Rotation

Taijiquan

自转 zìzhuǎn is described by 缠法 Chán Fǎ#. It is the turning of a segment of the body along an axis or point.

2020-08-02

Negative Circle Procedure#
- Every part only does what it is supposed to do but it looks like it does more because of the other parts. Illusion from the coordination of independent actions: Revolution# and Rotation#. Revolution is physical movement, rotation is no movement.
Revolution#
- 公转 gōngzhuàn is achieved through the coordinated Rotation# of different segments of the body. The revolution of the hand is performed in the Positive and Negative Circles#. The analogy is to the Earth revolving around the Sun: It rotates once every day and revolves once every year.
缠法 Chán Fǎ#
- Chan fa is a spiraling method of force generation that is a basic principle of Taijiquan. It involves the sequential Rotation# of segments of the body in coordination to produce torque.
Revolution vs Rotation#
- Rotation# & Revolution#