ChiDragon

You had made me to wonder about that. I do agree that Tai Chi is much more soft and use yielding more deeply. However, I don't see there are any similarities. For being a Taiji practitioner, I wouldn't practice Wing Chun at all. Somehow, Bruce Lee gave up Taiji for Wing Chun.

I'm already have a dragon tattoo on my lower right arm now. Do you want me to put a tiger on my left arm too?😂

Ha ha, it is Taoist talk that is so esoteric and paradoxical. It is hard to comprehend. Even the author don't even know what it was saying. Please don't ask me to translate it. Peace!

Ok, that's what I thought!👍

Ok! 👍

Based on what I had read, it seems you didn't or couldn't follow your teacher's instructions properly. Am I correct? If you like or anyone else, I could explain why it is so weird to you. I went to a push-hand group in a park to see how they do it. They did really push-push hand which is incorrect.

Is this a quote from an ancient text? Isn't this a little over exaggerated. Your body would be burnt up at the boiling point of water. The boiling point of any metal is much higher than that the body will not and cannot withstand it.

Yes, that is true but there is only one good final conclusion.

Yes, that is right! Actually, breathing will make your nervous system more healthier and more sensitive. Your reaction will respond quicker and more flexible. It also helps to regulate your breathing better. FYI I was arm wrestling with many people. I saw them holding the breath and the face turns red while I was regulating my breath and so relaxed.

No problem. Yes, that was exactly what I said.

Yes, that is correct. Regulating the breath is how long to hold the breath. When to release it? How fast or slow you want to inhale or exhale? How deep do you want the breath to go down?

走火入魔 You can only hear that from fictional stories. The breathing doesn't affect your nervous system. Unless someone hit you on your spinal cord.

It is ok what you think is right. To me, if one can control the breathing in making a sound, it means the breathing is very strong. Thus one can regulate the breathing at will.

Thanks for the advice. People may claim a lot of things only for the believers. I only go with what the modern science dictates, unless otherwise I've found a discrepancy. There are practices with good results but only superficial. It might be something in the background that was giving the good effect without one's notice. It has to be discover by the practitioner. What is real important is to know how the internal human system works for a better explanation. Peace!

I believe holding the breath is only interrupting the normal sequence of breathing. It restricts the release of carbon dioxide in the lung. One can hold the breath only if there is enough oxygen to keep the body function for 10 to 15 seconds. If one can hold the breath for one minute that is very good. In regard to the the body accompanied by contracting anus(提肛), it must done with reverse breathing. BTW 提肛, up lift the anus, is the highest skill practice in Qigong.

All these fancy names are very impressive. It might be too much for one to digest. "Normal breathing" is breathing in through nose, out through nose. "diaphragm breathing, reverse breathing" ----- both will take place at the same time. There is no way one can control the diaphragm goes up and down. It only depends on the deep breathing, it will react accordingly. "mouth breathing" is a no no. The gems and dust will go into the with no filtering as it went through the nostril. "In - nose/out - mouth...." it does noting for you. It makes no difference whether the breath is out of your nostril or mouth. "alternate nostrils breathing," limits the amount of air goes into the lung. What good will it do for you? It is only a waste of time in the breathing! "silk breathing" --- I believe that is soft and slow deep breathing. "forceful breathing" --- Regulating breathing is a better term for it. "holding while in or out, or both, variation in the length of in and out" One should never hold the breath unless there is poisonous gas in the air. Hold the breath is the worse method in breathing practice. "couple with movements" --- That is the coordination of movements with breathing. Thus it is not a method of breathing. All this so-called breathing methods can it not be done without going through the nostrils then the lung. "pattern breathing - hold breathing" --- this will interrupt the normal frequency of breathing. What good does it do?

Ha ha ha! I will hold my breath not to argue with the young men that know better.

This is, also, the ancient breathing method. It was called 吐納. 吐(Tu) exhale 納(Na) inhale Nowadays people called it 氣功(qigong), breathing method.

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Yes, the ancient Qigong method had been discovered to prevent that from happening. The ultimate goal of breathing is to capture as much air, as possible, into our respiratory system. You had said it all! There is an ancient breathing technique already existed as you said.

This seems completely out of sync with your original entry!

At the end of the video, he mentioned xi breath(息呼吸) a pause in the breathing. That is right, it is not a normal breathing. Do you think it is necessary?

Thank you! I am happy that someone has emerged to share it with us. I think I know what you are talking about. Would you please be more specific and elaborated on this ancient method. I am intrigued to know if we are in resonance with the same.

It makes a lot of difference between just using the arms and just moving the whole body with the arms relaxed..

There are so many forms, it is better to stay with one form that is familiar with. It was advised to just practice one style to its perfection. Each will give the body the same effect. Please just keep in mind, it is not the more the merrier. Here is a Buddhist style of YJJ: https://baike.baidu.com/item/易筋经/587021 PS I am very happy with the Yang Taiji. I had stayed with the style for many years without mixing with other styles. To me, that is the only way to master to the perfection of one style.