Comments on: Intention and Yi http://wujimon.com/2006/05/19/intention-and-yi/ journey in search of the way through taiji, martial arts, meditation and health Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:17:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: chessman71 http://wujimon.com/2006/05/19/intention-and-yi/#comment-1802 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:05:52 +0000 http://wujimon.wordpress.com/2006/05/19/intention-and-yi/#comment-1802 Having probs at wordpress lately so my first comment didn’t go through. Let’s try again.

First, glad you liked the post. The iaido teacher was awesome. He was the most “on” person I have ever meet. He was very calm but had an attention about his that could be uncomfortable at times. His YI was so strong that it was I cound never win a staring contest with him!

Second, I agree with framing taiji applications in terms of the jings. This really brings out the taiji knowledge IMO. Knowing how the jings combine in each one the moves really deepens my appreciation of taiji, allows me to find the jings myself in other parts of the forms, and also brings understanding of the taiji classics. The jings connect with the classics and explaining it like that allows people to do there own research in books, etc. plus, it gives us a common language across taiji styles.

Take care.

]]> By: lifegivingsword http://wujimon.com/2006/05/19/intention-and-yi/#comment-1801 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:05:07 +0000 http://wujimon.wordpress.com/2006/05/19/intention-and-yi/#comment-1801 Interesting that you should mention this. I personally am of the opinion that thinking in terms of jins rather than techniques is a very advanced method that is the equivalent of distillation. In other words, you know everything so well that it has all been reduced to its component parts. When I teach a posture, I teach a couple applications for it so a broad connection can be made that gives the student something to work with on their own time. For example, I’ve been having some trouble getting my gf to the level of mental involvement that I would like (e.g. practicing or thinking about TJQ on her own time rather than just in class), despite the fact that I’ve taught her applications for the major movements. Anyway, since I’m trying to get her to where she knows the first section of the Yang Long Form, I’ve started feeding her faster so to speak. When we got to brush knee, I demonstrated a cavity strike application for it. (This application is particularly stuck in my mind as it’s the first app I ever learned from my first TJQ teacher, and he knocked my heart out of rhythm for a few days with it) This seemed to unlock the flood gates as she loves the technique and has now been practicing it in front of bathroom mirrors, showing it off to her little sister, etc.

I think that as long as you know both the jins and the techniques, you’ll make the distillation eventually on your own steam. I make a point of doing self defense apps and saying things like “wouldn’t Pluck work well here?”

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