Susan Thompson Tai Chi shares the internal art of Tai Chi. Explore the deeper aspects of Tai Chi, unlocking its rich and transformative potential. Connect your mind, body, and spirit into a life-changing flow which brings strength, health, and balance to your life Through Tai Chi and Qigong deeper underpinnings, you’ll learn to relieve stress, build your Qi (life energy), and navigate life’s challenges with calmness and grace. Many believe it takes years to see benefits, but I’m here to show you otherwise. With simple, effective movements, you’ll start feeling the positive changes immediately. No matter your age or health goals, you’ll find supportive videos here designed to promote healing, enhance your way of handling life, and improve your overall well-being through Tai Chi and Qigong. Join me on this journey. Be Calm. Do Tai Chi.
Sei molto benvenuto. Ora che hai sentito la fascia su te stesso e ti sei mosso, sarà molto più facile farlo su una persona. Se non hai successo all'inizio, probabilmente è perché non hai collegato mentalmente il tuo tocco alla fascia delle loro articolazioni. Devi connetterti alle loro articolazioni, almeno gomito e spalla, e si spera alla colonna vertebrale e ai piedi. Sii paziente con te stesso e col tempo, comincerà a succedere! Buona fortuna!
??? Fascia is not the qi. The Chinese separate qi from fascia/membrane and tendon. When you touch someone who is, for instance, "rooted" or using jin, you don't "feel the fascia", you feel their subtle connection to the ground through your touch and the interpretation from your subconscious.
You are correct in some of what you say. The fascia is one highway through which Qi flows. However for teaching purposes, it is beneficial to learn how to connect to the fascia first and can be effective without using actual Qi. Once an individual can connect to another's fascia and move them in a mechanical sense through the fascia, they can then add Qi and have a greater effect with less effort and less mechanical force. Then adding the subtle subconscious as you stated ( intention or yi) adds even more effectiveness. My current videos are just a starting place. It is not possible nor is it prudent for me to teach all at once what I know. My goal is to make internal aspects of Tai Chi accessible to all and that does require some step-by-step teaching and learning.
Good question. Usually the taping gives the foot the rest break from pain and irritation breaking the cycle thereby giving the foot decreased inflammation and eventually no tape is needed. One has to gauge it appropriately.
Hi I just new in taichi and I really like for internal martial art. I try myself and with partner and my son, but it's not working as expected. I'm curious this is because you touch the fascia so the partner not realize that he/she already push back. Or when you touch someone fascia correctly they are out balance and can't use their strength ? when I relax i can feel to move my fascia, elbow and body. but when I tense my muscle it won't work at all
You are spot on with all of your comments and what you are experiencing. Yes, the light touch to the fascia disrupts the balance system. Keep up the good work and trust your intuition. If you don't have success right away keep at it and use a light touch. Work with a partner that is cooperative at first and as you get better they can resist more. Feel free to ask more questions!
Eventually as your skill develops you can use it against punches or kicks. The trick is to not meet the punch with force of any kind. Rather, you guide the punch away and as you do you connect to the fascia and to their joints. Practice slowly at first then gradually speed up the process.
It also worked for me! But why?? How does this work? Maybe if we understand, we can devise some kind of insole or something... now when I think about it, the tape may prevent the anterior traverse arch of the foot from collapsing. Ie imaging an archer's bow, stringed to tension. Now it is not possible to bend the bow into a straight line. But if the string is removed, it can bend straight. If this happens to the front arch, maybe the nerve is squeezed onto the ground. The tape may be works like the string of the bow, keeping the arch bent, so some space is left bewteen the nerve and the ground. Not sure if this is how it works, but I'm gonna experiment with it. Any thoughts?
Thanks for the thoughtful and insightful response. In my opinion what is happening is the tape is applying a light supportive feedback to the fascia which shuts down the pain receptors. I don't think the tape has enough structure to create a tension line to prevent the arch from collapsing as you described. A light input to the fascia can be almost magical in its effect. Watch my Strong Man vs. Tai Chi video to see further demonstration of what light touch to the fascia can do. The tape acts as a light, but present "touch" to the fascia. Thanks for the thoughts on why this taping works. I'm glad it helped you!
@@InternalTaiChi ok hm that's interesting, I wouldn't have guessed that. Yes the actual support seems to be a bit weak.. Anyhow, I'm gonna experiment a bit more with this, thnx !
