ChiDragon

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  1. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    Yes. Please correct my spelling: Change "tailed" to "tilted". Thanks!
  2. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    This is much better. It is the correct Zhan Zhuang stance. The lower legs are not tilted as much as the previous one.
  3. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    I know the Wing Chun practitioner do the stance like that but their feet are not as wide apart. It is called the "goat stance." Here are some of the basic stances you might want to consider for practice. https://www.risingmoontaichi.net/tai-chi-stances
  4. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    If you just do Taiji, it is neigong and qigong already. It is all in one. There is no need for any preparation. It is still very awkward. Please do the correct Zhan Zhuang stance with the knees line up with the toes.
  5. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    The breathing part is good. However, please don't do this. This is the worse stance that could putting too much stress on the knees. This is not Taiji at all. Please do the correct Zhan Zhuang stance with the knees line up with the toes.
  6. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    Yes, you are right. It is very true.
  7. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    Please show what it looks like.
  8. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    Wuji(無極) and Taiji(太極) are very broad and have lots of collective meanings. It depends on context. We cannot narrow them down to a single meaning. To be familiar with these two terms, it would be advantageous to study the Yijing(易經).
  9. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    A martial artist is an one person definition. The definition of martial arts practitioners is unanimous.
  10. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    Hahaha If you have reached wuji, then, you are dead.
  11. High level Grandmaster do not fight to win for one's own glory.
  12. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    I didn't say a martial artist. I said martial arts practitionerS. The definition of Wuji was already existed what it is in the mind of the Taoist practitioners. I don't know why someone else wanted to reinvent the wheel?
  13. Please don't discriminate the styles of Taiji. The principal of fajin is the same in all the styles. Just pay close attention in the video. When the master, at the left, moves his hands forward, he was performing Fajin.
  14. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    However, it has to be in one position as defined by the martial arts practitioners with consistency in communication.
  15. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    To learn martial arts, one must know the principles of Yijing(易經). The principle of yin/yang was from the understanding of Wuji and Taiji. If one don't get it right the first time, then, the practice will be deviated from its true meaning. One will start at the wrong foot. Things in the universe is alway started with Wuji, then to Taiji. Wuji is static and Taiji is dynamic. If one thinks that moving from Wuji is still Wuji, how wrong can one be? Acturaly, as soon one took an action from the Wuji state, it becomes the state of Taiji. One is no longer in the Wuji state. It might be too difficult for someone to change the notion from what was learnt in the first place. https://www.learnreligions.com/wuji-wu-chi-3183136
  16. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    The benefit one can get from Wuji is to relax the body. Why does one want to keep the body in motion all the time?
  17. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    Did it make your legs stronger?
  18. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    If you know your stuff and standing still at the wuji position, then, no one will know what your next move is.
  19. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    That is correct. You start from the initial state at zero which is wuji. Whatever you do, finally, you will come to a stop and return to the original state of wuji. In other words, you went back to the state of stillness.
  20. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    I assume that you meant at the end of exercises, you come to the Wuji position of stillness. Yes, at the end of the exercise, all practitioners come to a standing still. BTW They don't call it Wuji for nothing.
  21. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    Looks like you've never learnt what wuji(無極) meant. FYI It means stillness to a point of infinity. How much more still can one be at this point?
  22. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    無極(Wuji) is void to the extreme. Nothing should be performed but stillness. If a practitioner ask you to do this and that at a Wuji position, sorry to say! You are not at the state of Wuij.
  23. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    Here it is Wuji https://wujiquest.substack.com/p/wuji-the-posture-basics
  24. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    Yes, that and standing with the legs straight up. That is the true wuji posture. PS Wuji is nothing but standing still like a normal human being does. It was defined by the Qigong practitioners by calling it Wuji. Why make such a big deal out of it?
  25. Zhan Zhuang is Not for Beginners

    There should be no time limits. If you stand for awhile like few minutes and cannot withstand the pain, then, stop. Wait awhile, then, try again. Just try to bear the pain for awhile until you can bear it without stopping. BTW Wuji is standing without having the legs bent. It is only a starting position. You should go to ZZ right away and bend your knees at a comfortable position. Move your body up and down to adjust the tension on your legs muscles.