Monday, December 2, 2013

A new deeper feeling

Body as one. A connected feeling from the feel all the way through to the fingers. As soon as there is movement, I can feel the connection throughout.

Principle: Body moves as a connected unit, a whole, tai chi, not yin or yang, but both. It feels very light, very fast. Common in a lot of people's movement, even after many years of training is a disconnected movement, a sequence of movement. In the tai chi classics, it describes movement/power, coming from the feel through the legs, controlled by the waist and expressed through the fingers. I've heard this time and again, however, if you move sequentially like this, the opponent can stop your power before it reaches. the power is like a turbo lag, not instantaneous upon contact. When the movement is together, it works like gears connected, however, that description's feeling is too mechanical. The feeling, is like an electric connection, once the switch is turned on, all outlets receive the electricity Immediately. There is a connection from the feet, waist and fingers, but it isn't sequential, it's instantaneous. It's light, fast, the strike feels heavy, the push feels strong and it feels grounded, you can feel a connection to the ground, something to push off of, to strike from. Like a sprinter's block, there is something to push off of, but here's the kicker, it's always, through every motion.

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