@@InternalTaiChi I was just thinking: if the taping technique reduces the sensitivity, isn't it kind of dangerous to do this? Because then you can't feel anymore when the nerve gets squeezed, and as a result you keep moving and it may get irritated more and the incapsulation also grows. Thnx
Thank you. I tried xe Chong a year ago never felt it. Then today I watched your video and felt the energy. I'm gonna start doing this everyday. Thank you
Thank YOU! I am delighted that watching my video facilitated your feeling Qi energy. It will now keep growing stronger and more tangible to you. Thanks for your comment and enjoy your practice!
First try it on yourself. Once you can feel it on yourself it's easier to feel it on another person. I'll make a quick video on this question too. It's a simple yet really important question!
@@Choptron27 Thank you. I'll try to post something simple, and pretty impromptu. I'm on the road, but can video something from my phone. Hope to do it in the next few days.
Oh blah blah blah lot's of flowery talk. she's just changing the angle and pushing between his legs rather than into his back leg. Nothing to do with facia. It's subtle but easily seen if you know what to look for and watching closely.
Io ho provato, anche con un bambino di 10 anni, ma non sono riuscito a spostarli. Dove posso aver sbagliato? Eppure la tecnica sembra facile da eseguire.
Un bambino potrebbe non essere un buon punto di partenza. La fascia di un bambino è diversa da quella di un adulto. Devi muovere la pelle e uno strato sotto di essa, ma non così in profondità da toccare osso o muscolo. Gioca con essa su te stesso prima. Prova a toccare la tua fascia sull'avambraccio e poi collega quel tocco al gomito, poi alla spalla, poi alla colonna vertebrale. Una volta che hai questa sensazione, prova a muovere il tuo corpo da quella mano connessa attraverso tutte le articolazioni del braccio ricevente. Dovresti sentire un movimento del tuo corpo come se qualcun altro ti stesse tirando. Una volta che riesci a farlo su te stesso, prova la stessa cosa su un adulto che non oppone molta resistenza. Una volta che hai successo, puoi far aumentare la resistenza al tuo partner di pratica. --------- A child may not be a good starting place. A child's fascia is different than that of an adult. You need to move the skin, and one layer below it, but not so deep of a touch that you are touching bone or muscle. Play with it on yourself first. Try touching your fascia on your forearm and then connect that touch to your elbow, then your shoulder, then your spine. Once you have this sensation, then try to move your body from that connecting hand all the way through the joints of the receiving arm. You should feel a movement of your body as if someone else was pulling you. Once you can do this on yourself, try the same thing on an adult who is not resisting you a whole lot. Once you have success then you can have the practice partner increase their resistance.
@@InternalTaiChi, innanzitutto grazie per la risposta. E grazie per aver risposto in italiano. Non credo che sia frutto di un traduttore informatico. E' troppo perfetta. Per questo due volte grazie. Comunque ho scritto che ci ho provato anche con un bambino perchè in precedenza avevo provato con un adulto e non c'ero riuscito. Proverò i tuoi consigli.
@1965Cataldo Tocca il tuo avambraccio finché non pensi di essere appena sotto la pelle. Poi fai una spirale leggermente finché non la senti fino al gomito, poi immagina che si connetta alla spalla e tira o spingi leggermente. Il tuo corpo andrà nella direzione in cui spingi o tiri. Se il tuo tocco è troppo profondo, non funzionerà. Sto tenendo un workshop in diretta streaming di mezza giornata il 17 agosto dalle 9 alle 13 ora centrale degli Stati Uniti. Ti piacerebbe partecipare? Sto invitando solo poche persone. Farò il workshop di persona con alcune persone ma lo trasmetterò anche in diretta. Poiché fai domande molto interessanti, ho pensato di offrirti l'opportunità. Sto permettendo solo a 5 persone di partecipare in diretta streaming. Se non vuoi, va bene lo stesso, cercherò comunque di aiutarti!
really just pushing a different direction, when pushing wrong she is grounding him by pushing his frame into his feet. there is no magic, its all physics and architecture
This is beautifully slow, in my class we often used to practice this sequence, but not at this pace and it is so much more relaxing and calming at this pace. I'm learning much more about rotating and not twisting from your videos and this has enabled me to deepen my practice without back issues, so glad i found your channel.
