5 Principles In 3 Postures #6

Intention

Double Handed Push: you now turn the waist back moving the springy bouncy sensation back to the right foot. As you do so the right palm turns clockwise to face you with your right forearm held in front of your body, as a waiter would hold a napkin over their arm. The left palm also rotates clockwise coming up behind the right wrist joint. As your body weight becomes springy bouncy on the right foot the base of the left palm is pressed forward against your right wrist joint. The cross lateral intention is the springy bouncy feeling in the right foot and the left palm pressing the right wrist forward. The overall intention is yang, expanding. The posture is associated with the element 'Water', hidden deceptive. The right arm hides the left hand that does the actual push. It's the feeling you get when you look below the surface of a body of water, when you see another world that has been hidden from sight below the waves.

…. This program of learning explores five key principles of Tai Chi in the sequence of postures 'grasp the sparrows tail', 'throw down' and 'double handed push'.

Copy the sequence of posture and movement using the Tai Chi video or images. Never do anything that is uncomfortable. After uncomfortable comes tension ruining your practice. After tension comes discomfort. After discomfort comes injury.