Master Hai Yang's Internal Training System: the traditional way of practice to achieve our optimal level of internal strength.


Hai Yang

推手者,左右为化,前后为引落。引进者,劲力可因入丹田,后反弹而出,乃引落之真意也。
In push hands practice, guiding the opponent's force by pulling or drawing it left and right is the method of neutralizing force (huajin). Meanwhile, controlling force forward and backward is drawing the opponent into a void (Yin Jin Luo Kong). Therefore, drawing in can guide the opponent's force into our dantian and then bounce it back out. This is the advanced practice method of drawing the opponent into a void.

1 week ago | [YT] | 43

Hai Yang

松而不塌,乃肌肉自然放松之结果。然间架仍要开张,使之具备张力与支撑力。故劲力之下沉不以架势之高低为准。
Relaxing without collapsing is the result of natural muscle relaxation. Meanwhile, the structure should still have an expanding nature in order to have the supporting energy. Therefore, the practice of sinking should not be judged by the height of the structure.

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 49

Hai Yang

肌肉松沉,方可觅得骨架支撑。
Relaxing and sinking the muscles in order to seek the feeling of supporting energy of the bone structure.

2 months ago | [YT] | 39

Hai Yang

练大为用小,练长为用短。
Practice with the extending approach, but apply with the short approach: Practice-Long but Apply-Short.

10 months ago | [YT] | 63

Hai Yang

棚劲非撑顶劲,合中寓开也。
Peng Energy is not about pushing or Simply Extending, but the Opening energy in a Closing process.

10 months ago | [YT] | 53

Hai Yang

前人讲推手云:入扣招法难灵验,乃说不顶。
The so-called proverb about Tai Chi push-hand: the technique becomes less practical when entering a locking situation, which indicates the important principle of Tai Chi principle "non-Direct-Against".

11 months ago | [YT] | 28

Hai Yang

心手相应,貌简实难。
The Coordination between mind and hand (movements) looks simple, but is extremely challenging in practice.

11 months ago | [YT] | 51

Hai Yang

武功意念之运用,于练习时假想,于运用时需有肢体接触。
To apply the mind in martial arts: imagining while training, requiring physical contact while applying to the opponent.

1 year ago | [YT] | 41

Hai Yang

于初学者,要积式成拳,积拳成势,乃进阶法门。
For beginners, one must first accumulate Posture (Shi) to form a Technique (Quan), then accumulate Techniques to create Structure (Shi), which is the path to advancement.

1 year ago | [YT] | 70

Hai Yang

支撑以面为主,打击以点为主。推手尤为如此。
To control/support the attack, the surface is the key. To strike the opponent, the point is the key. It is more so in push-hand.

1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 45