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This is a quick tip for Chinese Tai Chi Push Hand. Kaitlyn and I are going to demonstrate
one of the first things that you learn in tai chi, which is to redirect force. So she
has her right foot forward and I have my right foot forward. We are going to get into our
tai Chi stance and what we are going to work on is when someone is pushing against your
chest like this. Now this is like a worst case scenario for a Tai Chi practitioner.
You don't want to be where your arm is pinned to your chest like this, but when we are here
it does teach you to move your hips. and.. so the first thing the first drill that I
teach in my Tai chi class is to take your hips when someone has their hand on you like
this and they are pushing in, and you are going to redirect this incoming force by turning
like this. Now the beauty of Chinese martial arts is that they take something very simple
like this and they turn it into a drill. and so what we are going to do is we are going
to take turns doing this same drill. My daughter Kaitlyn here umm.. is going to push in and
I am going to turn. Now it's my turn I'm going to pin her arm to her chest. She's going to
turn her hip here and redirect the force. I can no longer push her off balance, because
she's redirected the force outward. So now we start here again. I turn. Start here again
she turns. We start here again, I turn. So it becomes a repetitive drill. Kaitlyn place
your hand on your hip like this, and we are going to have a slight forward lean to our
bodies. Now we take this and we try to smooth this out, and make this into a very fluid,
relaxed drill. There's is no need for power when doing this. I would rather you relax
and take things very slowly. So this is push hands also know as Tui Shou. One of the great
masters umm.. Ma youh Liang, which is a Wu style tai chi master, He said: your tai chi
training is incomplete without a comprehensive study of push hand. it's only really, a full
art when you can share, between two people the feeling of Tai Chi. and umm.. I would
really love to have you as our next Tai Chi student. If you are interested in our Tai
Chi Classes please give us a call.