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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Mar 20

A feather cannot be placed,
a fly cannot alight
on any part of the body.

- Wang Tsung-yueh

Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Mar 19

If the opponent's movement is quick,
then quickly respond;
if his movement is slow,
then follow slowly.

- Wang Tsung-yueh

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Mar 5

It is not excessive or deficient;
it follows a bending, adheres to an extension.

When the opponent is hard and I am soft,
it is called tsou [yielding].

When I follow the opponent and he becomes backed up,
it is called nian [sticking].

- Wang Tsung-yueh

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Feb 25

T'ai Chi [Supreme Ultimate] comes from Wu Chi [Formless Void] and is the mother of yin and yang.
In motion T'ai Chi separates;
in stillness yin and yang fuse and return to Wu Chi.

- Wang Tsung-yueh

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Feb 18

... This is the so-called inches mistake, which, when allowed to develop, becomes the distance of thousands of miles.

- Master Wong Chung-yua

Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Feb 18

The T'ai Chi principle is as simple as this: yield yourself and follow the external forces. Instead of doing this, most people ignore such obvious and simple principles and search for a more remote and impractical method...

Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Feb 17

Then you will understand the flow of internal power, and, having repeatedly practiced and refined your your technique and explored your own awareness, you can use and control your internal power at will.

- Master Wong Chung-yua

Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Feb 17

To avoid double-weightedness you should further understand that positive and negative should compliment each other...

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Feb 14

... and so cannot follow the flow of their opponent's movement.. This is essentially because they are hindered by their mistake of double-weightedness.

- Master Wong Chung-yua

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Feb 14

Following the changing situation, you move as is necessary. If you are unable to respond in this way, you will become double-weighted. Often martial artists who have practiced for years still cannot move properly ...

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Feb 5

You're right, at worst they can make people believe things they shouldn't.

Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Feb 5

When you practice T'ai Chi, you should stand with your posture balanced like a scale. When you move, your movements should revolve as effortlessly as the turning of a wheel.

- Master Wong Chung-yua

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Feb 4

... and speed (fast destroys slow), so that the weak must fall to the strong and the slow must lose to the fast. This, however, is dependent on physical ability and does not relate to the discipline we now discuss.

- Master Wong Chung-yua

Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Feb 4

If you achieve this level of sensitivity, there is no force that will defeat you. There are thousands of methods and techniques in the martial arts. Regardless of the techniques and postures employed, most depend on physical condition (strong destroys weak) ...

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Jan 27

Look into the technique of using four ounces of energy to control the force of a thousand pounds. Such techniques as these do not depend on brute force to overcome.

- Master Wong Chung-yua

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Jan 27

... or control you, but you will be aware of your opponent and control him.

- Master Wong Chung-yua

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Jan 27

Your body's sensitivity should be such that you are aware of the tiniest feather brushing against your skin. Even the mosquito finds no place to land on you without causing you to move. Then there will be no way for your opponent to detect ...

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Jan 9

Make your opponent feel that when he looks upward, you are much taller, and when he looks downward, you are much lower. When he moves forward, he should feel that he cannot reach you, and when he retreats, he should feel that he has nowhere to escape to.

- Master Wong Chung-yua

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Jan 8

... Your movements should be constantly changing from the substantial to the insubstantial. If your left side feels heavy, you should make your left side light. If your right side feels heavy, you should make your right side disappear.

- Master Wong Chun-yua

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Jan 8

When you practice T'ai Chi, you should relax the neck and suspend the head, as if from a height above you. Internal power should sink to the lower part of the abdomen. Your posture should keep to the center. Do not lean in any direction...

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Jan 7

you cannot reach a sudden understanding of natural awareness without proper practice for an extended period of time.

- Master Wong Chung-yua

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Jan 7

After coming to an understanding of the internal power of movement, you can approach the theory of natural awareness. Natural awareness is developed through practice over a long period of time;

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Jan 6

Regardless of your opponent's actions, the principle of your response remains the same. Once this type of movement has become your own, you will understand internal power.

- Master Wong Chung-yua

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Jan 3

... Then you are attached to your opponent: when he moves faster, you also move faster; when he moves slower, you move slower, thereby matching his movement.

- Master Wong Chung-yua

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Tai Chi Classics @taichiclassics.bsky.social · Jan 3

If your opposite side is hard, change your own side to make it soft. This is called following. If your opponent is moving and you adhere to him while following in the same direction, it is called sticking...

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