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  • Push Hands: How Exactly Does Relaxation Help In Tai Ji?

    Your master may keep telling you to relax. However you may not comprehend it no matter how many times he may repeat. Hope this demo will help you to understand it. This is a very useful video for your push hand practice. Please like it and share it with others. Push Hands: How Exactly Does…

  • Push Hands: Center of Mass vs Tai Ji Pivot

    One day, to our surprise, we find out that the center point we thought we knew based on the estimate of mass is different than the pivot we should apply our force. We have not seen this kind of explanation in the past. This is a rare and very useful video for your push hand…

  • Push Hands: How Much Yang and Yin in Tai Ji?

    We are always confused by the amount of Yang or Yin we should apply. Can we balance Yin & Yang and yet some part of the body is not in the relaxed state? In this video, very clearly and concisely Byron would demonstrate how to balance the two. We have not seen this kind of…

  • Push Hand Common Mistakes Leg Push & 3-point Lock Up

    Push Hand Common Mistakes Leg Push & 3-point Lock Up Note that other Tai Chi styles or other levels may have different interpretation of this same topic, we hope people can appreciate this version. You may upload your own practice video to youtube and post on http://basks.com/forum for others to view and comment. Please like our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/BasksComIt…

  • Push Hands Alignment Uncontrollable Shaking

    Tai Ji Push Hands Alignment Uncontrollable Shaking A student can not control his shaking while practicing Tai Chi push hands. We would like to share this video with you to let you know this is OK, even though it is pretty rare. Have you had this kind of situation? Let us know. There are tricks…

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