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A feather cannot be placed, a fly cannot alight on any part of the body. - Wang Tsung-yueh

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If the opponent's movement is quick, then quickly respond; if his movement is slow, then follow slowly. - Wang Tsung-yueh

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It is not excessive or deficient; it follows a bending, adheres to an extension. When the opponent is hard and I am soft, it is called tsou [yielding]. When I follow the opponent and he becomes backed up, it is called nian [sticking]. - Wang Tsung-yueh

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T'ai Chi [Supreme Ultimate] comes from Wu Chi [Formless Void] and is the mother of yin and yang. In motion T'ai Chi separates; in stillness yin and yang fuse and return to Wu Chi. - Wang Tsung-yueh

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... This is the so-called inches mistake, which, when allowed to develop, becomes the distance of thousands of miles. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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The T'ai Chi principle is as simple as this: yield yourself and follow the external forces. Instead of doing this, most people ignore such obvious and simple principles and search for a more remote and impractical method...

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Then you will understand the flow of internal power, and, having repeatedly practiced and refined your your technique and explored your own awareness, you can use and control your internal power at will. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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To avoid double-weightedness you should further understand that positive and negative should compliment each other...

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... and so cannot follow the flow of their opponent's movement.. This is essentially because they are hindered by their mistake of double-weightedness. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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Following the changing situation, you move as is necessary. If you are unable to respond in this way, you will become double-weighted. Often martial artists who have practiced for years still cannot move properly ...

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When you practice T'ai Chi, you should stand with your posture balanced like a scale. When you move, your movements should revolve as effortlessly as the turning of a wheel. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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... and speed (fast destroys slow), so that the weak must fall to the strong and the slow must lose to the fast. This, however, is dependent on physical ability and does not relate to the discipline we now discuss. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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If you achieve this level of sensitivity, there is no force that will defeat you. There are thousands of methods and techniques in the martial arts. Regardless of the techniques and postures employed, most depend on physical condition (strong destroys weak) ...

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Look into the technique of using four ounces of energy to control the force of a thousand pounds. Such techniques as these do not depend on brute force to overcome. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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... or control you, but you will be aware of your opponent and control him. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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Your body's sensitivity should be such that you are aware of the tiniest feather brushing against your skin. Even the mosquito finds no place to land on you without causing you to move. Then there will be no way for your opponent to detect ...

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Make your opponent feel that when he looks upward, you are much taller, and when he looks downward, you are much lower. When he moves forward, he should feel that he cannot reach you, and when he retreats, he should feel that he has nowhere to escape to. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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... Your movements should be constantly changing from the substantial to the insubstantial. If your left side feels heavy, you should make your left side light. If your right side feels heavy, you should make your right side disappear. - Master Wong Chun-yua

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When you practice T'ai Chi, you should relax the neck and suspend the head, as if from a height above you. Internal power should sink to the lower part of the abdomen. Your posture should keep to the center. Do not lean in any direction...

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you cannot reach a sudden understanding of natural awareness without proper practice for an extended period of time. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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After coming to an understanding of the internal power of movement, you can approach the theory of natural awareness. Natural awareness is developed through practice over a long period of time;

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Regardless of your opponent's actions, the principle of your response remains the same. Once this type of movement has become your own, you will understand internal power. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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... Then you are attached to your opponent: when he moves faster, you also move faster; when he moves slower, you move slower, thereby matching his movement. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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If your opposite side is hard, change your own side to make it soft. This is called following. If your opponent is moving and you adhere to him while following in the same direction, it is called sticking...

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When practicing T'ai Chi, doing too much is the same as doing too little. When the body is in motion, it should follow the curve to extend the movements. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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Happy new year, everyone. Here's to a year full of consistent progress!

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T'ai Chi is born out of infinity. It is the origin of the positive and the negative. When T'ai Chi is in motion, the positive and the negative separate; when T'ai Chi stops, the positive and the negative integrate. - Master Wong Chung-yua

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Roll-Pull, Split, Elbow, and Lean Forward forms are called the four diagonals. Forward, backward, left, right, and center are called metal, wood, water, fire, and earth respectively. When combined, these forms are called the 13 original styles of T'ai Chi - Master Chang San-feng

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In stance, moving forward, backward, to the right side, to the left side, and staying in the center are called the Five Style Steps. Ward Off, Rollback, Press, and Push are called the four cardinal directions...

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In the Long Form, Ward Off, Rollback, Press, Push, Roll-Pull, Split, Elbow and Lean Forward are called the forms of the Eight Diagram (pakua), the movement encompassing the eight directions. - Master Chang San-feng

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Besides clearly separating the positive and negative from one another, you should also clearly locate the substantial and insubstantial. When the entire body is integrated with all parts connected together, it becomes a vast connection of positive and negative every units...

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In Long Forms your body should be like the rhythmic flow of water on a river or like the rolling waves of the ocean. - Master Chang San-feng

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Such principles relate to Tai Chi movement in the same way that uprooting an object, and thereby destroying it's foundation, will make the object fall sooner. - Master Chang San-feng

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In all of this, you must emphasize the use of the mind in controlling your movements, rather than the mere use of the external muscles. You should also follow the T'ai Chi principle of opposites: when you move upward, the mind must be aware of down; ...

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Application of these principles promotes the flowing T'ai Chi movement in any direction: forward, backward, right side, and left side. - Master Chang San-feng

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When transferring the ch'i from your feet to your waist, your body must operate as if all the parts were one; this allows you to move forward and backward freely with control of balance and position. - Master Chang San-feng

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The internal energy, ch'i, roots at the feet, then transfers through the legs and is controlled from the waist, moving eventually through the back to the arms and fingertips. - Master Chang San-feng

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The internal energy should be extended, vibrated like the beat of a drum. The spirit should be condensed in toward the center of your body. - Master Chang San-feng

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When performing Tai Chi, it should be perfect; allow no defect. The form should be smooth with no unevenness, and continuous, allowing no interruptions. - Master Chang San-feng

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Once you begin to move, the entire body must be light and limber. Each part of your body should be connected to every other part. - Master Chen San-feng

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Internal power should be likened to the spinning of a wheel. The waist turns like the axle of a wheel in motion. - Master Wu Yu-hsiang

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Controlling the body by breathing yields no internal power; it is only by avoiding such error that you can develop the purest and strongest internal power. - Master Wu Yu-hsiang (2/2)

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Your entire body should be controlled by the mind and spirit. Do not attempt to control your body solely by breathing, because this will make your movements slow and plodding (1/2)

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When in stillness you should be as the mountain. When in motion you should move like the water of the river. - Master Wu Yu-hsiang

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Your mind should be centered, like the placid cat - peaceful but able to respond instantly to the scurrying mouse. - Master Wu Yu-hsiang

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