Thank you for your wonderful comment. Yes, the more advanced I become, the slower I go. You will too. The fact that you are sensing the value of the slowness shows you already know, on an intuitive level, how rich the experience can be. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Dear Susan, I am very impressed and fascinated by your presentations showing different impacts of Qi . I' ve been practicing QiGong and TaChi for almost 20 years quite intensly but I feel stagnating in my progress. Could you please give me (and the others) a hint, how to exercise or were to read an instruction to develop Qi that level. Thank you very much and please continue, producing that video tutorials. Greetings from Germany. Jo
Hi Jo. Thank you for your comment about my videos. Just to be clear, what you see in this video is not really an expression of my Qi (not fully anyway). It is more about Song and Fascia connection. To cultivate Qi, I found that doing Qigong, standing meditation and meditation really ramped up my Qi. You can go to my follow along playlist videos of Qigong and Standing Meditation to explore those. Here are the playlist links for those: Qigong Follow Along: ru-vid.com/group/PLH070fotpDAzPtosP0Od5VUiBAllxSWDN&si=rJlT88TVAMN1MsSX Standing Meditation: ru-vid.com/group/PLH070fotpDAx68sO_BBG4N70_godlGwg7 To cultivate the fascia connection, I suggest going to Shifu Lin at Phoenix Mountain Tai Chi website and taking one of his online courses. I hope this information helps. Feel free to reach out again!
@@InternalTaiChi thank you very much for your helpful response. I even have been practicing Zhan Zhuang for a long time and I appreciate the benefits a lot. Thank you for the links. If I watch the videos about the "fascia force" it looks so easy but if I try it it does not work at all...🤷♂️
I actually enjoy the doubters. It points out that this appears pretty unbelievable. I used to be that way too, (although I never publicly lol at someone). Wishing you the best in your journey.
Hello, thanks very much for this video. I'm an old tiachi practitionner and I'm really interested about tensegirty. Nevertheless, may I ask you a question: As far as I'm concerned, tialbone dosen't move in breathing, for me, it always curve. So the spine is always in tensegrity. But, why, in that way, the sipne dosen't twist in an axee in order to wring out the ligament and procure space in it?
This is a great question. The wringing out (or twisting) is an action that actually decreases the tensegrity and reduces the structure of the spine. Rather we want to maintain the tensegrity of the spine by keeping alignment, opening the spaces and creating a bit of fascia stretch which then supports the spine. From that structure we then rotate the entire spine as if it is the axis. Imagine how ineffective an axel would be on a car connecting two wheels if that rod twisted instead of maintaining its rigid structure. The integrity of the axel makes the wheels turn. This is true of the spine too. The integrity of the spine due to tensegrity and alignment and openness, creates a strong axis around which to develop power to the more distal (distant) body parts. I hope this helps answer your question!
I’ve practiced Tai Chi for over 50 years, and this was singularly unimpressive. I looked at a few of your other videos, and you seem to be a one-trick pony, without other skills.
Thank you for your comment. I have 273 videos on my channel. I seriously doubt you have looked at more than my past four videos if you call me a "one trick pony." Still, I delight that you call it a "trick" because it really is a trick that anyone can learn!! Yay!! I tend to upload videos and teach in themes. This month's theme is connecting to the fascia and I have created some repetition in my videos for people to learn. A good teacher always repeats themselves. Additionally, you are correct in that my skill is developing. I like to be transparent with where I am in my skill set, (and where I am not....) so that others are encouraged to embrace where they are in their journey and understand that where they are is okay and they can grow from there. A few months ago, I could barely move someone in this fashion. Now I can do it with just a light touch, which is thrilling for me. In a few more months I will be able to do more, and will likely post those videos too. It is a journey which I invite my followers to join me in. If you are bored, move on...that is okay with me! Regardless, I wish you all the best in your own path.
Thank you. My main teacher was the late Master William Ting. He passed away in December. If interested you can read his excellent book Essential Concepts of Tai Chi by William Ting available on Amazon. I practice many styles, Sun Style, Chen Style, a bit of Yang Style, but mostly Wuji Qigong which was Master Ting's. I have also learned from Shifu Lin of Phoenix Mountain Tai Chi most recently. He was able to pick up where Master Ting had left off. Chester Lin put my skills together into a context of applications and more. I also studied Dr. Joe Dispenza's work for several years and his work really ramped up my Qi and healing abilities. I studied with Jordan Mizner in Tucson of Wind River Tai Chi Chuan for one month and he gave me the gift of Standing Meditation to further deepen my internal underpinnings. I took Howard's Prana Dynamics course which I found challenging to learn from but which gave me the vision of what was possible. My other primary teacher however, has been Tai Chi itself. 70% of my practice and learning has been without a teacher. If we listen we learn from it and it teaches us. I hope this info helps!
