oragami_itto wrote:I asked him about the video I posted and he said that the "How" is in the course.
That's very, very vague...
One thing that I can say that is different about his material is that he makes it very, very clear that the goal is a transformation of the body and mind. It's very specific conditioning of both to produce the "taiji creature". It's not just a trick or an exercise or a technique that he's using, everything he does is fueled by the specific conditioning. Ting and Song which are attained through the exercises.
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So the relevance to the video in question, the "How" to do the internal stretching, step 1 is "create the taiji creature" so there's no real point to explaining it to anyone who isn't already working on that project.
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Hope that helps.
No, sorry it doesn't. Not really. If you do something based upon one body acting in relationship with another body, solo practice only won't help. You can create a beast, yet you will be unable to use it. So you need conditioning and build your body method by two man practice, practicing together with someone else. Only this kind of practice will teach you correct structure, balance and things like following, adhere, tingjin and timing. General ideas on, or conditioning through stances, forms practice, drills will never teach you how the body moves and acts when it stores a movement from the other person, how you uproot someone and let him float. It won't teach you anything about store and release "fa" a movement or energy "jin" into an opponent.
I know so many people who claim that practiced 3 to 6 hours every day forso and so many years, 20, 30 years. And when you meet them for PH or similar, they still get stiff, don't know how to balance etc. Solo practice is always only as good as the time you have spent practicing against someone. Your practice and what you learn seem fine to me. Just don't get stuck in the so common thinking that it's the drills, stance practice and forms that will teach you how to apply and use your art.
