In tai chi chuan there is basic standing push hands, forward-backward push hands, da lu and nine palace push hands, etc. In his later years, my older brother, Wu Kung-i (Wu Gongyi), created new techniques in applications. ... The da lu method of stepping is also called 'eight gates and five steps' (ba men wu bu).

Push hands is practiced between two people: the intitiator and the one acted upon. Initiating is called 'asking'. The person acted upon 'answers'. When the opp…

There are six methods of winding silk energy: inner, outer, upper, lower, forward and backward. They are applied from anywhere on the body: the arms. legs, hip…

The body is divided into three parts and nine sections. The three parts are the spine, the two arms and the two legs. 1. Spine: the head, thorax and abdomen. T…