Recalibration

Notes

Body and mind are harmonized as one

  • The mind thinks; the body does.
  • Synchronizing the two processes is a higher level skill.
  • In normal (unstressed) circumstances, there are some actions that come natural to us like this:
    • Breathing, blinking, using your mouth, tongue, teeth while eating, whole body coordination while walking.
    • Under stress, even these may not be able to be performed at an optimal level.
  • Some learned activities can be practiced to this level:
    • Using a pen to write.
  • None of the moves in Practical Method are naturally harmonized. They must all be trained.

Enter the door

  • To enter the door means recalibration.
  • E.g. a rifle cannot be used for its purpose unless it has been calibrated.
  • The requirement is a matter of “life and death.” Without it you are not ready to learn taijiquan.
  • “It is up to the master to accept you into the door, but up to yourself to gain gongfu.”
  • The master’s responsibility is to recalibrate your body for readiness, but after that it is up to you.

Out with hand, no elbow; in with elbow, no hand

  • Entry level knowledge is this adage from GM 洪均生 Hóng Jūnshēng
  • Must recalibrate our elbow and hand relationship to adhere to these requirements.
  • Then the skill will permeate to the rest of the body and you will have entered the door.
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