Comments on: 3/9-26 Tuishou http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/39-26-tuishou/ The Adventures of the Worst Student in the Pushhands Class Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:30:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Michael Joyce http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/39-26-tuishou/#comment-77 Michael Joyce Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:25:07 +0000 http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/39-26-tuishou/#comment-77 can't wait to push with ya! Let me know when you're in NC! as for the article, it leaves me to ask a question: "It seems you think awfully alot about how much force you are using... is your teacher(s) all wanting you to push- as it were a real street confrontation?" one teacher lets me play hard...and the other is quite formiddable in push hands too- he takes it easy easy easy. slow and steady...yield to even a feather falling gracefully. Years of the later will eventually produce more a more refined skill. biomechanically... if you research the idea of what they call a "wedge" or "bridge" you can easily offset someone who is new or has a novice experience level. At least that's my take on it. -MJ from the CCB http://chencenter.wordpress.com can’t wait to push with ya! Let me know when you’re in NC!

as for the article, it leaves me to ask a question: “It seems you think awfully alot about how much force you are using… is your teacher(s) all wanting you to push- as it were a real street confrontation?”

one teacher lets me play hard…and the other is quite formiddable in push hands too- he takes it easy easy easy. slow and steady…yield to even a feather falling gracefully. Years of the later will eventually produce more a more refined skill.

biomechanically… if you research the idea of what they call a “wedge” or “bridge” you can easily offset someone who is new or has a novice experience level.

At least that’s my take on it.
-MJ
from the CCB
http://chencenter.wordpress.com

]]> By: Poagao http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/39-26-tuishou/#comment-78 Poagao Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:37:23 +0000 http://poagao.org/taiji/2008/39-26-tuishou/#comment-78 Our teacher tells us that force is to be avoided, that relying on force won't teach you anything about tuishou, which I agree with. He's even against weight-lifting, because it trains you to do exactly the wrong thing. It's just that some of the students, mostly the newer guys, tend to not get it and treat it like a wrestling match. I think I understand the wedgie/bridge idea; it's true that it's not hard to use on a novice. Our teacher tells us that force is to be avoided, that relying on force won’t teach you anything about tuishou, which I agree with. He’s even against weight-lifting, because it trains you to do exactly the wrong thing.

It’s just that some of the students, mostly the newer guys, tend to not get it and treat it like a wrestling match.

I think I understand the wedgie/bridge idea; it’s true that it’s not hard to use on a novice.

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