Tai Chi Basics Flashcards
Wú Fāng
5 Directions Forward (Metal) Backward (Wood) Left (Water) Right (Fire) Center (Earth) (up and down)
8 Energies Names
Primary and Secondary
Péng Jìn Lù Jìn Jī Jìn àn Jìn --- Cái Jìn Liè Jìn Zhǒu Jìn Kào Jìn
13 Postures
8 Energies and 5 Directions
Two Principles
Liǎng Yì (both intentions)
Yáng Yì - Solid
Yīn Yì - Broken
4 Secondary Principles
Sì Xiàng (four variants) Tài Yáng - Solid, Solid Tài Yīn - Broken, Broken Shāo Yáng - Solid, Broken (top down) Shāo Yīn - Broken, Solid (top down)
Péng Jìn Name Skill Description Location
Outward, Expansive: Ward Off, Energy of Defensive Attack Under Opponents Hand Evading is to Attack Lù Jìn change to Péng Jìn is Outward Drawing
Lù Jìn Name Skill Description Location
Inward Pull or Roll-Back Peng in Reverse Energy from Friction, rubbing, evade and adhere Over Opponents Hand Defense, Evading is to Attack Yin or Soft Péng Jìn change to Lù Jìn is Inward Drawing
Jí Jìn Name Skill Description Location
Amass - Collect, Accumulate Press, Two Hands when Joined Increase in Péng Jìn Energy of Dexterity Adhering is to Attack
àn Jìn Name Skill Description Location
Inward, double pull and push, listening energy, single and double finger/palm Lower Péng Jìn, used in sinking Creating Pull Force An from Front - Péng Jìn An from Sides - Lù Jìn An Combined - Jí Jìn
Cái Jìn Name Skill Description Location
Ability
Roll Pull, Pulling Horizontally toward the back, as in Péng Jìn pulling hand
Use fingers for Tai Chi Chin Na Techniques
Use on one of opponents arms, not both
Liè Jìn Name Skill Description Location
To Split
Tai Chi Small Energy Strike
begins quickly a few inches from opponent
When Liè Jìn is used by one hand, the other hand must have inward drawing of sink energy to keep body in balance
Zhǒu Jìn Name Skill Description Location
Elbow/Deceive
Elbow Strike by moving arms up and down
Liè Jìn is second line of defense after wrist of Cái Jìn
Tai Chi Lineage
Yang lu chan You pan Hao Kuo lien ying Kwok wo gnai Tai jia li
Kào Jìn Name Skill Description Location
Shoulder Strike/body strike/ to beat
Used in Slanting Direction, Strike by whole body
Kào Jìn is third line of defense after Zhǒu Jìn
Knee, Stomach/Chest, Back, Butt, Head, used when hands and feet are tied up
1 hand push hand
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