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Tai Chi Pluck in Push Hands – Video Lesson

Here is on aspect of “Pluck” applied to Push Hands.

Dissolving the Center – Video lesson

This is from Volume 2 in our Tai Chi Push Hands series. If you have trouble with this exercise go back and work on the exercises taught on our Internal Power page and our Chi Energy page. And of course the exercises leading up to this on Volume 2 of our Push Hands series will [...]

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What are you doing when you practice Push Hands?

To an untrained observer, push hands looks like a grade school game. simply try to push the other person until someone falls or moves.

Seems simple. However, if you are really trying to learn Tai Chi, this is not the goal. When you practice push hands, you are not trying to physically move your partner.

You are really trying to…

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Root Like A Bear: An Exercise for Deepening Your Root

Have you ever seen a bear stomping its feet getting ready to charge?

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Push Hands Sensitivity: How Far You Can Go?

When you first start out doing push hands drills, you have a sense of your opponents’ body, but it is often quite vague. You can’t make out a lot about what is going on inside your opponent.

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How to get better by losing

Push hands is a game, and like most games, its easy to get caught up in winning. When you’re playing a game, it feels like the point is to win.

However, the real point of push hands is to develop Tai Chi skill. First by correcting your structure and then later on through developing your sensitivity.

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