horse (right), Separation of Left Foot, and Turn & High Pat on Horse
Review Open the Clouds, Diagonal Single Whip, High Pat On Horse, Separation of Right Foot. High Pat on Horse (right), Separation of Left Foot, and Turn & High Pat on Horse. Introduce Turn & High Pat on Horse, Separation of Right Foot. Brush Knee & Twist Step (right, left, right), and Step Forward & Punch Downward.
Review Open the Clouds, High Pat On Horse, Separation of Right Foot. High Pat on Horse (right), Separation of Left Foot, and Turn & High Pat on Horse, Separation of Right Foot. Brush Knee & Twist Step (right, left, right), and Step Forward & Punch Downward, Carry the Moon in the Bottom of the Sea, Separation of Left Foot & Hit a Tiger at Left & right.
Discussed the importance of the using the feet correctly and the qua to create movement in tai chi. Reviewed how the feet turn as well as how one foot pulls (absorbs) and one sinks. Reviewed how to do a Brush Knee in detail, and how to use the feet to move the body when doing Open Clouds.
Discussed the importance of internal connections and how to create these connections. Discussed in detail how to kick. Reviewed Open the Clouds, High Pat On Horse, Separation of Right Foot. High Pat on Horse (right), Separation of Left Foot, and Turn & High Pat on Horse, Separation of Right Foot. Brush Knee & Twist Step (right, left, right), and Step Forward & Punch Downward
Step Forward & Punch Downward, Carry the Moon to the Bottom of the Sea, Separation of Left Foot, Hit a Tiger at Left & Right, Step Up and Punch.
Step Forward & Punch Downward, Carry the Moon to the Bottom of the Sea, Separation of Left Foot, Hit a Tiger at Left & Right, Step Up and Punch, Step Up and Strike Ears with Both Fists.
Reviewed in depth Open Clouds, especially the spiraling and footwork. Reviewed the relationship of the knees and elbows, especially in postures like the Single Whip. Reviewed the transition from Hit Tiger to Step Up and Punch, and to Step Up and Strike Ears with Both Fists.
Reviewed in depth the postures of the 2nd section up to and including Step Up and Strike Ears with Both Fists.
Reviewed in depth how the body moves the arms and how the feet move the body. Discussed the idea of being within a sphere and the fingers and toes touch the edges of the sphere, as your back extends to touch the back of the sphere. We revied how to sit; what do you do with our tailbone and ming-men to feel seated. We re-visited how the feet create a 3-dimentional spiral by turning and sinking and absorbing. Finally, we went over the Step Up and Punch and Strike Ears with Both Fists. We discussed how the position of the tailbone makes the movements work.
Went in depth into Deflect Downward, Intercept and Punch followed by the Apparent Closing. Reviewed in detail each part of the movements.
Went in depth into Deflect Downward, Intercept and Punch followed by the Apparent Closing. Reviewed in detail each part of the movements.
Reviewed the Apparent Closing, and learned the Hug The Silver Moon and Turn Palms postures, going into Grasp the Peacock's Tail (Ward Off).
Reviewed specific details of Open Clouds. Reviewed Hug The Silver Moon and Turn Palms postures, going into Grasp the Peacock's Tail (Ward Off).
Reviewed details of Hug The Silver Moon and Turn Palms postures. Went in depth into Grasp the Peacock and introduced Part the Horse's Mane.
Reviewed how to create counter balances by expanding in one direction as you move in another direction. Also discussed how movements in tai chi are linked together into a "flowing river". We demonstrated in some of the movements that we're covering how as one movement ends, the other begins. We went into details of Hug The Silver Moon and Turn Palms postures. Went in depth into Grasp the Peacock and introduced Part the Horse's Mane.
Went in depth into the 1st move of Grasp the Peacock's Tail and reviewed how Part the Horse's Mane is done.
Reviewed the steps that go into doing the kicks. Reviewed in depth the 1st move of Grasp the Peacock's Tail and reviewed how the first part of Parting the Horse's Mane is done. Emphasised how to open the arms by expanding, sinking, and squeezing the elbows, and how to feel counter balances when moving.
Reviewed second and third moves of Grasp the Peacock's Tail and covered the Parting the Horse's Mane in its entirety. Emphasised feeling the internal connections when doing the moves.
Reviewed Grasp the Peacock's Tail and covered the Parting the Horse's Mane in its entirety. Introduced the Fair Lady Works At The Shuttles.
Went over the Parting the Horse's Mane in its entirety and how it turns into the Fair Lady Works at the Shuttles. Covered the Lotus in detail.