Dual Internal Combustion Drills - Fusion Hybrid

What did Historical Swords weigh?

 Personally I've never been fond of the lightweight, whippy tai chi swords. I always felt I should have a heavier sword in my hand and my Sun style teacher also said you need the weight.

Here is an article from the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts on this topic although it's not about chinese swords. Food for thought!

Read the article here: https://www.thearma.org/essays/weights.htm#.YzGybDTMI2w

When the Truth hit me

 

When I first started exploring martial arts in my late teens I took up Wu Shu Kwan.

The Instructors were great. After a while they introduced sparring and I was paired up with another chap.

So it was going well (laugh at this point) and then I thought my partner was going to hit me. I watched the fist travel towards me and then it hit. I had plenty of time to do something but just watched it come in.

The Truth hit me: Wake Up.

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Energy Gates Three Swings and Taoist Spine Stretch

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Relax the Chest

 

Relax/Soften the pectoral muscle where it meets the front deltoid muscle. 

It's just a small area and for me it added greatly to hollowing the chest and allowing my energy to sink down.

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Heavy Bags and Taijiquan

Cook Ding's Kitchen: Heavy Bags and Taijiquan: Below is an excerpt from an article that was posted at Thoughts on Tai Chi . It has to do with practicing actually striking things as part o...