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Demonstration and explanation of 'song', 'tai chi fa jin', 'sticking energy', etc., by Liang De Hua (AKA Leung Tak Wah), from Thailand. He has learned from a few tai chi teachers over many years who have learned the traditional Yang family style tai chi curriculum deriving from Yang Shou Hou and Yang Cheng Fu., including forms such as "taiji big frame, taiji old frame, taiji long boxing, taiji small frame, taiji push hands, taiji sword, taiji saber, taiji spear, taiji long pole", and related Yang style tai chi training practices such as the various different tai chi push hands training practices and tai chi neigong practices. Liang De Hua says they practice tai chi fa jin practices such as demonstrated in the following videos to increase their tai chi martial arts understanding and internal power and skills. He explains that the tai chi forms and push hands plus tai chi neigong practices plus zhan zhuang practices are all important in developing these skills, but he has also mentioned that in old books by former Yang family tai chi students describing their training, he has not seen zhan zhuang practice specifically mentioned. So, not sure if zhan zhuang was really used much or at all in traditional Yang family tai chi training. When asked about the specifics of what he is doing when implementing tai chi fa jin as opposed to ordinary 'external' pushes and grappling, Liang De Hua has said he couldn't explain it clearly, but it involves using 'song' and 'yi' and maintaining an internal connection and employing all the tai chi principles. The ability comes from years of practice following the correct tai chi principles and training methods. Some people who do not have experience with internal arts may want to shout "that it is all BS, and it won't work in a real fight situation against a skilled fighter"; but, although I have not met Liang De Hua, he really appears to have developed some real tai chi skills with song, tai chi fa jin, and tai chi sticking energy, etc. How well his skills will work against someone who is not cooperating at all, I couldn't say, however. He does appear to me to have some legit tai chi skills however; but, again, I haven't met him. Liang De Hua's Youtube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TakWahLeung/videos Taiji Jin 太極勁 | Part 1/2 | Liang De Hua Taiji Jin 太極勁 | Part 2/2 | Liang De Hua Yang style Taiji Sticking energy

I'll try to explain some of the mechanics of the explosive strike here. When I do it, which is rare, I don't think about energy at all, so it isn't required. I have noticed though, that if you store up energy in your body and then use the right posture that a fajin does tend to pop out automatically, so possibly building up chi power helps but like I said I don't think about it and one doesn't need to focus on their energy in order to do it. Technically there are other types of fajin, but the one referred to by the masters of old is the explosive strike using a short motion. The short motion is required to make it more explosive. A few points that are involved are that you need to be very relaxed and soft in order to do it, and you need to imagine that you are hitting something a couple of inches on the far side of the object you will be striking in order to generate the penetrating power. The structure of the body that is involved forms sort of an 'S' shape and the movement is initiated by a snapping motion of the waist, which you mentioned, as if the kidney area suddenly expanded, which may be why you also mention your kidney area. It is also good to train your fast twitch muscles, which is something that most chi kung does not address. So the waist snaps forward suddenly, with a feeling a lot like a sneeze, and two waves go out, like waves that go out a whip. One wave goes up and out the arm to the hand, and another wave goes down the leg to the rearmost foot. Once when I did it my foot slipped back and that took the power out of the hand motion. Another thing that is involved is that the shoulder moves down ward and the intent of the hand is also downwards, a lot like a hammer strike, but with an open palm the way I do it. You can look for some of these elements in the video I made which shows a one inch strike in slow motion and with bare arms. Here is that video: I'll make another video later of some of the motions that you can practice in order to refine the ability. Questions are invited.