Unleash Your Tai Chi Potential HACK: A Guide to Improving Internal Structure

Discover the power of internal martial arts with the help of champagne bottles! Learn how to integrate your body's internal structure and bring an external object into it, creating a more powerful and unified unit. Improve your Tai Chi principles, including your Tiger's Mouth, with this simple training tool. Experiment with different variations of Tai Chi Cloud Hands to feel the lines of force flowing through your body and find the natural turning point where you should turn your hands around in the circular arc. When you have your internal structure and connection, you will find the effortless flow of movement.
Share in the comments if you tried this and if you made any discoveries in your own movements 👇
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[@Nuxia108]

I love this It applies equally to a gourd of rice wine as a 20lb iron staff! I've found no better way to boost the feeling in my jian and empty hand than working gently, always in a relaxed manner, always with light footwork, with object of some amount of weight. I don't have big muscles either, not a big person, and what I have found is it's all all tendon. I can wield the same weight weapon as the big guys, more quickly, lightly and with more control. So it all comes down to internal stretching and movement, and adding a little weight can boost it to the next level. I will also say that, via forensic analysis of Wudang in general, I am more and more convinced that Drunken was the original form of truly internal martial art. So, when you get to the end of your first workout, and your body is properly exhausted for internal boxing, crack the champagne, take a few sips, and practice some more. 😊😊😊 Amituofo!

[@jtech711]

i love how big your smile gets when you do the super hard things!!( and make it look sooo easy)

[@AipingTaiChi]

😁😁😁❤️🙏

[@frizzman1991]

It's amazing how little force is needed when one is balanced! The natural flow of things can feel effortless and calm when you embody that flow yourself. This was a really nice watch this morning - put me in a good mood. Really great stuff!

[@AipingTaiChi]

Thank you ❤️🙏

[@sergioguillen1037]

Thank you so much for this wonderful explanation on how to use minimum force!!! many moves make more sense now. I greatly appreciate your clear and down-to-earth explanations.

[@AipingTaiChi]

I'm so glad it helped 🙏❤️

[@jammygitt]

Thought I'd seen it all

[@SheikhAlladeen]

made the big enigma "internal" clear thanks

[@AipingTaiChi]

It is such an enigma and so often explained so mystically. This is where I've landed in my understanding at this point but I feel like it's still very elusive and the more I understand the more I realize how little I understand.

[@SheikhAlladeen]

@@AipingTaiChi guess it is so elusive bc it is hard to to convey in words. This vid really helps a lot . "Oh this is what it is all about" :)

[@24X7CARZ]

You’re a good teacher.

[@AipingTaiChi]

Thank you so much 🙏❤️

[@nathalielopez9772]

Thank you 🙏

[@davidgeldner2167]

This is awesome!

[@KelGhu]

Love your practice! I find these exercises with bottles are very interesting. Thank you for sharing! I would love to see videos about more advanced concepts and methods. I'm very curious to see your interpretation on things like: - Peng (Taiji Quan instructors don't insist enough on how crucial Peng is) - Song - Emptiness - Na and Hua. - Fascias - Two-person drills (like testing people's root, jin sensitivity exercices, fajin, etc) - Also your opinion on modern masters like Adam Mizner and Liang Dehua. Please, watch their videos. They have incredible skills. Obviously, I am a martial Taiji Quan adept. And I am always trying to absorb as much knowledge as possible. Even if understanding it is a whole different story, but any help would be welcome ❤️

[@AipingTaiChi]

Thank you ♥️🙏 I will definitely add your suggestions to my KZbin content topics list!

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Fun idea!

[@AipingTaiChi]

😁

[@staceg2003]

I really like this tool for training. Regarding the cloud hands portion of the video, when I was taught to do cloud hands, it is the same motion as your school except our hands pass each other at the high outer arc of the circle rather than the low (if that makes sense). From an application standpoint, this is an outside block/trap into joint lock (as the hands cross and turn to change palm direction, the trap & joint lock take place). We only practice Yang style; I've never trained Chen, Sun, Wu, etc. I'll have to experiment with the lower position to see if it helps some of my students get the move. And also with the champagne bottles! I've used 12 in diameter dodgeballs before, but never champagne bottles! Thank you for this explanation!

[@AipingTaiChi]

Thank you so much 🙏❤️ That application of Cloud Hands makes sense too!

[@sozestone6469]

Im going to do this!

[@AipingTaiChi]

Let us know how it goes and what you discovered! And have fun :)

[@humbertozingano2202]

Really wonderful to hear someone discussing "energetics" and you actually mean energy, real physical energy you can feel or you could even measure, not some supernatural woo-woo thing!

[@humbertozingano2202]

I didn't realize the bottle are full. They're going to blast champagne all over when you open them!

[@AipingTaiChi]

Thank you 🙏❤️

[@konstantintop-painting6882]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@madogblue]

Awesome

[@AipingTaiChi]

🙏❤️

[@frederickg.6155]

We used heavy bottles in wing chun to build fajing in our wrists

[@AipingTaiChi]

That's great 🔥🔥🔥

[@ChristianoSts]

hi, thanks for sharing. i liked that idea. so, do you have any videos showing how this structure applies when in touch with a partner?

[@AipingTaiChi]

Thank you 🙏❤️ I don't have a video on that but the concept is pressuring the structure into your arms and hands the arms

[@humbertozingano2202]

This is really great, but... I don't want to de-emphasize the really great part. This is really a profound teaching about the differences between how things work in the three styles, and a very cool way to feel it. But, getting back to the but part.... you're really missing a bet here. You need to manufacture your own bottles and frame them as, I dunno, traditional Wuhan bottles from the ancient sacred crypts of China. How you gonna make any money with champagne bottles that are just lying around? ;-). (^_^)

[@AipingTaiChi]

😂😂😂 Rappers have their own champagne brands, why not an Aiping Tai Chi champagne 🍾🥂 😁😁😁 Get a drunken Tai Chi fist out there, lol

[@westernrider100]

The bottles need to be non-breakable.

[@kel57400]

Can you recommend any teachers in Illinois?

[@AipingTaiChi]

Where in Illinois? I can recommend in the Chicago area. Other areas I will have to ask around my instructor friends

[@kel57400]

​@@AipingTaiChi In the Chicago area. Thanks!

[@AipingTaiChi]

@@kel57400 Chris Cinnamon runs @chicagotaichi and he has beginner friendly classes and teaches in a way that is easy for people to learn. There are other good instructors that focus more on the martial side but if you're looking for a good place to get started, Chris is an excellent teacher

[@MsBettyRubble]

​​@@AipingTaiChian you recommend anyone in the Pasadena area of Los Angeles, California?

[@HakuYuki001]

“The champagne bottle is a great way to train your tiger’s mouth” That’s a great out-of-context quote.

[@AipingTaiChi]

🤣😁❤️