TRANSFORMATION

 

Tai Chi 

Transformation  

Routine

Alignment

Via silent

Lineage

 

SONG-KAI

 

Master

Persistently

Song-kai

Poised on c.o.g

Changing with change

 

 

CENTRIFUGAL/CENTRIPETAL

 

Tai Chi

Elasticity

That which is

To be centrifugal

Must first

Be centripetal

Rooting

Proceeds

Listening

 

 

 

SLOW SET

 

Slow Set  

Perpetual

Body   

Rejuvenating

Spirit leading 

As gravity

Beholds

 

 

TAO #68

 

Slow set

Unpretentiously

Return to

Youth

Via

Passive

Daily practice

 

APPLICATIONS

 

Slow Set

Gives birth

To all applications

Appreciatively 

When applied

To good

Mysterious when 

Applied to bad

 

SLOW SET

 

Slow Set

Cultivates

Alignment 

Between

Masters/students

While taking 

Them into

Past and future

In the present 

 

APPLICATIONS

 

Applications

Without intent

Can passively

Penetrate

Where there is

No apprehension

 

OPEN/CLOSE

 

To advance is

To open to 

Future/new

To retreat is

To close in  

Opening to 

Past/Knowledge

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WARRIORS

 

Lineage treats

Apprentices as

Paper Dragon/straw dog

Only the worthy

Become warriors

 

 

CHANGE WITH CHANGE

 

Tai Chi Chuan

All gestures

Have a c.o.g

It is a secret 

Fulcrum to

Change with change

 

 

TAI CHI FULCRUM

 

There is an

Hidden

Tai Chi fulcrum

Between

Spirit and gravity

Harmonizing

Slow Set

 

SENSES

 

Slow Set

New feelings/ideas

Start in 6th sense

Expressed via 

Five senses

 

PRACTICE

 

Slow Set

Being civil in

Practice

Prepares for

Battle in

Weapons/Push Hands

 

REJUVENATION

 

When Slow Set

Gestures are

Filled with

Jing/Chi

Rejuvenation rules

Ignore Slow Set

For weapons/push hands

Degradation

Takes place

 

LINEAGE

 

Those who hear

Lineage 

Know

Those who ignore

Lineage

Never know

 

TEACHING

 

Overzealous

Teaching

Leads to 

Rebellious

Underachievers

 

 

GESTURES/APPLICATIONS

 

Slow Set

Simple/quiet

Gestures

Cultivate

Tai Chi

Applications

 

PRACTICE

 

Slow Set

Gives gestures 

Life

Practice 

Shapes them

Weapons/push hands

Complete them

 

TAI CHI FULCRUM

 

Conquer not

By force, but

By using

Heartfelt

Tai chi fulcrum