Tai Chi Push Hands Practice

Author: Yu Zhijun
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Publish Date: 1997-05-01
Features: This book is a specialized work on Tai Chi Pushing Hands, catering to both beginners and focusing on the technical improvement of Pushing Hands athletes, while also serving as an excellent Tai Chi Pushing Hands textbook for coaches. The guiding philosophy behind the book is:
1. Progress from simple to complex, step by step. The book starts with basic skills, then discusses the relationship between the form (quanjia) and Pushing Hands, introduces the fundamental theoretical knowledge of Pushing Hands, delves into the techniques of Pushing Hands, and finally covers the practical application of Tai Chi Pushing Hands, such as competitive matches.
2. Explain profound theories in simple language. We discard all pretentious and mystical old habits, using scientific principles to explain the theory and techniques of Tai Chi Pushing Hands.
3. Introduce a set of proven practical training methods for Pushing Hands, breaking the outdated stereotype of "ten years of Tai Chi without achieving mastery."
4. Break the old tradition of technical conservatism, revealing many secrets that were once kept confidential, especially the secrets of training methods, such as sticking strength (zhannian jin), loose-spring strength (songtan jin), and rebound strength (fanba jin).
5. All the Pushing Hands techniques in this book have been repeatedly tested in various settings. Some techniques have achieved excellent results in major Pushing Hands competitions, with no trace of mere imagination or speculative claims.
6. This book is the first to analyze typical battle cases from major national Tai Chi Pushing Hands competitions, representing a new attempt.
7. All the illustrations in this book are drawn based on real photographs, ensuring authenticity and reliability.