The application I am demonstrating is a martial art application. However, it is really the most simple use of the energy. To be clear, I am using a technique here that is not really utilizing my energy (except in one instance I do and I mention it). What you are intuitively picking up and understanding is that the fascia is sort of the conduit of energy. So yes, you can use energy along the fascia to heal.
I understand your perspective. When I first saw this demonstrated, I absolutely did not believe it. But once I felt it done to me, I had a complete shift of "what the heck?!" Then when I could do it to someone else, I was transported to another level of understanding. You might want to try it before you give up on the "sense of it." Anyway, thanks for watching and even for your comment. I actually am enjoying the dubious folks because it makes me realize how incomprehensible this can be with just watching it.
Dr. Joe's books are excellent for empowering us over ourselves and our own healing. His meditations (the older ones) really ramped up my Qi. My Master, former Master Ting believed and taught that we should not direct our Qi to a specific area. My thoughts are that the healing energy is wise and knows where to flow for healing. Fascia is one of the highways along which Qi flows. We just need to facilitate the flow of Qi by expanding ourselves via Song. Then trust it will go to where we need it most. 💞
I prefer his older stuff. His newer stuff (books and meditations) are a bit too out there for me. I started with his "Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself" book, and then I took his online Progressive workshop. Only then did I begin doing the two meditations I like most: Blessing of the Energy Centers (the older version) and New Potentials (again the older version). I still do these meditations when I need a healing boost. I do like his book "You are the Placebo." I first discovered him through his free 13 episode series on Gaia. I really liked how based in science he is. This what made me delve into his material more. I would advise against just jumping into his meditation without doing the preliminary reading and work. Like our Tai Chi work, the intention is just as valuable as the practice. Knowing the whys and hows behind the meditations are extremely important.
Thank you! I created a playlist on the topic and it will be a growing playlist. I plan to do a Livestream on it and field questions. Fun stuff to come! Thanks so much for your support and positive comments, Bill.
@@InternalTaiChi You're welcome Sue. Thsi is a much needed set of videos, since the topic is either considered 'fake', or completely misunderstood as trckery, voodoo, oriental mysticism, etc. And the few presenters who attempt to expain it are typically not good teachers. You're doing a fine job, thank you ! Bill
@@RocknRollkat Thank you, Bill! You are so right, most when looking at it just can't believe it is real. I understand because i used to think that too. And most "masters" don't want to share this technique because it does look so "mystical." It is time the cat is let out of the bag. ;-)
I replied to your YT comment but maybe it is not showing because the individual we were both commenting on was deleted. I was just thanking you for your support in that exchange and that both I, and my viewers appreciated your supportive comment! Thank you! (I am not sure how to direct message you..lol).
@@InternalTaiChi Ahh, got ya. Yeah, I'm just keepin' it real and telling it like it is. Some people just love to assume things without doing full research into them first, or come from a background where those things are a normal part of life. For those who are knowledgeable in both Chinese martial arts (not the actual fighting, but just knowledge of how they work and their philosophies) AND astrophysics and quantum physics, you would know that "chi" is basically the Higgs Field. If you know how to manipulate chi, then you would be able to manipulate matter and energy as well (since the Higgs Field is what gives particles their masses in this universe). Like "The Force" in Star Wars, if you can manipulate chi, you can use it to heal or make a living organism (or any other matter) "explode" from the inside out !! And there's a branch of Chinese martial arts specializing in this style of kung fu that not too many non-Chinese know about, and it's called "Nei Kung" (or "Internal Kung Fu") and it's sub-branch more famously known as "Chi Kung" (or literally, "Pressure Kung Fu", from which the "chi" part of the term "tai chi" comes from), and yes, you would have to spend at least 20 years of your life isolated as a hermit, away from society, focusing on learning nothing except this type of martial arts before you can even achieve any sort of neophyte results, and that's a fact !! Anyway, I love what you're doing, spreading and teaching the basics of taichi for the benefit of society. You oughta be commended. Keep up the great work and YT channel. BTW, it used to be that YT allowed users to write personally to each other, but it was more of like an email style where each user had their own YT inbox. So, my bad, maybe "DM" wasn't the best term to use. lol
Can you still do this in a martial setting? For instance if someone has a knife in their hand or if they're wearing a coat? If they're wearing a coat how can you assess the correct pressure?
