Power at the Speed of Thought: How Tai Chi's Neijin Overcomes Raw Speed and Power

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@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

I want to add a bit of info about HOW to do this, as this video did not inherently cover that. This video was filmed after several hours of practicing and filming the lessons for the Stage 4, Neijin Mastery online course so Moe and everyone present was already familiar with how to do it, as we are just focusing on application versus other skills at this point. So let me explain a bit now: The main key to the most subtle of Tai Chi internal skills is a total transparency between your consciousness and your physical being. Through practice and release, you reach a silence that is not disturbed within, a stillness that persists, and a responsiveness that responds without being influenced by any monkey mind. The tension that we hold in our physical body, whether intentionally, or unconsciously, limits our body's ability to respond to our Yi Intent instantly and transparently. The emotional burdens you had carried, weighs upon your energy and shifts your responsiveness from their optimal state. The mental fixations you had formed, such as rules of behavior that don't need to apply now, adaptations to traumas that are not efficient here, and any other thought that is anything but here and only now, they form a maze that endlessly delay and limit your Yi's impact on your physical being and reality. In the first 3 stages of our curriculum, you gradually work to release all of this. Fascia Mastery to release conflict and struggle. Song to release physical, emotional, and mental tension. Qi Mastery to awaken your ability to sense and manipulate the nonphysical aspect of energy. Upon this foundation, the 4th stage of Neijin Mastery becomes available and accessible. In this video we explore how this transparent and instant quality of Neijin helps us to overcome even the powerful and fast Qi Mastery's internal power and the heavy and spontaneous power of Song Mastery. But it would not be possible to reach this level of awareness, release, and inner transparency without the prior levels, unless you are just born a Tai Chi master. 😃 This is one of the reasons why so many people have dedicated themselves to Tai Chi practice, but have not achieved the mastery that the great masters of the past have. But it is indeed possible and we hope that these videos continue to help you find your path to the top of that mountain! 😃🙏

@kingofaikido Ай бұрын

Hi Chester, I haven't signed up to your course but, from long taichi practice and research in the classics, I seem to have figured out how to do Lingchi from your previous video. It seems to confer a new sensitivity, like radar. If we are inside or past our partner's energy, of course it would work instantaneously..! I also notice that when I practice movements this way, everyone in my vicinity begins to subconsciously get better at doing it. Odd but fascinating, like most of taichi. P.s. Love your videos. Hopefully, one day we will meet, assuming we don't get taken over by AI-generated robots who have figured out how to counter taichi experts who, by then, may be battling to save humanity from the oligarchs taking over...

@LightsOnMultiMediaMindArts Ай бұрын

The idea of Peng as being like a shield is extremely interesting. It does make a kind of body sense to me.

@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

I have heard before that the backfist may have evolved from shield usage. And when you think about how the backfist often precedes a strong main hand strike, and you envision the whole thing as a shield parry followed by a counter attack that does make a lot of sense too! It’s interesting to consider what are the origins of these methods from the era before hand to hand was the focus. 😃🙌

@dzj20p Ай бұрын

Great Video !... Appreciate the whispers of the masters. To help those that come from a "External" martial arts experience the external Qi energy, we place a staff on the back of the wrist and hand and have them do the 'TaiJi' walk. Where the slightest movement is exaggerated and can change everything.

@Kingcrow13 Ай бұрын

Shifu, I'm loving your channel. Thanks for the knowledge you shared.

@CharlesEBusa Ай бұрын

Amazing work, Chester! Thank you for sharing. Have a great day.

@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment! 😃🙏

@highdefinitionarchitecture8208 Ай бұрын

Again with the awesome videos that sparks the curiosity, at least that’s how I feel when I watch them. Really great demonstrations! It’s also quite inspiring to see how much Mo has grown since I first saw him in your videos. I wonder, did he had previous training or is it just him being so lucky to have you train him live? 😁

@billscott71 Ай бұрын

Thank you master

@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment. 😃🙏

@bobbader4789 Ай бұрын

Interesting !

@jeroenkv5034 Ай бұрын

Excellent explaining and teaching! You have good knowledge and skills of Taiji and Xingyi. What about Baguazhang? How does it compaire?

@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

You have a good sixth sense! Bagua Zhang will be the topic of the next video. Thank you for your kind comment! 😃🙏

@jeroenkv5034 Ай бұрын

@@phoenixmountaintaichi Excellent!

