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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney: The Mind and Combat
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney. The Mind and Combat. The following passage is taken from The Essence of Taijiquan. By David Gaffney and Davidine Siaw-Voon Sim. Chapter Two Taiji as a Combat Art. A particular mental attitude must be developed if one is to be able to calmly face combat encounters. Xunzi, the famous Chinese military tactician, writing on Strength and Weakness. Said: “Military tactics are like flowing water. A practitioner well versed in the Taijiquan training curriculum has at hi...
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney: April 2014
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney. Wednesday, 9 April 2014. Taijiquan, headhunters and a "hitting" doctor in Borneo. On tour in the "dark heart of Asia". Taijiquan by the South-China Sea. Taijiquan enthusiasts wishing to understand the cultural ideas that lie beneath the art shouldn't underestimate. Kota Kinabalu's Heavenly King Temple. Training on the "lansaran". CTGB on tour in Borneo - with the Murut natives of Sabah. Meat bone tea" at the Kung Fu restaurant. Training in Bukit Padang. The wait...
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney: Do you own your Taijiquan?
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney. Friday, 10 October 2014. Do you own your Taijiquan? The last few months I've been on the road, taking in France, China and Slovenia like some kind of Taiji gypsy. One of the fascinating things you can't help but notice is the different perceptions of the art that many people hold. Here I'm talking about serious Taijiquan practitioners, if we judge seriousness in terms of dedication and time spent actually doing it (as opposed to talking about it! One group of yo...
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney: December 2014
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney. Monday, 1 December 2014. Looseness. is it really that important? First time I went to China was in the mid-1990s. Each teacher I met I pestered with questions about how I could improve my Taijiquan to get the same level of explosiveness I was seeing from the teachers and their students. Invariably I was met with the same answer - "fangsong" or "loosen-up". The explosive fajin of Chen Xiaowang. After I replied "YES"! Follow the correct method. Looking for loosene...
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney: August 2014
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney. Monday, 18 August 2014. The Four "Buddha's Warriors". Wang Xian explains a point. L-R) David Gaffney, Davidine Sim, Wang Xian and Yen Sujie. A few of the tips he gave over the course of the week included:. Don't stupidly repeat the form and think that you are going to get fighting ability. You must take out single movements from the form and train them repeatedly until you completely understand them. Monday, 11 August 2014. However, the origin debate has dramati...
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney: Are you ready to train applications?
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney. Wednesday, 8 April 2015. Are you ready to train applications? Chen Xiaowang explaining the step by step journey from beginner to advanced practitioner. When you reach the point where your movement is smooth and coordinated, and you have understood the idea of following an opponent’s movement, then you can begin to examine the application possibilities within the form. Not simply collecting set responses for each movement. 9 April 2015 at 02:47. The Essence of Ta...
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney: October 2014
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney. Tuesday, 28 October 2014. Chen Xiaoxing – “Know the rules, but be flexible in their application”! Chen Xiaoxing - "The direction depends upon where your opponent is". Are we alternating opening and closing correctly? And with no unnecessary or additional movements to telegraph the intention? Brain mapping research - subject Chen Xiaoxing. Friday, 10 October 2014. Do you own your Taijiquan? The time honoured method of training in Chenjiagou places great emphasis ...
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney: January 2015
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney. Monday, 12 January 2015. Mastering Taijiquan – A Journey not a Destination. Art historian Sarah Lewis: mastery - a constant pursuit. Lewis listed several characteristics for master artists that I feel also apply to the likelihood of achieving a high level of Taijiquan skill. These high achievers, she found, are the kind of people who:. Thrive not when they have done it all, but when they still have more to do. Thrive when they stay at their own leading edge.
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney: Mastering Taijiquan – A Journey not a Destination
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney. Monday, 12 January 2015. Mastering Taijiquan – A Journey not a Destination. Art historian Sarah Lewis: mastery - a constant pursuit. Lewis listed several characteristics for master artists that I feel also apply to the likelihood of achieving a high level of Taijiquan skill. These high achievers, she found, are the kind of people who:. Thrive not when they have done it all, but when they still have more to do. Thrive when they stay at their own leading edge.
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney: Chen Taijiquan's Six Stages of Learning by Wang Haijun Translated by David Gaffney
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Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney. Chen Taijiquan's Six Stages of Learning by Wang Haijun Translated by David Gaffney. Article first appeared in Tai Chi Chuan and Oriental Arts magazine. If all of these stages are completed one comes to a point where applications against a real opponent can be brought out at will. In a serious encounter they do not have to pause to think about their response. Instead the most appropriate and effective reaction will naturally come out. This level of sk...This blog...