You ask really great questions. I personally do not feel I have the skills (yet) to confidently use this skill in a martial setting. Eventually I will though. So, the answer is YES. All you need is a bit of contact and you can use the fascia to take them off balance. And if they are wearing a coat, you pull on the coat, to get to the fascia! The coat works to your advantage. You do not need to assess their posture, only feel and sense it. The more refined you get with the skill, the less touch pressure you need.
You are welcome. It looks like you are following Shifu Lin as well. He has a good video demonstrating warding off a pseudo knife attack with this fascia strategy. Check it out if you haven't already. 👍
can you add another angel and/or the picture about the place of fascia that we can "touch" to make someone bigger losing his stability and mass gravity ?
Sure! I will zoom in and show a different angle. However, you can touch the fascia anywhere on the body, not just the forearm. I will certainly create a video to demonstrate. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching!
If you watch this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zRVvROB4LPo.html it will give you more detail. You are close in your description. However, there is not grip, just touch, and then slide the fascia which is under the skin and on top of the muscle. If you just pull the skin, you are not deep enough, if you touch the muscle you are too deep. Try it on yourself first to see if you can sense the difference. You are correct that it's effect is as if you are turning off or "deactivating" the muscles. Let me know how it goes! Make any video requests too.
Buona giornata e grazie per l'interessante video. Vorrei provare a dare una spiegazione a quello che accade nel video. Quello che il soggetto A deve riuscire a fare, è fare appoggiare al proprio corpo il soggetto B che vuole spostare e controllare. Il soggetto B non è detto che si accorga di essersi appoggiato, soprattutto se esercita una forza stringendo i polsi o una parte del vestiario. Una volta che il soggetto B si è appoggiato (anche pochissimo, per esempio un chilogrammo), il peso trasferito da B ad A, consentirà ad A di esercitare una forza di rimbalzo su B (che sarebbe meglio chiamare "energia" in quanto non esiste una contrapposizione di forza, quindi non esiste nemmeno una forza), che passerà all'interno di B in un punto diverso rispetto al punto di applicazione della forza da parte di B. In questo modo B si sposterà. La difficoltà principale sta nel farlo appoggiare e per farlo bisogna sviluppare la capacità di rilassarsi (credo che in lingua cinese si chiami "song"). In realtà, B cede parte del proprio peso ad A, in una situazione nella quale A e B sono la stessa cosa, cioè un'unità energetica, cioè sono lo stesso oggetto dal punto di vista della fisica, quindi non può esserci contrapposizione di forza tra A e B
"Grazie per il tuo commento e il tuo approfondimento. Quello che stai descrivendo è il "Peng" (terminologia cinese). Non sto usando il Peng in questa dimostrazione. Proverò a fare un video in cui la persona non si appoggia assolutamente, così potrai vedere che la tecnica che sto cercando di isolare e dimostrare è la manipolazione del partner attraverso la fascia. Certamente, a volte è difficile per me "spegnere" alcuni degli altri principi del Tai Chi come "Song" e "Peng", quindi potresti effettivamente vedere qualcosa di quello che hai descritto in questo video. Ma posso insegnare la manipolazione della fascia a una persona completamente nuova che non ha idea di come fare la strategia che hai descritto, ma che può effettivamente connettersi alla fascia e muovere l'avversario. Grazie per aver guardato, commentato e aggiunto le tue astute osservazioni!"
In Tai chi it is best to practice in shoes. There are pivots and foot slides, depending on the style, which are best done in shoes. Also because Tai Chi is Martial Art, there is merit to protecting and hiding your toes.😊
You are welcome. Check out my Sun Style playlist to watch videos on other Sun Style forms. Thanks for watching and commenting! ru-vid.com/group/PLH070fotpDAz0_2FgmgRvLjMpzFVCHAnF
Ah yes, bullshido. I took Tai Chi Chaun martial arts before and a black belt teacher couldn't even move me and he couldn't get out of holds from me either and that was when I was a new white belt. (3rd day). Great strength differences matter A LOT. There are many bullshido people out there that claim lots of nonsense. That is why there are weight classes in MMA. Real fighters know the difference.
Perhaps the black belt teacher couldn't move you or get out of your hold because you were employing some internal elements that you learned when you took Tai Chi Chuan. I assure you, and it's okay if you don't believe it, this is no bullshido. Enjoy the journey and wishing you the best.