@rapidstable Ай бұрын

Watching those students advance in skill is a blessing. Thank you!

@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

I agree! It’s really wonderful to see them grow and enjoy this journey! Thank you for the kind comment. I’m sure they appreciate it too! 😃🙏

@mrvgranfield Ай бұрын

My master talks of peng hang square power it's what you need if you were to slowly push a spear through a foot ball on a wall so it's like a special alignment within your own body the spear and to push it through the ball .This can be used in many ways hands kicks weapons all sorts.

@t.roberttsao4274 Ай бұрын

後發先至。

@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

Yes well said thank you! 😃🙏

@andrewearlwu554 Ай бұрын

FIRST😊

@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

Haha you are faster than the speed of thought! 😮😃

@andrewearlwu554 Ай бұрын

@@phoenixmountaintaichi I think the others let me and KZbin sort of assist with speedy notifications... Anyway, it was showing that there were 3 views already when I reached here

@40JoCharles Ай бұрын

🙂🙏🏼☯️👊🏼

@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

🙏🙌😃

@TeShan-lf7kq Ай бұрын

🙏🎸☯️🕉️

@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

🙌🙏

@Marco-wq7nn Ай бұрын

I miss real pressure testing. What if someone with fast moves like from wing chun is your opponent. Before you can use neijin, he already gave you three punches. He is not going to wait if you block. Shown me neijin wirh a fast opponent, then i will be impressed. Now it is just a nice idea.

@briannewman9285 Ай бұрын

How does that apply to getting punched in the face? Because people don't do a lot of one-armed pushing once a fight starts.

@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

You can definitely put a hand in the way between their fist and your face. Also, you can place a long guard that keeps the distance between you and their arm, like UFC champion Jon Jones, Muay Thai champions Buakaw and Superlek. They show very exemplary use of forcing people to deal with their arms before their opponents can punch them in the face! Thanks for the question! 😃🙏

@briannewman9285 Ай бұрын

I have absolutely no idea how this is supposed to answer my question. You can do a lot of things and, when they are performed perfectly,, they’ll work. But anyone who has ever been in a fight knows that everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. Technique needs to include a high tolerance for error because in a real fight nothing is going to be textbook.

@phoenixmountaintaichi Ай бұрын

⁠@@briannewman9285right as you say anyone who has ever been in a fight knows that everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. I would amend that to say that people who have lost a fight may know that they had a plan until they got punched in the face. And beyond that, everyone who has been in many fights, especially those who have won many fights, know that you will inevitably be punched in the face, but because of your training, your discipline, your determination, you can keep your plan and you can win. I think everyone who has ever held a title belt, have won many, if not all of their fights, after getting punched in the face many times. My new students sometime are very scared about getting punched in the face and it makes them have a hard time using the skills they have been training. One of the solutions is to just keep sparring and get punched in the face (by reasonable levels of force from reasonable partners). Because when it has happened enough times you will realize that you are still alive, that your mind and body still works, and you can still keep it together and apply your skill. One of the old sayings about Kungfu says this: First courage Second strength Then, learn skill. This video is about skill, and a certain type of strength. You bring up an important topic about courage and I totally agree about its importance. Get courage. Be as brave as possible. Be as strong as you can be. And have the skill to use that strength appropriately, and the courage to look at that punch coming at your face without flinching. And keep sparring and drilling and fighting, without fear or shame of losing, until you gain that courage. Another saying I tell my students is, don’t fear losing or messing up in training. Taste defeat in sparring so you can taste victory when it really counts. Check out some of my other videos if you are further interested in how to avoid getting punched in the face, whether it’s by parrying, dodging, or hitting them first. You’re right that those are crucial skills, and that’s covered else where and not the focus of discussion here. It’s a good discussion elsewhere though! Thanks for bringing it up. My students will tell you how often I show them that if they get too complicated, sometimes you might simply get punched in the face! Valid problem. 😃🙏

@briannewman9285 Ай бұрын

“Every body has a plan until they get punched in the face” is a well-known quote from Mike Tyson. But, sure, I’m sure you’ve got more fight experience than he does and are qualified to correct him!

@briannewman9285 Ай бұрын

Do street fights where you come from regularly end up with two people single-arm pushing each other? No? Then my question about how such drills apply to punching (a question which still has not been answered) should be understandable. And suggesting that you know more about fighting than Mike Tyson, enough to call him wrong, is the kind of vapid Internet comment that stinks of the Dunning-Kruger effect.