How should you do TaiChi? The 3 components of training in Yang style TaiChi Chuan
How should you do TaiChi? How often should you do TaiChi? What is the correct approach to training TaiChi?
The following extract is from an article written by HME TaiChi founder Sifu Adam Mizner. Link to full article below
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We have all read and heard stories about the near magical skills achieved by some Taijiquan masters of the past. Many people find the skills for which the art became famous illusive. Nonetheless we strive to achieve the best we can and keep the art alive.
It is safe to say that there are many causes for such a lack of true skill development in Taijiquan, from poor teachers to lazy students and so on.
One of the primary causes is simple misunderstanding; people misunderstand both what to train and how to train. Thus the causes being incorrect the effects can only follow to be incorrect as well.
The Yang family divided the training into three aspects. Each one has its purpose and time, each one has an effect on the other and must be trained in the right proportion and be trained correctly to achieve success.
The three components of training are:
Lian (练) or practice
Yong (用) or usage and
Biaoyan (表演) or show
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