太极要领/Tips on Taiji
王培生解释太极起势/Wang Peisheng on the Opening Move of Taiji
For non-Native Chinese speakers, the opening consists of the following moves, all with your eyes looking straight:
1) Thinking about the tip of your nose, and align your nose with your rigth toe. By so doing your body weight is on the front of your right foot, and your left leg is totally freed and slowly open up towards the left;
2) With your right pinky finger moving towards the back of your rigth thigh, your body weight starts to shift slowly to the right heel, and your left toe touches the ground.
3) Then thinking about your right ring finger, and moving towards your pinky fingers, your second toe touches the ground, and so on until both your feet are firmaly planted.
4) Now the arms go up (with power from the shoulder and back). All this time think about the finger tips of both hands trying to reach the palms (note: not literally reaching them).
5) Once your wrists are at or slightly above shoulder height, think about your palms, thus stopping the upward movement of your arms.
6) Think about the wrists, and your arms should slowly come down. The feeling should be like having your arms resting on a body of water, until it slowly sinks to the side of and the thumbs pointing at your hips.
太极功夫三层九段论（上）
太极功夫三层九段论（下）
李雅轩老师阐述太极拳推手要领
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