Hopping in T'ai Chi seems to be something to ridicule. The students are just jumping to make the teacher look good. It's all fake.
Or is it. What's really going on?
In his book T'ai Chi Ch'uan for Health and Self Defense, T.T. Liang writes " When one has been struck and is just about to fall over, he must hop like a sparrow". One of my friends likens this to a T'ai chi version of a breakfall.
So it was great to come across a good article on shorelinetaichi.com which addresses hopping, the rationale behind it and places it in a proper context.
The article can be read here. and there are some good links at the end.
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