How to Learn Taiji

Notes

洪均生 Hóng Jūnshēng’s suggested learning method: 多 duō system.

Watch

  • Be totally focused on observing.
  • Make the image as accurate as possible, until the hidden details come out.
  • Refrain from acting.
  • Only when you see it, then are you capable of acting it.

Listen

  • Things that may not be demonstratable may be explainable.
  • Theories may be explained with more accuracy than actions.
  • Write it down. Don’t change the word.
  • If you change it, you may have mutated / misinterpreted the meaning.

Ask

  • When the procedure is followed, the question will be framed in the proper context / perspective.
  • Based on what the teacher did, not based on you or on context you brought in from outside.
  • It will be to clarify the teacher’s actions and words.

Try / Experiment

  • Trying things out may give you more questions.
  • As long as they are in the right framework they are not necessarily wrong.
  • If they are not in the right framework they are definitely wrong.

Think

  • Contemplate how everything connects.
  • The principles guide you to deeper understanding.

Summary

  • There is a sequence / a procedure to follow.
  • Simple procedure but it is impossible for an intelligent being to follow strictly.
  • But there is a lot of value of adhering to it as closely as possible.
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