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Small skills for big effect

A couple of my students practicing a basic sword avoidance drill - the
purpose being to understand that a small movement is sometimes all that is
necessary in order to achieve the objective.

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Small Skills

Submitted by clouddragon on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 18:24.

I see the seven stars stepping neglected in so many Tai Chi demonstrations and it is actually common sense to diagonally side step an attack. We do the same demonstration using a long pole where students side step, duck or jump over as the pole is sent there way in various different swings or stabs. I see so many demos where Tai chi is demonstrated without basic evasion methods. This sword is a good way of making the student focus on the job in hand. You do get used to the little ones wondering around while you demonstrate, I have not had any accidents yet but my two do start fighting with each other, they think it's quite normal lol.

My pet-hate is seeing tai chi

Submitted by Medway Tai Chi ... on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 21:58.

My pet-hate is seeing tai chi demonstrations, where the demonstrator works only in forward and backward, and ends up meeting his opponents force head-on: totally NOT the Tai Chi principle!

If you look at the creative and destructive cycle of the 5 elements that the Tai Chi "5-steps" from the 13 postures are based on, you can see the stratergy that Tai Chi uses to deal with an opponent.

Very small skills this must

Submitted by Masterkungable on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 15:50.

Very small skills this must be the first lesson yes?

Yes, first lesson.

Submitted by Medway Tai Chi ... on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 21:37.

Yes, first lesson.

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