Taijiquan and word usage "Tongbei": Anyone know?
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:39 pm
So I was looking up a few things on Baidu on some of the many unknown teachers of the past that no one has heard of outside of the mainland
and came across a passage that stated: "The current schools of taijiquan (Yang, Wu, Woo, Sun, etc) all have the term 'Tongbei' in various configurations but few seem
to know, understand or grasp its significance per usage! Chen style retains the name "Shuang Tongbei" in some circles but many concentrate on the character 'Shan'
Wu style, in it use of the word "Fan Tongbei' concentrates on the "Fan' element (character) and others dropped a stroke of the character "Tong"
and renamed it 'San Yong Bei' Another uses the term ' San Yong Bei' where San/Three is not counted but the name has survived and very few, if any
are capable of understanding the concept.
Anyone familiar with what I appear to be talking! about or I am spitting at the Heavens and saying nothing?
NOTE: Tongbeiquan is the art initially referenced and stated to be an origin of taijiquan but many principles of the past got lost over centuries and I am trying to
understand the Tongbei meaning. The meaning, from my understanding of the translated word appears to be referencing yangsheng elements with martial undertones/usage. I can see the character and at times missing strokes but I cannot understand the meaning. I realize that due to the change to simplified
strokes in the current language, many of the concepts of old have lost their meaning, or have a different level of understanding.
and came across a passage that stated: "The current schools of taijiquan (Yang, Wu, Woo, Sun, etc) all have the term 'Tongbei' in various configurations but few seem
to know, understand or grasp its significance per usage! Chen style retains the name "Shuang Tongbei" in some circles but many concentrate on the character 'Shan'
Wu style, in it use of the word "Fan Tongbei' concentrates on the "Fan' element (character) and others dropped a stroke of the character "Tong"
and renamed it 'San Yong Bei' Another uses the term ' San Yong Bei' where San/Three is not counted but the name has survived and very few, if any
are capable of understanding the concept.
Anyone familiar with what I appear to be talking! about or I am spitting at the Heavens and saying nothing?
NOTE: Tongbeiquan is the art initially referenced and stated to be an origin of taijiquan but many principles of the past got lost over centuries and I am trying to
understand the Tongbei meaning. The meaning, from my understanding of the translated word appears to be referencing yangsheng elements with martial undertones/usage. I can see the character and at times missing strokes but I cannot understand the meaning. I realize that due to the change to simplified
strokes in the current language, many of the concepts of old have lost their meaning, or have a different level of understanding.