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:
- 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.
