What is Yi or Mind Intention in Taichi? Sifu Adam Mizner Explains Clearly 

I’m not a student or follower of Adam Mizner and his method, and sometimes have some differences of opinions with the way he does things, but this is one of the best pieces of rhetoric about Yi, and how to develop it through internal martial arts. I completely agree with what he’s saying here.

The value of this kind of instruction is enormous. I'm baffled that somebody has downvoted it. Bizarre.

This is priceless direction, thank you Sifu❤

Cristal clear. Grateful for this wisdom

A splendidly clear exposition, Sifu. Thank you for sharing.

One of the best and clearest tuitions I've seen. Really many thanks Adam.

Brilliant talk, thanks for sharing.

VERY valuable and structured information i believe not only for tai chi chuan but for tradiotional kung fu as well.THANK you sifu adam for sharing with us such valuable lessons.GREETINGS from Greece!!!

Excellent, thank you for Sharing this

Thank you teacher Milner. From your explanation I understand what I am doing, and more importantly what I am leaving out. This is a great help.

This is another thing I had not been taught by my Sifu. Thanks.

Really grateful for your knowledge. I try not to read / watch too much about Taiji, so my mind does not get in the way of my experience, using my imagination rather that really listening to what is happening in my body, like you mentioned in the video. I think for that same reason my Shifu does not give us a lot of theory, but he makes us stand, keep the posture, and comes and corrects any minute detail with perseverance and patience. I try to keep this attitude when training, however I have to admit that is an arduous road, where quite often it feels like I am either progressing too slow or not doing something right, like walking in a dark room. I guess my impatience gets in the way at times, considering that Taiji is a way of life, and the more I practice the more I realise I have got so much to learn and you can’t rush things, like that Chinese saying, ‘you cannot help the sprouts to grow faster by pulling them up the ground’ It is both an encouraging and discouraging feeling, however watching your video and seeing Shifu teaching, it comes to me not as an impossible, I just need to work harder even though there is so many things I still don’t understand, so your video is very motivating and I thank you for that 🙏

Great lesson! Thank you!

thanks so much sharing this kind of deep internal knowledge. You explain it in a clear way and share this with everybody. I am grateful.

"Mind Fluid" very well put indeed, sifu. Thank you for such an illuminating teaching.

Great teaching Much appreciated in those times Many thanks 🙏

Thank you so much Adam.

Thank you, that was a good listen.

I'm still in AWE😮 that just a few clicks after discovering you on youtube I hear the most precise explanation about the experience of my bodywork practice ... the key of pure magic... All I had to do is: ask, how does he do that??? and BOOM💥 Saturate the body with the 💜&🧠 fluid so the most joyful juices of creation seep into every cell of the body & absorbed fully >that's the breath! + the commanding part , the quality of the intention + perform the move with refined precisement ... the magic lies in the fine details! + I like to add singing too because the vibration of the sound created within the body is sooo powerful ... I'm gonna learn & absorb all of your teachings like a sponge ... thank you🙏👏

Thank you Adam 🙏💚

Very nice explanation thank you for sharing your thoughts on Yi

Beyond brilliant!!!!

Wow. This is superb. Thank you.

Superb embellishment, bravo master sufu

Thank you for sharing.

this is amazing thank you thank you i subscribed for your teachings i will follow all your instructions 🙏🏻 🙏🏻nice to discover and have you in my life

Thank you for this. I have noticed that it takes a lot of energy to hold the mind states required for internal arts that I had become to take for granted. I can fall right into the mind state still but cannot hold it for very long anymore without becoming energetically drained. This advice is exactly what I needed.

Happy new year Adam!

Fantastic!

Thank You.

Good and important advice.

Thank you my friend. Thank you very much, sincerely Parker

great stuff

Thank you! ShiFu

merci Sifu Adam Mziner

🙏Thank You🙏

Thank you sifu

This is amazing information it's really helpful🙂 Everytime he posts a video it gives me hope because he's the realest teacher I've seen

Beautiful

Hey when do you think the online meditation course will be available? Just a rough estimate even

Adam continues to provide brilliant, clear and concise instruction.

Thanks!

Merci !

Incredible

Grazie!

Thank you

Like I needed another video on the importance of 'staying inside'! 🤨 jk, that was quality info 🙂👌

Denken is veel te traag in gevecht situatie Ingevingen zijn er om te volgen Ingevingen komen makkelijk als je niet denkt

TOP! 🐉

Merci beaucoup

Is it EEE or YEEE? Excellent video, thanks.where can a beginner start. I am slowly building awareness of my chi flow. I would like to head towards controlling intention.

Makes a lot of sense

Thanks for the excellent explanation Adam! I love what said about the strength and length of concentration. I am a Wing Chun practitioner in the Chu Shong Tin lineage and we understand this skill however it has been somewhat hidden at least outside of Hong Kong. It is really interesting to get your take on it, thanks!

tnxs

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Merci pour la traduction française ,très enrichissant ..hésitez pas à en traduire d'autres ce maître devrait consigner son savoir dans un ouvrage

I am focused to the extreme whilst practicing Taiji (HHS system) but as soon as I leave the building I become distracted. Thank you for any suggestions. I am 68 and started MA at 14….I was child refugee from Hungary. 1957.

Many thanks for your honest and clear words. It helps me a lot to understand better some aspects of Taijiquan. Time for me to implement that in my practice. Please share some thoughts of Buddha's teaching in your approach to Taijiquan.

Trully powerful video! I feel I'll need to rewatch it many times until every word is caught by my wandering mind. Thank you for the upload, and thank you, Adam! For existing.

Master Adam is it posible send the Chi out of body for defense and avoid an ataker?

hi Adam when you say projecting qi outside the body depletes your energy, do you HAVE to do that when using tai chi for martial arts? Unless its a different kind of skill that is used when you do so?

Saturate the body with Ting & Yi or the nervous system?

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This sounds similar what people practice in India, Manipuraka activation

Would you recommend separate samatha meditation for developing the Yi? (with an object of concentration like the breath, an external physical object, etc.) or is it enough to train the Yi through the Tai chi training (listening to the body etc)?

What about song?

Je me permet de poster en français car je ne pense pas être capable de l'exprimer en anglais correctement. Ma source de distraction mentale est la douleur ressentie dans les différentes tensions du corps, ça ne me permet pas de rester focus sur l'intention, même si je reste attentif au corps. Comment puis-je résoudre ce problème? Car lors de mes exercices c'est une grande source de distraction...

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Lots of questions I would like to ask Adam.The western paradigm of of the view of body/mind ,is that the mind is an extension of the body.Does he hold a contrary view that actually that the body is an extension of the mind.Such a view opens up an almost limitless wealth of possibilities far beyond simply learning to wiggle your ears.Or,since I get the feeling that he is a Buddhist, does he actually hold that there is neither body nor mind,which takes us to realms where control of anything is entirely superfluous.

What you think about Corona? sorry for this question xD

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Staying inside is made easier with covid19, Adam 😁

Then you must do the work

Lying bullshit. Just like this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WKYyGV_Yobw.html

Thank you