Push Hands Essential Skills

[@guytomash3382]

Wonderful video Andy! There are truly nuggets of gold in this video if one tries to understand. It is easy to get seduced into trying to get each other off balance and push your partner away. I remember pushing with other fellow students in the Kingsway studio. We would start to try to "get" each other. I don't know if you remember, but you would come by and say... "go back and do circles, you are no longer doing Tai Chi"! Those words stuck with me all these years. I often relate the story to my students. One needs to do the tedious work of the basic patterns of the circles in Push Hands over and over. With time and work, one can start to gain the understanding in the mind and the body of these essential skills you talk about in the video.

[@andywong5105]

Hi Guy, I do remember and I was just repeating what Master Mak used to say. He also used to say that, "There's always a mountain higher". There's always someone that's better. Trying to win detracts from the development of the basic skills. The more that you can invest in loss, the more you'll improve. Happy Practicing!

[@michelvles5914]

Michel here a student of Guy's in Vancouver,BC. I am learning a ton just studying the visuals ! In addition to all the great words! Thank you!

[@andywong5105]

Hi, I'm happy that you are learning from the video! These concepts and techniques are from what Mak Ying Po learned directly from Tung Ying Chieh. They form the basic foundation for more advanced techniques. The Tung Method as I have learned has a very defined and logical progression..

[@beagles1198]

Hello. Its Jim from the Kingsway and more days with Chuck and Eugene. Great seeing you.

[@andywong5105]

Hi Jim, it's been a long time! It's nice to hear from you. I still see Eugene and Chuck on occasion.

[@SkyOctopus1]

Nicely explained, nicely done.

[@andywong5105]

Thanks, I'm happy you found the video informative!

[@jeffmathias6901]

In the beginning it looked more like wrestling. Over time listening became necessary simply for endurance. Great explanations, thank you.

[@andywong5105]

Yes, wrestling is what you want to avoid. Thanks for watching!