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Taiji Pushing Hand With Others


Figure 1: Taiji Pushing Hand with others.

Except the specific request required by Taiji Quan, just as specific gesture, it also requires that two persons played together and practice the technique. That is Taiji Pushing Hand. It needs a series of gestures and actions to fulfill this task. Mainly it contains four groups of actions.


The Panjia of Taiji Quan is to do the body-building, which help to fasten the center of your mass.But Pushing hand is more effective to pus others down when one is steady himself. Body building an Practicing constitute two aspects of Taiji Quan, while you can never make an unbalance of it. To emphasize, when practice pushing hand, it is not like boxing, wrestle, and other fierce sports to push or beat someone.But to “bu diu, bu ding”, which means using other’s powers to hit other’s center of mass, and cause him down. Frequent practicing pushing hand can let one’s skin more sensitive, and make one’s action more controllable. Once upton this stage, one should go on practicing and make more improvement. When your action can be controlled casually by your heart, you get to the peak of this sport. This can not only help you to defend enemies or protect yourself, but also let you understand the meaning beneath the Taiji Quan sport, which can guide your life and be your tutor.