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 Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:04 am
Few have truly cultivated the yin and yang
of T'ai-chi;
Swallowing and spitting, opening and closing
give expression to hard and soft.
Controlling the cardinal directions and corners,
drawing in and issuing forth,
let the opponent do what he will;
All is but the transformations of action and
stillness, so what need is there to worry?
Offense and defense must be intimately
coordinated;
Evading and attacking must be sought
in every action.
What is the meaning of light and heavy,
full and empty?
As soon as we discover lightness within
our opponents heaviness, we must
attack without hesitation
This is a poem written by Yang Ban-Hou. While he uses it in reference to Taiji, the principles of Yin and Yang are universal, and apply equally to all martial arts. Its one reason that I dislike the labels of "internal" martial arts and "external" martial arts. All martial arts begin as an "external" art and with long practice eventually mature into something beyond just physical movement. Anyways, ideas? Comments? Insights?
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:52 am
aiiiii
yin and yang is a concept that is a bit hard to explain, it has to be experienced.
either that or you overdose yourself on too much kung fu movies and drama series.
it's a difficult balance to work out, but with practice it can be done.
the yin and yang concept has a basic understanding but to each different it has to be altered to fit their views.
for every yang, there is a yin; the softness of yin can be supplemented with the hardness of yang and vice versa.
or at least, that's how i see it.
in tai chi, you learn more about the yin and the yang. the yin usually refers to using your opponents weight and power against them when sparring. yang is well, the attacks and the hard powerful strikes. that's not to say yin is weaker, it just operates in a different manner.
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