Analysis of Zhan Zhuang (Post standing/Tree hugging stance) Part 2 - Muscle, Fascia and Tension

[@RobertAgarHutton]

Well done, great video. I love it when people try and explain Tai Chi and Qigong in a way that uses science rather than ancient and often incorrect beliefs.

[@thekungfuintellect]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@alexandrunegrea359]

Best anatomic explanation ever! thank you very much for the great work!

[@thekungfuintellect]

Thank you🙏🏽 glad you found it useful!

[@friendofnature1662]

Very nice prespective looking what happens in your body during practice!! Go on with👍👍 these kind of explanation how your body works from the inside!! We look forward to more videos!!✨✨

[@thekungfuintellect]

Glad you found it interesting! Check out the analyses on the 8 Pieces of Brocade exercises. The first 3 are up and the 4th will be even more detailed!

[@mtfhs]

Applauding Loudly !! Hear hear, well said. information like this needs to be well studied/ explained, then practiced

[@thekungfuintellect]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 thank you. Glad you found it useful

[@nativebritannicislander7150]

Excellent presentation. IMA needs a lot more of this type of breakdown. Well done!

[@thekungfuintellect]

Thank you! Glad you found it valuable

[@Homeheart1]

I found this video invaluable, because it helps me to understand from a martial arts point of view. This is not a critique at present, because I need to process it. But from a biology perspective it gives a why to all sorts of difficulties from the physical perspective that I encounter. This is good to learn from a functioning body perspective, however for me it's also looking at it from a what happens if the body is not functioning the way it needs to. Its like when you look at something from two ways or ying and yang perspective at once, so you get a realistic and reality perspective. People's bodies don't always function as is needed, I find it invaluable to see the both ways as bringing things into right perspective, or alignment or reconciliation or to bring out one from dysfunction to function. Or to have a video representation of that. That requires a greater deal of intelligence but also a greater level of caring.

[@thekungfuintellect]

I'm glad you've found it useful! I've set off at studying this to answer some my own questions and further understanding. I'm still learning and will update as I go.

[@Homeheart1]

@@thekungfuintellect I am glad you want to study it. I live this 24/7 not just for me. If 6ou get it right, o m g. If you don't its devastating beyond measure. Thankyou again, because its a very lonely place and journey. But it's also much needed.

[@StikfaFighter]

@@Homeheart1 I do my best. stay strong 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@deadlypalms]

It's a shame you're not a doctor - this is really helpful. You should head off to med school or become a physio.

[@thekungfuintellect]

thank you! I'm glad you found it useful!

[@summer12151]

Its funny how an eastern meditation technique is analyzed thoroughly from physical body point of view...😊

[@TheNin0007]

Amazing video! I'm about to start practicing Zhan Zhuang after a pause. I've always endured mid-back pain around the lower ribs in this posture, not matter how much I moved around or tried to adjust. Does anyone have an idea why this may be? Thank you.

[@thekungfuintellect]

Glad you enjoyed the video! If you have a teacher they might be able to help you identify the issue.

[@agilero2008]

Half the method, half the teacher. In other words, this is not something to learn from the srceen. It needs someone, who is gone this way for a while. Use your intelligence to find her or him.

[@agilero2008]

Hands should be around dantian, not higher. Avoiding tensions in the shoulders. This shown here needs some years to execute for lets say half an hour. A quarter for health, half an hour for kung fu, one hour .....

[@thekungfuintellect]

@@agilero2008 if the hands are held lower the tension relationship between anterior and posterior deltoid changes slightly. Anterior becomes less active and posterior less lengthened. Everything else would be the same.

[@TaichiStraightlife]

One of the things that has worked for me is using my imagination. In terms of my spine, I first imagined a length of pipe connected to & sticking out of my mid-spine. I grasped that with my imaginary hand and slowly tugged it upward, lengthening my spine. That worked well for a time and then I evolved the image; I mentally inserted that imaginary pipe lower down, a little south of the ming-men, and began to tug it upward from there, which seemed to work better. At this time, I either grasp the spine directly with my imaginary fist (or sometimes the pipe) south of the ming-men, tug it upward for some seconds, then go up several inches & grasp my spine again, tugging it upwards from there for some seconds and so on, until I've reached a point directly under the neck, when I'll relax the muscles of my skull, open my baihui, soften my eyes etc. So far, working upward, grasping my spine at several points & gently pulling it further up, lengthening it, seems to work best; but my whole practice is a work in progress, constantly evolving. Hope that helps.