Here is a rule of wisdom for the wise. Nothing
compels anyone to follow it, but if you do, it will helps you
advance your
mastery of PH.
About TCC pushing hands, the Classics say that you should focus your
mind first and foremost on unconditionally yielding and deferring to your
partner, and your partner does the same to reciprocate. Yes, both parties
yield—not a trace of aggression in their minds, ideally
speaking.
Either party proceeds gingerly so as not
to hinder or influence the movement
of the other in any way.
This absolute respect for the will of your partner dictates that you give up
all preconceived movements of your own. You simply do everything
possible to keep in physical contact with your partner and go
wherever he or she wants to move, be that a yin (defensive) or a yang
(offensive) move.
This objective places a tremendous demand on the
legs and the root, which must provide stability to retreat
farther back to accommodate incoming blows or
to advance deeper into the opponent’s territory. With
practice, root gradually improves, enabling the practitioner to become more
supple on their upper body. With improved root and agile upper body, the
practitioner is better able to carry out the Classics’ requirement of yielding.
In fact, the Classics’ advice boils down to just seven Chinese
characters, the first four of which concern different shades of “sticking or
adhesion” to the partner (hence “staying in physical contact”, always engaged)
and the remaining three of which (不丟頂, literally “neither disengage/lose contact nor
resist”) check if you are doing the sticking
part correctly. If you pass this examination, then you are able to not
hinder or influence the movement
of the other in any way.
The process of unconditionally yielding helps the yin player
listen much better, root much deeper, and able to evade more offensive moves.
Likewise, it helps the yang player listen much better, root much deeper,
and able to extend the reach of his moves.
The end result of this type of training is that both the yin and yang
players get better at PH.
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