Ok, new question. I have now read a lot of your meditations on the form. In this work there is little talk of making tai chis, and much about connecting one's body and limbs in such a way that waves can be transmitted through it. So now i have a "HUGE" question. What does energy transmission have to do with making tai chis, which latter seems to, if anything, avoid energy transmission? Probably very stupid question, and I hereby embarrass myself in front of the billions of people on RU-vid. Maybe I'll figure it out, either from further reading of your (magnificent) books, or by some other means. Thank you.
Thank you for the video. In case you see this, I will ask an unrelated question. Other teachers have us spend endless hours doing exercises for "releasing the joints ". I don't see any mention of releasing joints, pulling and pushing them open, etc. in either your (wonderful) book on the theoretical basis of tai chi. Is this because you think that such practices are not valuable, or simply that you can't cover everything important? Is there anything that you are willing to share about this? Thanks very much for all of your posts.
I cannot say for the other teachers, as far as I can understand the idea of releasing the joints (Bob Amacker was my teacher), it is important that the joints have the ability to change (open and close) to create chansijin movement both in arms and legs. Also to change according to the incoming force and have the ability to transfer the wave through the body. If the joints get “frozen” - this will bind the body in a rigid frame and the practitioner will be easily controlled by the partner or opponent, plus it is not a healthy state. Thank you for the question!
