Favorite posture(s)

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What is your fav posture?

What is most important tactics and strategy in your style?

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In Tai Chi;

I would say cloud hand.

the most important tactics and strategy

positioning and opening the door.

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[QUOTE=SPJ;780144]What is your fav posture?[/QUOTE]
San ti

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[QUOTE=Toby;780167]San ti[/QUOTE]

Exactly what I was going to say. Either that or baguaā€™s equivalent guard posture.

Most important tactics/strategy? San ti is for harmonizing the structure of the body and creating a solid foundation in which to generate power through.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtOkH...elated&search=

some Tai Chi apps from Peng Lu Ji An.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWkoe...elated&search=

using 9 sections of the body to emit power.

apps of cloud hand or Yun Shou.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtOkHjOlGuo&mode=related&search=

some Tai Chi apps from Peng Lu Ji An.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWkoeeCNVPg&mode=related&search=

using 9 sections of the body to emit power.

apps of cloud hand or Yun Shou.

:smiley:

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Brush knee and pushā€¦lots and lots of applications from this posture.

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Greetings..

Postures are okay, but i think i prefer the transitions..

The most important tactic/stragety.. listening and natural movement.. so much ā€œTaijiā€ is lost in contrived un-natural body shapes and structural manipulations.. your body already knows its most efficient and effective structures.. now, apply principles to THAT structure..

Be Well..

PS: Reverse abdominal breathing.. find a good instructorā€¦

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at the moment, hunyuanzhuang. before that, was yangshenzhuang

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My favorite stance is sparrow. I think the elbows and fan fingers are real cool. Sometimes I think I like snake, but I donā€™t like snakes, so I donā€™t go for snake stance.

What do you guys go for?

I think if I get really good one day, Iā€™ll create a horse style based on the movements. Rather than just patting the mane, I think it has really good kicks and sometimes good bites, too. Horses are fast, but they can also move slow, so I donā€™t think it should be wierd.

I really like this thread, letā€™s keep it going!:slight_smile:

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rollback in yang, bc there are SOOOOO many apps that go with itā€¦ my favorite being, intercept a punch with rear hand then rollback then attack with rear knee or rear elbow to opponents hizzy, lol

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My favs are the wedge of death, diagonal flying and the 4 corners.

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[QUOTE=SPJ;780144]What is your fav posture?

What is most important tactics and strategy in your style?

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Baguaā€™s Dragon posture.

When an attack comes, donā€™t be there.